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jaapkramer1-Visitor
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February 15, 2013
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J-Link batch Pdf plotting - how to add options??!!

  • February 15, 2013
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Hi,


I managed to make a working J-Link tool that plots 2D drawings to pdf in batch (because Pro/Batch is very slow and not easy to use).


This is the code that I use:


window = session.OpenFile(descr);
Drawing drawing = (Drawing) session.RetrieveModel(descr);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, componentFilename + " check1");
PDFExportInstructions PDFExportInstructions_Create = null;
PDFExportInstructions pdf_instrs = pfcExport.PDFExportInstructions_Create();
drawing.Export("C:\\local" + componentFilename + ".pdf", pdf_instrs);
window.Close();


But now I want the pdf to be in black and white, and "stroke all fonts", so I need to set these options. I've tried everything, but I have no clue how to work with PDFExportInstructions.SetOptions, PDFOption_Create, SetOptionType and SetOptionValue... the helpfiles aren't exactly clear on that.


Does anyone have an example of how to set these options in Jlink (or Pro/Tookit)???


Obviously, I've googled on these terms, but apparantly I'm the world's first to use it 😉


Thanks!
Jaap


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RandyJones20-Turquoise
20-Turquoise
February 15, 2013
On 02/15/13 02:24, jaap kramer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I managed to make a working J-Link tool that plots 2D drawings to pdf in batch (because Pro/Batch
> is very slow and not easy to use).
>
> This is the code that I use:
>
> window = session.OpenFile(descr);
> Drawing drawing = (Drawing) session.RetrieveModel(descr);
> JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, componentFilename + " check1");
> PDFExportInstructions PDFExportInstructions_Create = null;
> PDFExportInstructions pdf_instrs = pfcExport.PDFExportInstructions_Create();
> drawing.Export("C:\local\" + componentFilename + ".pdf", pdf_instrs);
> window.Close();
>
> But now I want the pdf to be in black and white, and "stroke all fonts", so I need to set these
> options. I've tried everything, but I have no clue how to work with
> PDFExportInstructions.SetOptions, PDFOption_Create, SetOptionType and SetOptionValue... the
> helpfiles aren't exactly clear on that.
>
> Does anyone have an example of how to set these options in Jlink (or Pro/Tookit)???
>

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jeffruff8-Gravel
8-Gravel
February 17, 2013

Here is the codeThat I use to set stroked or truetype and to set color or mono in the attached file.


Hope it helps

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jaapkramer1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
February 19, 2013

Hi all,


thanks all for the great help, all is working well now! See below for the final code.


Regards, Jaap


while ((componentFilename = br.readLine()) != null) {
try {
componentFilename = componentFilename + ".drw";
aantalRegels = aantalRegels + 1;
ModelDescriptor descr = pfcModel.ModelDescriptor_CreateFromFileName(componentFilename);
window = session.OpenFile(descr); //orig
Drawing drawing = (Drawing) session.RetrieveModel(descr); //orig
PDFExportInstructions Mypdfexportinstructions = pfcExport.PDFExportInstructions_Create(); //orig
Mypdfexportinstructions.SetFilePath("C:\\local\\ProE");// null for working directory
PDFOption MyPdfOption = pfcExport.PDFOption_Create();
PDFOption MyPdfOption2 = pfcExport.PDFOption_Create();


//set options


MyPdfOption.SetOptionType(PDFOptionType.PDFOPT_FONT_STROKE);
MyPdfOption.SetOptionValue(pfcArgument.CreateIntArgValue(PDFFontStrokeMode._PDF_STROKE_ALL_FONTS));
PDFOptions Myoptions = PDFOptions.create();
Myoptions.append(MyPdfOption);
MyPdfOption2.SetOptionType(PDFOptionType.PDFOPT_COLOR_DEPTH);
MyPdfOption2.SetOptionValue(pfcArgument.CreateIntArgValue(PDFColorDepth._PDF_CD_MONO));
Myoptions.append(MyPdfOption2);
Mypdfexportinstructions.SetOptions(Myoptions);//null is default


//end set options


drawing.Export("C:\\local\" + componentFilename + ".pdf", Mypdfexportinstructions); //orig
window.Close(); //orig



} catch (Exception ex) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "problem with " + componentFilename + " --> " + ex.toString());
}
}

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