Re: libEXREPORT_pdf.so

Any chance of a minimal test case?
On 4 Mar 2012 13:57, "Eddie" <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Mike Aubury <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> The filename should come from the A4GL_EXREPORT setting - and should be
>> in captials - I dont know where its getting the "pdf" from - it should be
>> "PDF" (ie. uppercase)
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>> This might be set in the environment - or the aubitrc file, or uses a
>> default  - try using :
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>> $  aubit-config -verbose EXREPORT
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>> You need to make sure you have pdflib installed (dev version of you are
>> compiling from source)
>> Alternatively - you can see what other libEXREPORT_..*.so files you have.
>> NOPDF is a "dummy" one that wont help you..
>> But - you might have libEXREPORT_HARU.so - which use libharu - rather
>> than pdflib..
>>
>> After that - if you care still getting an error - I'd need to see a
>> simple sample - as always - these things appear to work fine here :)
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> PDFlib seems installed correctly and adding "convertible , converting as
> pdf" to a simple 4gl report creates a PDF without problems. PDFlib was
> compiled from source suing the latest available PDFlib-Lite-7.0.5
>
> pdflib was compiled with --prefix=/usr/local and aubit with
> --with-pdf=/usr/local/bin
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> [aubit@informix1 plugins-1.2_28]$ ls -l *EXREPORT*
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 aubit aubit   8242 Mar  4 08:16 libEXREPORT_NOPDF.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 aubit aubit     18 Mar  3 22:44 libEXREPORT_pdf.so ->
> libEXREPORT_PDF.so
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 aubit aubit 143106 Mar  4 08:16 libEXREPORT_PDF.so
> [aubit@informix1 plugins-1.2_28]$
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> [aubit@informix1 plugins-1.2_28]$ aubit-config -verbose EXREPORT
> ''
> Set from : Not set
> [aubit@informix1 plugins-1.2_28]$
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> [aubit@informix1 test]$ env|grep -i pdf
> A4GL_PDFTYPE=PDF
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> [aubit@informix1 ~]$ grep -i pdf .aubit4gl/aubitrc
> #Options: PDF, (NOPDF)
> A4GL_PDFTYPE=NOPDF
> A4GL_PDFTYPE_DETECTED="NOPDF"
> WARN_LD_LIBRARY_REASON=" PDF IESQLC Informix-ESQL"
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> By the error I guess its related to positioning elements on the report. I
> can take an existing 4gl report and convert to PDF without problems. The
> 4gl report is pretty much some PRINTs with a couple formating options like
> page length and margins. If I try running the sample (pdf_report.4gl) that
> uses more complex formatting I get the error
>
> [aubit@informix1 test]$ ./pdf_report.4ae
> START
> fatal exception: [1109] PDF_set_text_pos: Floating point parameter 'x' has
> bad value 1.8e+18 (maximum 1e+18)
> [aubit@informix1 test]$
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> Did some more testing and managed to identify the problem is in this
> section
>
>
> format
> first page header
>         print column 2.5 inches;
>         print image mv_logo AS JPEG SCALED BY 0.25
>         skip to 3 inches;
>         set font size 16
>         print column 2 inches,"Table Dump First Page"
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> Using any non integer value for the position causes the error. It works
> using "print column 2 inches;" and "print column 3 inches;" but will fail
> using "print column 2.5 inches;" or even "print column 2.0 inches;"
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