Shrinking/compressing PDFs

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Paul Newton

2017-12-21 15:32:29 UTC

Hi all

The subject explains what I need to be able to do within a running VFP application - any suggestions (preferably free or cheap :)). I apologise in advance if this should have been marked [NF] but I thought not

Many thanks

Paul Newton

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2017-12-21 18:36:51 UTC

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Post by Paul Newton
Hi all
The subject explains what I need to be able to do within a running VFP
application - any suggestions (preferably free or cheap :)). I
apologise in advance if this should have been marked [NF] but I
thought not

Craig Boyd has vfpcompression.fll. Maybe that would help?

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Dave Thayer

2017-12-21 19:55:14 UTC

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Ghostscript can do it:

for a modest amount of compression :
gswin32c.exe -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
-dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=<<outfile>>
<<infile>>

for more compression:
gswin32c.exe -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
-dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=<<outfile>>
<<infile>>

hth

dt

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Ted Roche

2017-12-21 20:27:36 UTC

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A few more clues might give you a more targeted answer.

1. How big is the file, and how much reduction are you aiming for?
2. What's the composition of the PDF: scanned pages, graphics, text?
3. Are you generating it from a FoxPro report?
4. Using PostScript fonts? Which driver are you using to generate it?

Generic answer: use pdftk (https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/)

But that might not apply.
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Kevin J Cully

2017-12-21 18:41:48 UTC

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We use a PDF markup tool called BlueBeam. Within that program that have the ability to shrink PDFs. I think I remember there is a way to automate BlueBeam but I've never done it myself. Not free, but not badly priced either.

https://www.bluebeam.com/

-Kevin

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Hi all

The subject explains what I need to be able to do within a running VFP application - any suggestions (preferably free or cheap :)). I apologise in advance if this should have been marked [NF] but I thought not

Many thanks

Paul Newton

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Kurt Wendt

2017-12-21 20:41:08 UTC

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Ted Roche

2017-12-21 20:44:36 UTC

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Post by Kurt Wendt
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Yeah, what Kurt said.
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Ted Roche

2017-12-21 20:45:49 UTC

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Post by Ted Roche

Yeah, what Kurt said.

OK, maybe not.
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Kurt at VR-FX

2017-12-21 21:20:27 UTC

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That is SO WEIRD! I can't believe it came across like that! I made the
response on my Cell phone. Strange indeed...

All I said was - this thread made me think of the Shrinkage episode from
Seinfeld!

;-)

-K-

Post by Ted Roche

Yeah, what Kurt said.

OK, maybe not.

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Paul Newton

2017-12-22 08:27:53 UTC

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Thank you Ted and to everybody else who made suggestions - especially Kurt :)

I am looking art SmallPDF and they do an API - there are no details on their site though so I have requested details and pricing from them. They have an online compression tool which reduced a PDF from ca 230KB to ca 116KB and I would be more than happy to be able to achieve that degree of compression

I will give feedback, probably in the New Year.

Season's greetings and a Happy New Year to all

Paul Newton

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Post by Kurt Wendt
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Yeah, what Kurt said.

OK, maybe not.

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