[Gambas-user] Fitting a preview into a fixed area

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

A PictureBox:

   PDF.Open(druck.TempVerz() &/ CStr(VorschauName) & ".pdf")
   PDF.Zoom = 0.5
   Vorschau = PDF[VorschauSeite].Image.Picture  'Where Vorschau is the 
PictureBox

This runs fine e. g. when you set the PictureBox to AutoResize = True as 
it will automagically follow the size of the PDF. But then you need an 
appropriate space for the previews. When you want the preview area (the 
PictureBox) to have a fixed size, it is more difficult.

I tried to use the Image and Stretch() first, then making it a Picture.

But it was difficult for me to find the right values for ratio X and Y 
etc. Maybe just bad maths (typical me...), but when it was good for A4, 
an A3 became even smaller... ;)

The simplest way turned out to be a square PictureBox, AutoResize = 
False, and a PDF size that makes A4 just reach out to the edges. 
Alignment = Center. This produces an A3 picture of the middle of the 
document which cuts the edges, but A3 is very rare anyway.

So I found a workaround. And it has the advantage that it shows a very 
sharp picture (I presume pixel-on-pixel). With stretch() the picture is 
anti-aliased and becomes more fuzzy.

Regards
Rolf



Am 04.11.2015 22:38, schrieb Fabien Bodard:
> Well what control did you use for that ?
>
> 2015-11-04 13:06 GMT+01:00 Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at ...221...>:
>> I am showing a pdf preview. There are landscape and portrait pdfs, and
>> some are A4, some are A3...
>>
>> Instead of following the size, I would like to fit them into a fixed,
>> square preview area, i. e. the A3 ones would have to be shown smaller,
>> but the aspect ratio must be kept of course, not stretched.
>>
>> Is there any automatic property, or how would you make it fit?
>>
>> Thanks for your ideas
>>
>> Rolf
>>
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