Get current page canvas

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I'm on 10.11 and I've used GetCanvasDC to get a canvas so that I can draw RTF text and NewPageFromCanvasDC to apply the canvas. (Previously we were creating a canvas-based type of report, so I'm remapping the old canvas coordinates into a QuickPdf coordinate system. So generally the easiest solution is to carry on with this approach.) 
The problem is this that NewPageFromCanvasDC always creates a new page in the document, so I end up having to read the text back and then re-create it on the previous page, which can be error-prone. See:
http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/extract-text-and-images-and-insert-into-new-pdf.php

What I need is to be able to get the current page as a canvas, or apply a canvas over the current page instead of creating a new page. Either that, or find a way to merge two pages together.

Any suggestions?

Edited by grapentin - 29 Apr 14 at 1:01AM

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grapentin Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 29 Apr 14 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote grapentin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Get current page canvas Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 1:00AM
	I'm on 10.11 and I've used GetCanvasDC to get a canvas so that I can draw RTF text and NewPageFromCanvasDC to apply the canvas. (Previously we were creating a canvas-based type of report, so I'm remapping the old canvas coordinates into a QuickPdf coordinate system. So generally the easiest solution is to carry on with this approach.) The problem is this that NewPageFromCanvasDC always creates a new page in the document, so I end up having to read the text back and then re-create it on the previous page, which can be error-prone. See: http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/extract-text-and-images-and-insert-into-new-pdf.php What I need is to be able to get the current page as a canvas, or apply a canvas over the current page instead of creating a new page. Either that, or find a way to merge two pages together. Any suggestions? Edited by grapentin - 29 Apr 14 at 1:01AM

grapentin Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 29 Apr 14 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote grapentin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 6:02AM
	I've discovered a few things. Firstly, the DAExtractPageText I was using to read back the RTF does not get me all the font information, such as underlines and strikeouts. So I MUST merge the pages rather than read back the RTF and re-create it on the previous page. Finally, I discovered how to merge pages together: pageID = QP.CapturePage(theReport.PDFFile.PageCount); QP.DrawCapturedPage(pageID, 0, 0, QP.PageWidth, QP.PageHeight) Note that the CapturePage function will remove the page that has been captured. So when the DrawCapturedPage function executes, the current page is now what was the previous page, which is exactly what I need. Edited by grapentin - 29 Apr 14 at 6:03AM

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 3:39PM
	grapentin, The LoadFromCanvasDC function is designed to load the first page. After that you can use NewPageFromCanvasDC. Your CapturePage code assumes that SetOrigin(1); has been called beforhand. QP.SelectPage can be used to select the correct page before calling DrawCapturedPage. Andrew.

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 3:42PM
	grapetin, A PDF font doesn't support attributes such as underline, superscript, strikeout. It really only stores the fontname and some font metric dimentions such as ascent, descent. capheight etc. A PDF file is just a group of characters drawn on the page. There is no concept of lines, sentences, paragraphs or other formatting. Andrew