Pardon my clumsy wording (I’m a hobbyist, mostly) so I may be stating this awkwardly but here’s my problem: I cannot get a stringshape into a picture that keeps its vector aspect. IOW, when I stretch the picture, it pixelates.
Here’s what I’ve done that hasn’t worked:
Created a stringsshape
Drew into a Picture using DrawObject
Tried printing the Picture in a PDF and enlarging.
Result: Pixelation.
If I draw the stringshape directly to g (graphics), it works. But once I draw into a picture, it loses its vectoricity.
I’d appreciate, as always, any help along these lines. I’ve read the documentation, looked at the examples, etc. I’m just, as they say, “not there yet.”
Once you “draw it into a picture” it is no longer a vector (#2) it is then subject to the resolution of the picture itself
Take a look at gPDF (www.rdS.com/gPDF) this allows you to directly create a PDF using normal Xojo graphic commands
There was ONE of the Object2D commands that didn’t get implemented, but I don’t recall StringShape being an issue
Ah. That explains it. I will look at gPDF for sure. Meanwhile, I’m going to recode the entire giantic Pictures-within-a-Picture code that I wrote which, incidentally, works well for screen purposes.
[quote=451694:@Dave S]Once you “draw it into a picture” it is no longer a vector (#2) it is then subject to the resolution of the picture itself
Take a look at gPDF (www.rdS.com/gPDF) this allows you to directly create a PDF using normal Xojo graphic commands
There was ONE of the Object2D commands that didn’t get implemented, but I don’t recall StringShape being an issue[/quote]