[Gambas-user] Understanding how to use gb.poppler instead of gb.pdf

[Gianluigi Gradaschi]

Il 01/11/21 10:47, Rolf-Werner Eilert ha scritto:
> In several projects I have used gb.pdf to show PDF files (mostly as a 
> printing preview). With qt5 and newer Linux versions it might be wise to 
> use the newer gb.poppler instead. At least the gb.pdf is deprecated.
> 
> In a first trial I simply replaced the library and expected to be lead 
> by the help texts how to use gb.poppler. But as it turned out, the help 
> was of no help.
> 
> For instance, a simple .Open(PathToFile) seems not possible anymore, but 
> there is no indication at all on how to load and show a pdf.
> 
> Could someone explain to me how to achieve this? And maybe we should 
> complete the help texts, especially with simple examples of how to 
> handle PDF files in gb.poppler.

On Gambas Software Farm there is my example in Examples which is titled 
DocumentViewPdfZoomDialog

Regards
Gianluigi