Re: Seamlessly converting any type of document to PDF?
Re: Seamlessly converting any type of document to PDF?
- Subject: Re: Seamlessly converting any type of document to PDF?
- From: "Julien Jalon" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:54:13 +0100
The only consumer Quick Look API so far is QLThumbnailImageCreate(). The
rest of the API is to write Quick Look generators.
--
Julien
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Martin Wierschin <email@hidden> wrote:
> I'm looking for suggestions on how to convert any type of document to PDF.
>>
>
> I've never used it, but the QuickLook API seems to indicate this
> functionality may be available if the document QuickLook generator
> cooperates:
>
> "If your application has documents that (potentially) have more than one
> page of vector graphics, you should consider using the
> QLPreviewRequestCreatePDFContext function to create the graphics context for
> drawing the preview in. This function returns a graphics context suited for
> PDF content."
>
> Unfortunately it would be up to the QuickLook generator to decide the
> difference between a "preview" and a full print. Although, looking at the
> API I don't even see a way for clients to specifically request multi-page
> previews, so you may be completely out of luck there.
>
> Ideally without the user input but I'm mostly interested in getting it to
>> work.
>>
>
> You might be able to put together some AppleScript or Accessibility API
> code that opens the file in the default application and manipulates the
> Print dialogue to save off a PDF. It would likely be ugly work to support
> applications that have custom print options/dialogs.
>
> ~Martin
>
>
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