grandmastergm Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Hello everyone, Mysteriously today my print to pdf stopped working in Hero Designer. It's build 20220312. Is there a way to fix this? Please advise, GrandmasterGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 That functionality was removed years ago due to incompatibility of required libraries with current versions of Java. Use the export functionality - whatever format you export to, the native renderer on your system (e.g. Word, browser, etc) will allow printing to pdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmastergm Posted July 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Simon said: That functionality was removed years ago due to incompatibility of required libraries with current versions of Java. Use the export functionality - whatever format you export to, the native renderer on your system (e.g. Word, browser, etc) will allow printing to pdf. Is there any way for it to put in as an export format? Or has anyone come up with a way to export to a similar to pdf as before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 I posted an PDF that someone had done on drivethrurpg in another post. DanS: Did the .yml file and script in the source tell the exported material where to go? I was looking to see if it could be exported and then taken to the original sheets as an xml file but it all seems internal to that PDF code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 If by "where to go" you mean positioning within the exported PDF document, that was largely down to the code and a pdf template -- the yml file just contained some basic configurations like font specifications, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 Think the main issue was the pdf template - I got the pdf file and everything, but where and what was inputted was the issue. Thinking it could be a two step process similar to the one on drivethru. Export the XML/whatever and then having it tossed into the pdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 HD would export to a very basic text format, which would be read in and merged into a PDF by a JRuby component which was not for the faint of heart. The Java - Ruby tie-in was the primary source of compatibility issues (deprecation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 And there is a XFDF format that Acrobat will read and import into Form filled PDF without Ruby. You have to have a HDE -> XFDF Export along with a PDF that has the required fields. It just requires the user to do a few more steps then straight Print to PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxiekins Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 My version still prints characters to PDF, but is unable to print to PDF for Bases and Vehicles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndreare Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 I retained my copy of HD3. It still works for most characters. Some characters do cause flow issues, or slight miss alignments. EDIT: The print to pdf that created the perfect character sheets was not under file. it was under "Current Character" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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