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PDFDocument: Reports With Full Vectorial Quality

Published April 5, 2022 by Javier Menendez

Back in 2020 when PDFDocument was first introduced in Xojo, we had to make a compromise in order to render the output created via Xojo’s integrated Report Editor. That was far from ideal, but we needed to first meet some other requirements in order to get the full vectorial quality you expect in both PDFs as well as in rendering reports.

With Xojo 2022r1 I am happy to say we have achieved that goal! The best part is that you don’t need to do anything to take advantage of the update. Keep your code as it is now and, the next time you output your report into a PDF document you’ll get the full vectorial quality you expect!

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PDFDocument: Font Handling Improvements

Published April 5, 2022 by Javier Menendez

Xojo 2022r1 brings a bunch of font handling improvements plus new features to the creation of PDF documents.

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PDFDocument: Signing PDFs

Published April 5, 2022 by Javier Menendez

Beginning with Xojo 2022r1 you can use Xojo’s newPDFSignatureForm Control in your PDFDocuments. Using this allows your users to be able to sign documents using a Digital Certificate. Read on to learn how…

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Listing Fonts on Linux

Published March 31, 2022 by Javier Menendez

Earlier this month we published a way to get the full listing of font styles on Windows, continue reading to see how to get the same on Linux, including the path to the font file!

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TTC to TTF File Converter

Published March 24, 2022 by Javier Menendez

TTC files are TrueType Collection files that contain the data needed to represent multiple font styles and font weights; this is a collection. On the other hand, TTF files are TrueType Font files, that contains the data required to work with only one font style or one font weight (for example: Regular, Bold or Light).

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In Support of Ukraine

Published March 21, 2022 by Alyssa Foley

Xojo stands firmly in support of Ukraine. Everyone has the right to live in safety and we are heartbroken by the escalating crisis in Ukraine,…

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CatsUp! 2022

Published March 16, 2022 by Paul Lefebvre

With just a few lines of code, you can create a Xojo app for iOS and Android that shows a new cat picture each time you launch it. I call this app “CatsUp!”. It’s a play on ketchup/catsup, get it?

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Font Family Listing on Windows

Published March 14, 2022 by Javier Menendez

Do you need to display all the font family members (styles and weights) available in your Windows computer? There is a simple way to do it using the RegistryItem class! Continue reading and I’ll show you how.

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A Web App to Calculate Combat Rolls in Twilight Imperium

Published March 3, 2022 by Paul Lefebvre

Every few weeks my son Lucas gets together with his friends for board game day. Last week’s game was Twilight Imperium. One part of the game includes rolling a 10-sided die to calculate whether one of your ships successfully registers a hit on your opponent. Apparently this is something that can take a while to do as each player amasses more and more ships. This was ripe for automation!

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The Xojo Showcase

The Xojo Showcase

Published March 1, 2022 by Alyssa Foley

We created the Xojo Showcase to, well, showcase the broad variety of apps made in Xojo. Want to get more eyes on your latest Xojo app? Upload your Xojo-made app to the Xojo Showcase. Whether it’s a Desktop, Web, Mobile or Raspberry Pi app, commercial, personal or educational, anything developed in Xojo can be added. Upload screenshots, add a description of the app, point to a promotional video, include a direct link to your website, the app’s webpage and a download link. There isn’t an easier way to spread awareness of your latest Xojo app!

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