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

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 01.11.21 um 13:44 schrieb 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
> 
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Oh, the examples are great, thank you Gianluigi!

Rolf