One more about fashion's Smile: refresh PDF holder?

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#1

After setting the contents of a PDF holder, do you know how can I “refresh” it to get the stuff displayed, instead of the “old” contents? :?:

#2

How do you display a PDF in the PDF holder, I’m trying the following
set contained data of dialog item i of thedialog to “” – the PdfData

JB

#3

He, he… I was trying that almost 30 minutes :lol:
I’m following Smile’s documentation instructions (look at the Dialog’s “Palette”, then edit “new pdf holder”'s script -command+option+click). By the way:

on DrawBanner()
	
	set di to dialog item 1 of dialog "test dialog"
	
	BeginPDF({0, 0, 250, 250})
	SetFillColor({1, 0, 0, 1})
	RectPath({20, 20, 150, 50})
	DrawPath(3)
	set thePDF to EndPDF()
	
	
	set «class PDF » of di to thePDF
end DrawBanner

Seems that you must build the PDF on-the-fly, then apply it as data to a pdf holder. You can use every command at “Graphic Kernel Quick Reference”, within “More Stuff > Documentation”.
This rocks! :smiley:

#4

How do I go about this, if I want to import PDF’s into a PDF holder rather than create them in smile, I have been trying this for ages but cant seem to get it to work.

Steve

#5

It’s written in the documentation of Smile;

Help Menu>Making & Manipulating PDF > chapter 5

#6

Thanks for that

I can see how you do this manually through the contextual menu, but how do I do it under script control, i.e what I want my script to do, is if I find a PDf in a folder import this into the PDF holder, then remove it once its left the folder, ready for the next.

Steve

#7

There is no such choice. In the Smiile Help menu, there is Smile Help; GeomLib Quick Reference; and Graphic Kernel Quick Reference.

#8

That’s because you’ve downloaded the latest version of Smile, and a lo of things are changing from one verion to one other. It’s true that this file is not there anymore, I would recommend you to read the full documentation (nearly 200 pages) on Smile, you’ll find very important things in it about making PDF.

BTW : it’s now possible to make movies using several PDF with Smile.