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iwu88
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June 9, 2011
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Using AlivePDF with AS3

  • June 9, 2011
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Hi, I'm somewhat new to AS3 and programming. I'm trying to use the AlivePDF library to export text from a text editor created in AS3 into a PDF. Can anyone link me to documentation or a tutorial that can help teach me how to integrate it into a normal AS3 file? I have no idea how to use the library and the only documentation I've seen for it is how to use it in Flex/Air, which is not what I'm looking for.

Thanks!

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Last year, I did a project that used AlivePDF. I found that there wasn't as much tutorial content on the Web as I would have liked. For folks that are new(er) to AS3 - it is lacking enough in Flash  tutorials to make it "kinda out of reach" without struggling. Even for  myself, I wished there were more simple, but extensive, examples to cull  from.

Like you, I kept getting search hits showing me a small handful of Flex apps that used it, but I was able to sift through a few things, including the website that provides the API for us. So this is most likely not going to get you what you want - it was a little bit of a slow start for me, and I just had to "grow" from the small examples I found on the main website, and look at the API documentation...and then put in the time to try my own simple tests.So, I can really only suggest that you start small, understand the basics of AlivePDF, and work from what you have success with.

You've probably been here, but most of what I learned came from the various pages of th main AlivePDF website:

http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/

The link to the API documentation:

http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/alivepdf-asdoc/

there's a Google Wiki, with other API notes:

http://code.google.com/p/alivepdf/wiki/APINotes

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somascopeCorrect answer
Inspiring
June 10, 2011

Last year, I did a project that used AlivePDF. I found that there wasn't as much tutorial content on the Web as I would have liked. For folks that are new(er) to AS3 - it is lacking enough in Flash  tutorials to make it "kinda out of reach" without struggling. Even for  myself, I wished there were more simple, but extensive, examples to cull  from.

Like you, I kept getting search hits showing me a small handful of Flex apps that used it, but I was able to sift through a few things, including the website that provides the API for us. So this is most likely not going to get you what you want - it was a little bit of a slow start for me, and I just had to "grow" from the small examples I found on the main website, and look at the API documentation...and then put in the time to try my own simple tests.So, I can really only suggest that you start small, understand the basics of AlivePDF, and work from what you have success with.

You've probably been here, but most of what I learned came from the various pages of th main AlivePDF website:

http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/

The link to the API documentation:

http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/alivepdf-asdoc/

there's a Google Wiki, with other API notes:

http://code.google.com/p/alivepdf/wiki/APINotes

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iwu88Author
Inspiring
June 10, 2011

Ah, I see. Thank you for a very thoughtful response. I suspected as much, and I will be reading up on the documentation and comments in the code. Thanks!

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