Thanks Matthias Looks as if ImageMagick will do the job provided I can fully integrate it into my product without the user needing to do an additional installation etc. I am not good with command line interfaces (although I grew up with them, but that's another story). I am now investigating.
Cheers Graham on Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:38:05 +0200, Matthias Rebbe <runrev260...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > Graham, > > > you could use ImageMagick. http://www.imagemagick.org > It is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. > But you need only the command-line tool convert. > > You could try the following command for a quick start for example: > > convert -density 300x300 -trim your_source.pdf output.jpeg > > This would convert the file "your_source.pdf" to the jpeg file > output.jpeg with a density of 300x300dpi > > You can find more information about the commandline switches of convert at > http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php > > > HTH, > > Matthias > Am 05.04.2011 um 00:00 schrieb Graham Samuel: > >> Folks >> >> I see in the archives some discussion of this topic, but it seemed to be >> concentrated on the issue of reading the text in a PDF. I have to process >> some images which exist as PDF files (with little or no text and anyway I >> don't want to deconstruct it at all). I would be happy to turn the PDF into >> an image which could be displayed, snapshotted etc., i.e. essentially a >> bitmap. >> >> I don't think LiveCode can do this natively, but can anyone suggest a route >> perhaps using another tool which would make this work automatically (I mean >> I want the user to find the file using a normal dialog within a LiveCode >> program and the image would then be imported without further action on the >> user's part)? The target platform is PC. >> >> TIA >> >> Graham > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
