Create PDF and Reader Open Parameters

Hi Jerry,

Just to clarify what you're trying to do. You have a page that displays with a black background with white text. You want to convert this into a pdf that uses a white background with black text.

Is that right? Let me know and I can send you some steps to try.

Thanks

Hi jason,

Thanks for the reply.

I'm already accomplishing the steps you outlined, but I can't figure out how to pass reader parameters along.

My two questions are...

1) how can I pass the properties to the PDF reader as I was doing in the example above,

2) Is there a more elegant way to accomplish the whole task...

IE:convert to white BG, Black text, pass the parameters to the reader that make it open dependably at 100%

Thanks,

Jerry

Hi Jerry,

I've never worked with the parameters you're showing. Could you provide us with a link that shows these parameters working? Could you also provide us with a link to your current page so we can see what's happening on your page vs a working example?

If you don't want to post links in the forum, you can email them to support@interactivetools.com

Hope this helps

Hi Jerry,

I'm getting inconsistent results. I might vary from browser to browser and also with what version of Acrobat is installed?

Also, I tried changing the zoom variable to 200 in the URL and reloading with no effect:
http://50.6.159.105/about.php?pdf=1&1#toolbar=1&navpanes=1&scrollbar=1&zoom=200

But I was able to change the zoom to 200 here and it worked:
http://www.elleschorrphotography.com/exhibitions2.php?pdf=1&1#toolbar=1&navpanes=1&scrollbar=1&zoom=200

Can you just add the parameters you want to the PDF link?
That seems like it should work.

Damon,

Thanks for your suggestion but I’m more lost than ever.

As I mentioned in the first post in this thread, I can get the added parameters to set the opening style of the reader in the output_as_inline_pdf implementation by simply appending them to the createPDF call. The problem comes in with the url_as_inline_pdf code.

Based on your suggestion, I thought that I could create a field called pdf_parameters, use that in a variable ($addon, and append that variable to the url that’s created. The test value I used for pdf_parameters was #toolbar=1&navpanes=1&scrollbar=1&zoom=185, expecting that on success, the reader would open at 185% zoom.

I tried changing the original url_as_inline_pdf createPDF call:

<?php
$url = "http://www.elleschorrphotography.com/exhibitions3.php";
$data = createPDF_fromUrl($url);
createPDF_display('inline', $data, 'example.pdf');
?>

To this:

<?php
$url = "http://www.elleschorrphotography.com/exhibitions3.php"; ?>
<?php $addon = $common_informationRecord['pdf_parameters'] ;
$data = createPDF_fromUrl($url);
createPDF_display('inline',$data . $addon, 'example.pdf');
?>

That didn’t work, so also tried this:

<?php
$url = "http://www.elleschorrphotography.com/exhibitions3.php"; ?>
<?php $addon = $common_informationRecord['pdf_parameters'] ;
$data = createPDF_fromUrl($url);
createPDF_display('inline',$data, 'example.pdf . $addon');
?>

And this:

<?php
$url = "http://www.elleschorrphotography.com/exhibitions3.php"; ?>
<?php $addon = $common_informationRecord['pdf_parameters'] ;
$data = createPDF_fromUrl($url . $addon);
createPDF_display('inline',$data, 'example.pdf');
?>

Since in each case when the PDF was created the zoom was never set to 185, and I don’t know how to show the URL that’s actually being passed to the plugin, I’m lost as to how to proceed.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jerry Kornbluth

Hey Jerry,

I think you were closest with the 2nd last example. Here is a suggested change:
<?php
$url = "http://www.elleschorrphotography.com/exhibitions3.php"; ?>
<?php $addon = $common_informationRecord['pdf_parameters'] ;
$data = createPDF_fromUrl($url);
createPDF_display('inline',$data, 'example.pdf' . $addon);
?>

Damon and I were testing with pdf parameters and as he said it is inconsistent between browsers, but hopefully you have some success with the above change.

Good luck!
Robin

Thanks guys,

I'll give it a try.

Jerry

Thanks Damon and Robin,

I must be doing something wrong, because no matter what I put into the pdf_parameter field (even gibberish) it has no effect on the resulting PDF.

I'm guessing that nothing is actually being appended to the URL passed to the createPDF plugin, but I don't know how to test what the actual value of the url + $addon is.

Any suggestions how to test the actual URL+?

BTW, I'm no longer using a proxy server. One less possible complication.

Thanks,

Jerry