Embed and Launch PDF from an AppleScript

I've written an Applescript, and built an interface for it in XCode. Everything works great, but I have a button I want to use to launch a help guide from within the finished application. The idea is to include the PDF in the app, so that whenever it gets installed somewhere, the button will always launch the guide.
I'm totally stuck as to how to do it, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

The regular help information that you access via your application's Help menu uses HTML (see Apple Help Programming Guide). You can use PDFs, but that involves creating a PDF View in *Interface Builder* and loading your document into it - see the PDF Kit Reference Collection, specifically the PDFDocument and PDFView class references. With either method your help files can be included in the application bundle - see the Bundle Programming Guide for methods to access items.

Similar Messages

How to embed and launch ipa file from another ipa package created using Air for iOS

Hi Guys,
Anybody out there knowing how to embed and launch ipa file from another ipa package created using Air for iOS ?
I am having 1 ipa file created using Xcode, Now i need to include that file in my ipa Package which is created using Flash CS 5.5 and Air for iOS. Also i need to know how to open my 1st ipa file from AS3 ?
Thanks,

Hi Sir,
Thanks for your reply.
But in that case user need to download 2 applications right. I need user to download my parent application created using Flash and that package contain one more ipa created using Xcode, so from my parent app only user should able to open my 2nd app. Is there any way to do that?
Ps: I am not talking about in-app but 2 individual apps inside one package.

How to embed and open PDF files within excel

I constantly need to embed PDF files onto Excel documents as well as extract/open/view PDF files from Excel documents. I am unable to do so with a macbook, i know that there is a workaround but it's such a tedious process. Is there a software i can buy or setting that i can do so that i can embed and open PDF files easily as i need to view these files multiple times a day for work.
please advise

Download and install Adobe Reader: Adobe Reader Install for all versions
Open the PDF file using it. If security restrictions don't prevent it you could also print it.

I have multiple iPhoto libraries and when I selecting which library to view (hold down 'option' key and launch iPhoto from the dock) it automatically closes another open apps window eg. Chome, Word. 1 app closes every time I launch iPhoto this way.

I have multiple iPhoto libraries on my Macbook Air 10.7.5 and when I am selecting which library to view (hold down 'option' key and launch iPhoto from the dock) it automatically closes another open application window eg. Chome, Word. 1 app closes every time I launch iPhoto this way.

If you're pushing Option at the exact moment you're clicking the Dock icon, it's supposed to do that. Wait until just after clicking it.
(112342)

Launch PDF from HTML and execute search

Is it possible using JavaScript in an HTML doc to launch a PDF and execute a search.query with a passed-in search parameter? TIA

Hello, George, thanks for following up. I went into Advanced->Document Processing->Document JavaScripts and put the code at the top of the file outside of the dummy function declaration I had to insert to activate the edit button. It looks like this:
// Split the file path into an array
var aPath = this.path.split("/");
// Remove the last element, which is the file name
aPath.pop();
// Join the path elements back together and add the index file
var cIdxPath = aPath.join("/") + "/Support Documents/SupDocs.pdx";
search.query ("Enhanced Tactical Automated Security System (eTASS)", "Index", cIdxPath);
function Search()
It runs fine when I launch the PDF directly into the reader by double-clicking in file explorer in the folder above "Support Documents". When I load the PDF from an HTML file in the same folder, however, the script does not run. I set the reader preferences to force loading in the reader even when launched from a browser, and the script still will not execute. I tried adding a button to the PDF and attaching the search script to it. Again, it runs when launching directly but not from the HTML document. Otherwise, the PDF is empty, and I'm using a relative URL and JS to load it from the HTML doc, such as:
document.location = "mySearch.PDF"
or
window.open("mySearch.PDF", "searchwin");
Neither one works. This product has to run from a CD-ROM, so I haven't bothered to test it via http service. Any suggestions? Thanks again!
Jon Camp
Senior Computer Scientist
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
North Florida Division
Training Solutions Group
430 W 5th Street Suite 700
Panama City, FL 32401
comm: 850-914-3188 x203
fax: 850-914-3189
email: [email protected]

How do I generate a Word document and a PDF from Help files?

Hi,
I am new to RoboHelp HTML, and am using version 8. I updated some Help files, and now I want to generate output. Here are my questions/ or the process I used:
To compile the help, I clicked Generate Primary Layout. Is this correct? I noticed that the date stamp on the xpj file has not changed. The date is still from many months ago. (Why is that? Should it show a recent update date?) However, the files that I updated do reflect the dates when I made the updates. These include art files, an hhp, and htm, js, ldb, pss, cpd files.
To generate a pdf, I clicked Generate PDF. I was not able to generate the PDF at first, but then, I enabled macros in Word 2007 (Trust Center Settings > Enable all macros...and clicked the checkbox, Trust access to the VBA project object model), and clicked Generate PDF. At the end of the generation, I got this error in Word: Microsoft Office Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. The info you were working on might be lost. Word can try to recover it for you. I closed the dialog and Word generated several blank documents. Microsoft Office Diagnostics was run and found one problem and corrected it. Despite the error message, a pdf was generated. (If you could give me any insight on why I got the error messages, that could be helpful to know).
How do I generate a Word document?
Thank you!
Erin

Welcome to our community
Note that RoboHelp is capable of creating a variety of layouts. WebHelp, FlashHelp, AIR Help, Microsoft HTML Help, JavaHelp, Oracle Help, ePub and more.
Any of these layouts may be nominated as the Primary layout. So when you generate the Primary layout, you get whatever has been configured as the Primary layout.
Only certain actions will result in a change to the .XPJ file. The actions are indicative of major changes to the project. So I wouldn't fret the fact that the date time stamp wasn't updated.
Indeed the Printed Documentation Single Source Layout recipe is what you use to create PDF. Generally what happens is that RoboHelp creates a Microsoft Word document as an intermediate file type, then creates the PDF from that. As you might imagine, there are a host of things that can go wrong during the process. I might suggest that you first get a Word document to generate cleanly. Then once you do that, focus on PDF. I know that I typically gen a Word document and stop there. I just open Word and use Word to create the PDF.
If you look at the properties for the Printed Documentation Single Source Layout recipe (View > Pods > Single Source Layouts then right-click the Printed Documentation layout and choose Properties) you will see that PDF, Word or both are options at the top of the dialog.
Hopefully that gives you a nudge in the right direction.
My fellow Adobe Community Expert Peter Grainge has excellent info on Printed Documentation on his site at Grainge.org. Click the link below for that.
Click here to visit Peter's site
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links
RoboHelp Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
Begin learning RoboHelp HTML 7 or 8 moments from now - $24.95!
Adobe Certified RoboHelp HTML Training
SorcererStone Blog
RoboHelp eBooks

How to create black and white pdfs from autocad drawing

I am trying to create a pdf from autocad drawing with searchable text. Using the default acad pdf driver, it will create searchable text for only TT fonts with width set to 1.0. We use the monochrome plot settings so pdfs are all black, even if drawing was in color.
Using 'create pdf' from Acrobat Pro, Acrobat pro will create a pdf from the autocad drawing easily with all text searchable, shape fonts, TT fonts, no matter what the width. Fantastic. However, there is no option that I can see to create the pdf in just black and white. It creates the pdf in drawings original colors. How do I create a black and white pdf using acrobat pro? Thanks.

@gordon15
The only way to change the color of the printouts from your iPhone is through HP's free mobile app "HP ePrint Home&Biz". This is available in the App Store.
Simply download and install the app, choose a file to print from within the app, then press the icon at the bottom right of the screen that is a wrench and printer. This should then give you the option to choose the color output. Make your selection, press "Done", then press "Print."
If you are not seeing this option, you may need to setup ePrint for the printer and then register the app. This registration will also give you more functionality with the app.
If I have solved your issue, please feel free to provide kudos and make sure you mark this thread as solution provided!
Although I work for HP, my posts and replies are my own opinion and not those of HP.

Acrobat 8 Pro and Create PDF from a Website

Hi,
I'm out of sorts. I can't seem to be able to turn a website thread into PDF file using my Acrobat 8 Pro (Mac user)....
The thread I'm trying to save has multiple pages and all Acrobat 8 does is save only the first page and not any of the subsequent pages.... unless I manually go page by page but then I end up with multiple PDF files that I would have to combine and that is just too time consuming --and would have to learn to do that as well.
Here's the link to the website thread I'm trying to convert into PDF:http://tinyurl.com/6guqpf
Could someone please advice what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks,
R

Thanks Paul, I've tried to Save as PDF in the OSX print dialogue box- but it only saves the first page of the thread I'm trying to save (when most threads have more than 1 page, sometimes up to 30 pages each)
This is what my friend wrote and how she found a way to solve her problem.... however I don't have Adobe 5 as she does and I would like to not have to get Adobe 5 but use only Adobe 8....
<<I start Adobe 8.
Select Create PDF from Web Page and paste in:
http://learningcenter.atkins.com/sessions/discussions/index.jsp?courseSessionId=7233&webPa geId=1000007&courseId=3856
When it's made the first page (see attached) [<<=== can't attach here since you need a password to view it.]
I save it and exit.
Then I open Adobe 5 and then I can click on each topic to start capturing the information (meaning all pages to each thread without a problem).
If I click on a topic in Adobe 8 ... it makes a page in a new browser window ... and I'm lost.>>
Do you or anyone else know why this is so? Why Adobe 8 would open a page in a new browser window and Adobe 5 doesn't?
Thanks again,
R

Launch pdf from menu

How can I open a pdf directly from the menu in 10g?
I've tried to implement a dummy-window, with the following code in the "when-window-activated" trigger:
declare
     path varchar(250);
begin
     path := 'C:\folder\file.pdf';
     client_host ( 'cmd /c start ' || path );
exit_form;
end;I get error: WUC-015: Your form must contain the following bean for this function to be available: oracle.forms.webutil.host.Host
I've included WEBUTIL in the project and as far as I can see, it contains host.Host.
I think it is a timing problem with loading webutil after the window or similar. Implementing a dummy-button and calling the code above on its "When-new-item-instance" doesn't solve the problem.
Any help will be appreciated.

I made a whole new form and since then, at least I can call the pdf by pressing that button now. (Seems I've had some unpleasant "left overs".) However, I still can't call the pdf from the menu. I'm sure now, that it's a timing-problem. I suppose, thats also the reason why it runs on my local machine but not from the server. Maybe WEBUTIL gets loaded later there than on my pc.
Anyway, I will make a work-around and start the pdf by pressing a button.
Thanks a lot for you help, though!

Can't pinch and zoom pdfs from HTML Resources anymore

After Folio Viewer Update there is no pinch and zoom in pdf from HTML-Resources.
Before the Update everything works fine in my Folios. Has anybody the same problem?
I rebuild a Folio V32, Only vertical, Standard PDF - same Problem. (iOS8.0.2. Ipad)
Is there a solution?
Thanks

Yes. I am having the same problem. I cannot pinch and zoom into pdfs from HTMLResources.zip, which is making them unusable in my app for the phone version.

Using IE V.11 and blocks PDF from opening via links?

Using IE V.11 and can't open PDF from links. Help PLZ!

What exactly means "can't"? Is this perhaps the problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2716529 ?

Upload and download PDF from Wd appliaction to R-3

Hi experts ,
I am creating a Wd jave appliaction . In which I want to give Upload facility to employee . Once user uplaods any document from wd , it goes to R/3 . Also in other part of this application user must be able to see his uploaded document.
My question is in what format I ll send Pdf data into R/3 .
And while retrieving i m getting it as URL , so how to get PDF from URL .
Thanks in Advance
Abhay

Hi Abhay,
If your requirment is to view the uploaded documents in portal only , no need to send the document to R/3.
1)upload ur document using upload UI
2)send only the path where document is uploaded to R/3.
3)using download UI , download the document you will get the path from R/3.
Thanks,
Sunitha Hari

Launch pdf from Standalone

I'm distributing my Captivate project via CD, so chose to
publish as a Standalone project. I have pdfs that are included in
the same folder as my exe. When I click the links to these pdfs, it
launches Internet Explorer and I get a "Page Not Found" error. When
I publish the project as Flash files, the links work OK, but when
someone inserts the CD, they get the Flash security warning, which
I think may throw some users off. I tried saving the Word docs as
htm, but that didn't help. Can you have links from a Standalone
project?

Hi again Evelita
Linking to other files in an exe output is no problem. All
you have to do is specify the absolute path as it will be found on
the users machine. So for a CD distribution, I would recommend that
you manually type in the full path for the reference material e.g
D:\ProjectXYZ\Reference_Materials\whatever.pdf.
Hint - I actually copy all my reference materials to a CD
with the expected path built in and then just reference my project
to that. The only drawbacks you can expect is if your users have a
different drive specced as the CD drive, in which case the manual
path capture is the better one.
Lastly, just make sure that you click on the little
whatsisname next to the file path in the button properties dialogue
box and select to open in a new window AND to NOT continue playing
movie.
Helpful I hope, insane am I
Andrew

Adobe Reader 9.3.0.148 crash on launch PDF from explorer

The following crash occurs when launching a .PDF file from Windows Explorer:
acrord32.exe
acrord32.dll v9.3.0.148 offset 001937FA
Uninstalling and re-installing Adobe Reader doesn't help.
This is a Windows XP system.
Viewing a PDF via Internet Explorer (add-in) does work.
Any ideas on how to get this solved?
Thanks,
Wouter

Try uninstalling, running the Microsoft Installer Cleanup tool then re-installing.

Convert OTF to PDF and print PDF from Spool

Hi,
I have searched all the forums and service market place but could not find solution to my problem.
I am using Function module
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTFSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
    EXPORTING
      src_spoolid              = p_spool
      no_dialog                = 'X'
      dst_device               = 'ISJB'
      pdf_destination          = 'S'
    IMPORTING
      pdf_bytecount            = lv_bytecount
      pdf_spoolid              = lv_spoolid
      otf_pagecount            = lv_pagecount
      btc_jobname              = lv_jobname
      btc_jobcount             = lv_jobcount
    TABLES
      pdf                      = gt_pdf
    EXCEPTIONS
      err_no_otf_spooljob      = 1
      err_no_spooljob          = 2
      err_no_permission        = 3
      err_conv_not_possible    = 4
      err_bad_dstdevice        = 5
      user_cancelled           = 6
      err_spoolerror           = 7
      err_temseerror           = 8
      err_btcjob_open_failed   = 9
      err_btcjob_submit_failed = 10
      err_btcjob_close_failed = 11
      OTHERS                   = 12.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
this generates spool in SP01. Ideally it should generate a PDF spool file but it generates a BIN file of Format G_RAW. When I display the spool it displays all kinds of japanese characters which does not make sense,.
I setup printer ISJB with device type JPPDF (PDF converted for Japanese characters). Does any one know where the problem could be? Why I could not print the Spool in PDF?
Thank you,
Jagadish

Hi,
check out this program which will convert spool to pdf
REPORT zsmartform_spool_g.
*************Types Declaration ****************************
TYPES : BEGIN OF gty_tab,                          " Spool Requests
        rqident   TYPE tsp01-rqident,              " Spool request number
        rqdoctype TYPE tsp01-rqdoctype,            " Spool: document type
        rqo1name TYPE tsp01-rqo1name,             " TemSe object name
       END OF gty_tab.
*********Work Area ****************************************
DATA: form_name TYPE rs38l_fnam,      " Used to get the function module of Smartform
      wa_outopt TYPE ssfcompop,       " SAP Smart Forms: Smart Composer (transfer) options
      gs_tab    TYPE gty_tab.         " Spool Requests
*******Internal Table Declarations ************************
DATA: gt_tab TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF gty_tab,       " Spool Requests
      gt_pdf TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF tline,         " SAPscript: Text Lines
      gt_spoolid TYPE tsfspoolid,                  " Table with Spool IDs
      gt_otfdata TYPE ssfcrescl.                 " Smart Forms: Return value at end of form prnt
*********Variable Declarations ****************************
DATA: gv_bytecount   TYPE i,               "#EC NEEDED " PDF Byte Count
      gv_file_name   TYPE string,                    " File name
      gv_file_path   TYPE string,                    " File Path
      gv_full_path   TYPE string,                    " Path
      gv_binfilesize TYPE i,                         " Bin File size
      gv_rqident   TYPE tsp01-rqident,               " Spool request number
      gv_name TYPE tst01-dname,                      " TemSe object name
      gv_objtype TYPE rststype-type,                 " TemSe: Object type name
      gv_type TYPE rststype-type.                    " TemSe: Object type name
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
    EXPORTING
      formname           = 'ZPDF_G'
    IMPORTING
      fm_name            = form_name
    EXCEPTIONS
      no_form            = 1
      no_function_module = 2
      OTHERS             = 3.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
    WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
*Get Spool IDs
wa_outopt-tdnewid = 'X'.
wa_outopt-tddest = 'LP01'.
CALL FUNCTION form_name
    EXPORTING
      output_options   = wa_outopt
      user_settings    = 'X'
    IMPORTING
      job_output_info = gt_otfdata
    EXCEPTIONS
      formatting_error = 1
      internal_error   = 2
      send_error       = 3
      user_canceled    = 4
      OTHERS           = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
*Assign the spool id
gt_spoolid = gt_otfdata-spoolids.
Generate spool and pdf for the output of the form
PERFORM sub_generate_spool_pdf.
END-OF-SELECTION.
*&      Form sub_generate_spool_pdf
      Generate Spool and PDF output
FORM sub_generate_spool_pdf .
DATA: ls_spoolid LIKE LINE OF gt_spoolid.
*----Get the Spool Number
CLEAR ls_spoolid.
READ TABLE gt_spoolid INTO ls_spoolid INDEX 1.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
    gv_rqident = ls_spoolid.
ENDIF.
CLEAR gt_tab.
SELECT rqident rqdoctype rqo1name INTO TABLE gt_tab
           FROM tsp01 WHERE rqident = gv_rqident.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
    CLEAR gs_tab.
Get the TemSe: Object name into variable gv_name
    READ TABLE gt_tab INTO gs_tab INDEX 1.
    IF sy-subrc = 0.
      gv_name = gs_tab-rqo1name.
    ENDIF.
ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION 'RSTS_GET_ATTRIBUTES'
    EXPORTING
      authority     = 'SP01'
      client        = sy-mandt
      name          = gv_name
      part          = 1
    IMPORTING
      type          = gv_type
      objtype       = gv_objtype
    EXCEPTIONS
      fb_error      = 1
      fb_rsts_other = 2
      no_object     = 3
      no_permission = 4
      OTHERS        = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
Check if temse object name type is 'OTF' or 'LIST'
IF gv_objtype(3) = 'OTF'.
    PERFORM get_otf_spool_in_pdf.
ELSE.
    PERFORM get_abap_spool_in_pdf.
ENDIF.
Generate F4 functionality from spool to pdf
PERFORM write_pdf_spool_to_pc.
ENDFORM.                    " sub_generate_spool_pdf
*&      Form get_abap_spool_in_pdf
      Generate the Spool number
FORM get_abap_spool_in_pdf .
REFRESH gt_pdf.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
    EXPORTING
      src_spoolid              = gv_rqident
    IMPORTING
      pdf_bytecount            = gv_bytecount
    TABLES
      pdf                      = gt_pdf
    EXCEPTIONS
      err_no_abap_spooljob     = 1
      err_no_spooljob          = 2
      err_no_permission        = 3
      err_conv_not_possible    = 4
      err_bad_destdevice       = 5
      user_cancelled           = 6
      err_spoolerror           = 7
      err_temseerror           = 8
      err_btcjob_open_failed   = 9
      err_btcjob_submit_failed = 10
      err_btcjob_close_failed = 11
      OTHERS                   = 12.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
    WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    " get_abap_spool_in_pdf
*&      Form get_otf_spool_in_pdf
      Generate OTF data from the Spool Number
FORM get_otf_spool_in_pdf .
REFRESH gt_pdf.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTFSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
    EXPORTING
      src_spoolid              = gv_rqident
    IMPORTING
      pdf_bytecount            = gv_bytecount
    TABLES
      pdf                      = gt_pdf
    EXCEPTIONS
      err_no_otf_spooljob      = 1
      err_no_spooljob          = 2
      err_no_permission        = 3
      err_conv_not_possible    = 4
      err_bad_dstdevice        = 5
      user_cancelled           = 6
      err_spoolerror           = 7
      err_temseerror           = 8
      err_btcjob_open_failed   = 9
      err_btcjob_submit_failed = 10
      err_btcjob_close_failed = 11
      OTHERS                   = 12.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
    WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    " get_otf_spool_in_pdf
*&      Form write_pdf_spool_to_pc
      Generate PDF format
FORM write_pdf_spool_to_pc .
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_save_dialog
    CHANGING
      filename             = gv_file_name
      path                 = gv_file_path
      fullpath             = gv_full_path
    EXCEPTIONS
      cntl_error           = 1
      error_no_gui         = 2
      not_supported_by_gui = 3
      OTHERS               = 4.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
    WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
----DOWNLOADING THE PDF DATA***
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      bin_filesize            = gv_binfilesize
      filename                = gv_full_path
      filetype                = 'BIN'
    TABLES
      data_tab                = gt_pdf
    EXCEPTIONS
      file_write_error        = 1
      no_batch                = 2
      gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
      invalid_type            = 4
      no_authority            = 5
      unknown_error           = 6
      header_not_allowed      = 7
      separator_not_allowed   = 8
      filesize_not_allowed    = 9
      header_too_long         = 10
      dp_error_create         = 11
      dp_error_send           = 12
      dp_error_write          = 13
      unknown_dp_error        = 14
      access_denied           = 15
      dp_out_of_memory        = 16
      disk_full               = 17
      dp_timeout              = 18
      file_not_found          = 19
      dataprovider_exception = 20
      control_flush_error     = 21
      OTHERS                  = 22.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
    WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    " write_pdf_spool_to_pc

Embed and Launch PDF from an AppleScript

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for