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I'm really confused . Ok for ENCODING but for all other PRINT command have documentation on HMG Reference. I use this post from Roberto Lopez - Post Re: HMG_HPDF - Export to PDF made easy... (New Version) - viewtopic.php?p=25036#p25036

Roberto Lopez wrote:Hi All,
This is a new version with constants prefix changed to PRINTER, PREVIEW added to SELECT PRINTER, and a new command: OPEN FILE (alias for EXECUTE FILE).

Attachments: pdf.zip [245.6 KiB]

In this file there's hmg_hpdf.ch (9feb2013) with PRINT command

Maybe tonight I'm too tired to think.

@mustafa viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2497&hilit=hpdf&start=30 is the "old version" in Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:57 pm. I had download in 2013 from Roberto Lopez post n.25036. I'm very confused. Good night dears HMG users

To Italia1 and others,

To Italia1, please try to not mix topic with the same subject. Try to keep in the same one, in order to start more confusion please... I got readen your message (in other topic) and I understand what you are saying. Let me try to explain for everbody.

I think there is a big mistake or missundertanding or something is missing regarding one instruction from Roberto Lopez which started in this his message.

In short, the proposal of Roberto was to integrate the new commands that Rathinagiri created for hmg_hpdf and make them equal to the regular print commands.

Roberto has public his own hmg_hpdf.ch file and has changed during the same topic several times. This is his last one (I presume).

But.. I do not know if this was implemented. Probably in any previous versions it worked like Roberto has indicated, but I am not sure that this was unified in the previous releases.

I remembered in this my message, I have questioned to Rathinagiri ( but he did not responded, this is becoming quite usal ) and from that date seems was used SET HPDF... as like is actually not as Roberto indication.

There is some questions in this message that also is not with any response (sad again). But if you read calmly, you will see this colleague could answer all this questions.
Because his questioning to use BOTH regular print and hmg_hpdf (all together) and this could happen with anyone...

So Italia1, now probably you are resting due time-zone and you seems very tired. But your questioning probably is not be posible to unify commands between regular prints commands with hmg_hpdf ones. Because there is the possibility to use both of it and if you make as Roberto and you are suggesting, without a extra identification or flag, then the system will mix both commands... This is my deductible and if I'm not mistaken, certainly has a lot of sense.

I just want to clarify that I realized those modifications in main goal to validate the true type fonts and I based it on the current version, ie hm.3.2.0

It is always good to deduce that the latest version is more stable. Alias ​​when we speak of stable, always considering also that is subject to modifications, improvements and adaptations for the future.

I hope to be cleared up this matter, ok Italia1 and others ?

Hello!
Yesterday I was tired and stressed out because I've probably the CPU broken of main PC, so I apologize if I mixed the post which I never do. Probably I followed only indication of Roberto Lopez and since then I have not stopped (over a year). And 'mainly why I was confused. I ask again apologize to everyone!
My next sources will try to use the commands HPDF and not the normal PRINT to see if I find myself there. I avoid direct printing and prefer to create PDF then if I must I print it. In short: HMG ecologists programs

It would probably be advisable to create a thread specific standard commands PRINT Vs. HPDF commands so maybe Roberto Lopez or Rathinagiri can interact. If he want good Pablo César can create it by assemble and moving posts for a better reading of threads.

What I understand is 101% HMG, without even going to read sources (because i've not time). I'm an old Clipper programmer and previously assembler then have pity on my antiquity view. W HMG, my new main compiler! Thank you very much!

Edit: I found the convert string € in my DBF: is the U+20AC Unicode that in UTF-8 is 226 130 172.
The complete converson tables I find in http://utf8-chartable.de/unicode-utf8-t ... -&utf8=dec I hope is useful

PeteWG wrote:Actually it yields an exception error.

If my observation is correct and HPDF is really un-able to load fonts, this is a very serious limitation because Base14 fonts are able to display ONLY the latin1 character set, which in fact is of no use for other languages sets -not to mention that Base14 is limited to only three font families (courier, helvetica, times).

However, I have managed to isolate the problem inside hmg_hpdf.prg (lines 235 to 270), and have prepared a function to overcome the problem.
In case you (or anyone else) is interested i could post a working sample here.
On the other hand, if there is no problem at all in your current implementation, it would be very appreciated to enlighten me about the correct way to use .TTF fonts.

Hi Pete, could you make public your corrections ?

Italia1 wrote:It would probably be advisable to create a thread specific standard commands PRINT Vs. HPDF commands so maybe Roberto Lopez or Rathinagiri can interact. If he want good Pablo César can create it by assemble and moving posts for a better reading of threads.

Hi Italia1, here we can continue to discuss this your question and I made all the concerned messages to here.

Italia1 wrote:

Pablo César wrote:As a far I know, this command SET HPDFDOC ENCODING TO belongs to hmg_hpdf fro long time at least I know since hmg.3.0.46 version...

My first approach to THE GREATH HMG, and I look it every day, is the HMG Reference on hmgdoc/data/ and in Print System (on the left) ther's the PRINT command
Peraphs I learned from a dated reference or I look 2 print systems and I preferred the command PRINT and not HPDFPRINT

So, why are you questoning to unificate commands, even knowing there is a chance to use regular and hmg_hpdf at same time (both together), which certainly will be mixed commands and some troubles to separate them. Why ?

You said you learned to use as Roberto indication (unificated commands), so my second question is: from which HMG version you have noted this is like this (with unified commands) ?

PeteWG wrote:Now, I don't know if am doing something badly wrong , but I've had problem when I tried to load/use .TTF fonts.
So, while this line:

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PRINT 'This is in Courier font' font 'Courier' size 18 

works ok, (because it uses the Base14 fonts that are built-in to PDF)

unfortunately this line (which tries to load a *.TTF font file):

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PRINT 'This is in Courier font' font 'Cour.ttf' size 18 

fails.. Actually it yields an exception error.

Hi Pete, this was happening before my previous upgrade. Before was necessary to include ttf path together with file name. Sure this file must be found at Windows as most of it, but need to put "c:\windows\fonts\"+ttf_file_name. But now this is not necessary any more, because I made some improvements validating ttf files (see this attached source file).

PeteWG at PM wrote:

Rathinagiri wrote:Hi Pete,

Please post your fix. That will be definitely useful.

And

Pablo César wrote:Hi Pete, could you make public your corrections ?

It's a long time ago i haven't touched this code. I really don't remember details about the subject.

If my observation is correct and HPDF is really un-able to load fonts, this is a very serious limitation because Base14 fonts are able to display ONLY the latin1 character set, which in fact is of no use for other languages sets -not to mention that Base14 is limited to only three font families (courier, helvetica, times).

However, I have managed to isolate the problem inside hmg_hpdf.prg (lines 235 to 270), and have prepared a function to overcome the problem.

hmg_hpdf.7z

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Hi Pete, thank you for your response and contribution. I have note your changings but as far I have done previously with some more implementations, I think will be ok as is it now which will be in the new HMG release.

I am trying to get successfully using Unicode with HMG_HPDF.

Also, in the next release we try to incorporate PDF, Barcode and BosTaurus functionalities into HMG.

Rathinagiri wrote:I am trying to get successfully using Unicode with HMG_HPDF.

Also, in the next release we try to incorporate PDF, Barcode and BosTaurus functionalities into HMG.

It is good news

bpd2000 wrote:

Rathinagiri wrote:I am trying to get successfully using Unicode with HMG_HPDF.

Also, in the next release we try to incorporate PDF, Barcode and BosTaurus functionalities into HMG.

It is good news

+1

Seria Excelente Rathinagiri!

Saludos