Pdf orientation

How about lauching adobe from ignition so I can view my Cad drawings in 64 bit Ignition as a temporary fix …Possible?

You can use the system.util.execute() function to execute commands via the operating system, including launching outside applications. You’ll just have to get the syntax right, which can be tricky sometimes. Check out the user manual for a simple example: inductiveautomation.com/support/ … xecute.htm

I installed 32bit Ignition and tried to view my landscaped pdf. No success, Can I send my pdf to you and we can see if you can get it to work?

Can you see it in the client/runtime?

it is portrait view in the designer and in the client view.

either email it to support@inductiveautomation.com or attach it to this thread

Has anyone ever looked into using javabeans for adobe application in the pdf viewer?
I’m reading about it now and wondering what the current pdf viewer is.

I will email you the screen shot that I took. I didnt make any changes to the pdf, all I did was import it into 32 bit ignition and displayed it with the ActiveX pdf viewer and it displayed as a landscape.

I was still using the plain pdf viewer…
I didn’t realize I needed an extra module.
I don’t think I can rationalize restricting Ignition to 32bit for the sole purpose of a landscaped pdf…
Has anyone explored other options for 64 bit Ignition that would allow me to upload CAD drawings?
I’ve used PrimoPDF, PDFill… I’m considering using screenshots of the drawings…
JavaBeans seems promising… Could I script a adobe container into Ignition?

You do need an additional module. The ActiveX module is free to download and use.

I am using the activex adobe pdf viewer and launching a 32bit windows 7 client.
Of coarse, I cant see the pdf in the designer, but it does display all of my multipage drawings in the client.
However, the problem I am having is that when I open the window the viewer is in, It does not seem to access the path to open the document until the second time I open the window… I think I had some issue with this happening for template paths a couple Ignition patches ago. Could this need to be fixed for the pdf filepath as well?

Is your path to the file bound to anything, or is it statically defined on the component?

bound.
file is located on the server, where 64bit Ignition is installed, which is not my client.

Is this intermittent? After the initial open-close-open of the window will it work every time?

I was curious if the dwg trueview might work for you. I downloaded it a while back and never even tried it. I think it
was up to 2013. I was thinking there is a cad active x for ignition… Is that still available?

I have had several bad encounters with that pdf viewer behaving exactly as you described. I finally gave up and made it
launch externally. If you build a module I hope u share! While im wishing maybe we could get the browser component
too lol.
sorry its been a long day. I shouldnt be on the forum while having cocktails…

There are two ActiveX components that will view DWG files created in autoCAD. The Autodesk Design Review and the Autodesk DWG TrueReview.

[quote=“tailfire”]I have had several bad encounters with that pdf viewer behaving exactly as you
sorry its been a long day. I shouldnt be on the forum while having cocktails…[/quote]
LOL

Trying these DWG components, I get an ERROR essage that says Unable to initialize component, because the necessary ActiveX control is missing.
My filepath seems OK, its located locally.

Thats the same message that you should be receiving even with any of the ActiveX components. If you acknowledge it and keep going you should be fine.

The activeX adobe viewer will work fine for me…Now I just need to have it load my file on the first time the window opens…
I navigate the the window with a tab strip…
Should I just throw a script somewhere that will close and reopen the window WHEN the window is opened by the tab strip?
Where would I put this handler?
Also, the DWG viewer doesn’t work for me. Keeps telling me that I don’t have the correct activeX components installed even in the Client View.