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

[Gianluigi Gradaschi]

Il 01/11/21 12:26, Rolf-Werner Eilert ha scritto:
> Am 01.11.21 um 12:13 schrieb 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
>>
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> 
> Oh thank you, I will try and see :)
> 
> Regards
> Rolf
> 
> 
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:-)
I forgot, you can also take a look here:
https://www.gambas-it.org/wiki/index.php?title=Guide_della_comunit%C3%A0#Gestione_dei_file_PDF

Regards
Gianluigi