hpwDLLCall Questions
Quote from PaulJonestindall on May 27, 2022, 5:57 pm@hpw
I have a question about the DLL call plugin. In a general sense DLLs have certain features that can be called and return certain information or perform certain tasks, right?
I'm thinking more specifically, could I use this plugin with a DLL to handle PDFs?
I have a question about the DLL call plugin. In a general sense DLLs have certain features that can be called and return certain information or perform certain tasks, right?
I'm thinking more specifically, could I use this plugin with a DLL to handle PDFs?
Quote from HPW on May 27, 2022, 8:17 pmHello,
This early and old plugin was develeoped for only one specific task. Not a generic DLL call solution.
So calling a DLL with one Pchar-variable and get one Pchar back.
So what is a DLL to handle PDFs?
One which is developed by yourself where you have control over the calling conventions?
Any other existing Dll will mostly likely not match the calling convention, because they have their own calling API.
Regards
Hans-Peter
Hello,
This early and old plugin was develeoped for only one specific task. Not a generic DLL call solution.
So calling a DLL with one Pchar-variable and get one Pchar back.
So what is a DLL to handle PDFs?
One which is developed by yourself where you have control over the calling conventions?
Any other existing Dll will mostly likely not match the calling convention, because they have their own calling API.
Regards
Hans-Peter
Quote from PaulJonestindall on May 31, 2022, 12:49 pm@hpw
Thanks for the reply. My real goal is to view and edit PDFs more quickly than using a command line program. I've found several libraries like PDFFlow and libcpdf that apparently allow developers to create, view and manipulate PDFs. A lot of what I read deals with C# and I was wondering how some of these could possibly be used in VisualNeo. This is a topic I am not very familiar with.
I've been using the NeoBookPDF plugin and even though it's only about 7 or 8 years old it relies solely on Adobe Acrobat being installed and can only view PDFs. I've also been using a command line program to manipulate PDFs, split, merge, bookmark, stamp, add text, etc. I've found NeoBookPDF to have issues loading and refreshing and most command line programs are bulky and a bit slow.
I guess it's a wish list item to have a better PDF plugin that cannot only view but manipulate PDFs without being dependent on Acrobat.
Thanks for the reply. My real goal is to view and edit PDFs more quickly than using a command line program. I've found several libraries like PDFFlow and libcpdf that apparently allow developers to create, view and manipulate PDFs. A lot of what I read deals with C# and I was wondering how some of these could possibly be used in VisualNeo. This is a topic I am not very familiar with.
I've been using the NeoBookPDF plugin and even though it's only about 7 or 8 years old it relies solely on Adobe Acrobat being installed and can only view PDFs. I've also been using a command line program to manipulate PDFs, split, merge, bookmark, stamp, add text, etc. I've found NeoBookPDF to have issues loading and refreshing and most command line programs are bulky and a bit slow.
I guess it's a wish list item to have a better PDF plugin that cannot only view but manipulate PDFs without being dependent on Acrobat.