Error in documentation ?

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Hi all,

I have an application written in VFP that uses quickpdf via ActiveX. Works like a charm. 

However as I was trying to use the addimagefromstring  instead of addimagefromFile for cleaner support of on-the-fly graphics (I would like to avoid tempory-files-based tricks here). It did not work. It looks like the addimagefromstring is not available from the ActiveX.  

Is the documentation misleading? I definitely think it is. 

PS: Other memory-based stuff are available (addimagefromVariant) but there is not such thing in my relatively limited toolbox. Any alternative option?

Edited by gadenne - 15 Sep 10 at 9:01AM

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gadenne Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 Sep 10 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote gadenne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Error in documentation ? Posted: 15 Sep 10 at 8:56AM
	Hi all, I have an application written in VFP that uses quickpdf via ActiveX. Works like a charm. However as I was trying to use the addimagefromstring instead of addimagefromFile for cleaner support of on-the-fly graphics (I would like to avoid tempory-files-based tricks here). It did not work. It looks like the addimagefromstring is not available from the ActiveX. Is the documentation misleading? I definitely think it is. PS: Other memory-based stuff are available (addimagefromVariant) but there is not such thing in my relatively limited toolbox. Any alternative option? Edited by gadenne - 15 Sep 10 at 9:01AM

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Sep 10 at 9:41AM
	Hi Gadenne! Due to some technical reasons not all functions are in all versions available. You can trust the documentation ;-) Cheers and welcome here, Ingo

Rowan Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 10 Jan 09 Status: Offline Points: 398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rowan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Sep 10 at 11:26PM
	All of these functions serve the same purpose but are targeted at the specific environments: AddImageFromString - DLL edition AddImageFromVariant - ActiveX edition AddImageFromStream - Delphi edition Why aren't you able to use the AddImageFromVariant function with the ActiveX edition in Visual FoxPro?

gadenne Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 Sep 10 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote gadenne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Sep 10 at 7:02AM
	Why aren't you able to use the AddImageFromVariant function with the ActiveX edition in Visual FoxPro? Well variant data types are not available from within VFP. But we have an effective string support. Arbitrary-sized dynamic ones. And it's a joy to work with quickpdf from with VFP:) ... But I wonder why we cannot push the image from a string via the activeX edition. Is that a question of null termination? Edited by gadenne - 30 Sep 10 at 7:08AM