Lucide Plugin API

A well-commented, working plugin may be seen in ludoc.idl.

Available methods

NB: All page numbers are zero-based.

loadFile()

Description:

Loads the specified file.

Parameters:

filename	filename of the file to load
password	password if necessary, or NULL
errorCode	return location for an error code, or NULL
error	return location for an error, or NULL

Return value:

TRUE if file has loaded; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Note:

Error string is allocated using SOMMalloc(), use SOMFree() to free.

Syntax:

loadFile( in string filename, in string password, out long errorCode, inout string error );

getBpp()

Description:

Get the number of bytes per pixel used for drawing.

Return value:

Number of bytes per pixel used for drawing. Allowed values are 3 (24 bit) or 4 (32 bit). 4 bytes per pixel is the same as 3, but padded with a dummy byte.

Default return value:

0

Type:

short

Syntax:

getBpp();

isScalable()

Description:

See: renderPageToPixbuf(), scale.

Return value:

TRUE if document is scalable; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isScalable();

isFixedImage()

Description:

Determines if upscaling improves image quality. Must return TRUE for fixed-size images/bitmaps. Must return FALSE for documents which render fonts/vector images, to indicate that upscaling improves the quality of the rendered image. Used to determine better printing parameters.

Return value:

TRUE if document is fixed-size; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

TRUE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isFixedImage();

isRotable()

Description:

See: renderPageToPixbuf(), rotation.

Return value:

TRUE if document can be rotated; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isRotable();

getPageCount()

Description:

Returns the number of pages in the loaded document.

Return value:

Number of pages.

Default return value:

0

Type:

long

Syntax:

getPageCount();

getPageSize()

Description:

Gets the size of the specified page.

Parameters:

pagenum	page number
width	return the width of the page (NULL if width is not needed)
height	return the height of the page (NULL if height is not needed)

Type:

void

Syntax:

getPageSize( in long pagenum, inout double width, inout double height );

renderPageToPixbuf()

Description:

First, scale the document to match the specified pixels per point, then render the rectangle given by the upper left corner at (src_x, src_y) and src_width by src_height.

Parameters:

pagenum	the page from which we are to render
src_x	x coordinate of upper left corner
src_y	y coordinate of upper left corner
src_width	width of rectangle to render
src_height	height of rectangle to render
scale	scale specified as pixels per point (if isScalable() is FALSE, scale is ignored and assumed to be 1.0)
rotation	rotate the document by the specified degree (allowed values are 0, 90, 180, 270) (if isRotable() is FALSE, rotation is ignored and assumed to be 0)
pixbuf	pixbuf into which we are to render
errorCode	return location for an error/warning code, or NULL
error	return location for an error/warning, or NULL

Syntax:

renderPageToPixbuf( in long pagenum, in long src_x, in long src_y,
                    in long src_width, in long src_height,
                    in double scale, in long rotation,
                    in LuPixbuf pixbuf,
                    out long errorCode, inout string error );

isAsynchRenderingSupported()

Description:

See renderPageToPixbufAsynch().

Return value:

TRUE if document can be rendered asynchronously.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isAsynchRenderingSupported();

renderPageToPixbufAsynch()

Description:

Same as renderPageToPixbuf(), but received pointers to draw function, abort function and functions data. Callback functions must be defined as long _System *asynchCallbackFn( void *data );.

Parameters:

errorCode	return location for an error/warning code, or NULL
error	return location for an error/warning, or NULL

Note:

You must implement renderPageToPixbuf() also, as it is used for printing.

Type:

void

Syntax:

renderPageToPixbufAsynch( in long pagenum, in long src_x,
                          in long src_y, in long src_width, in long src_height,
                          in double scale, in long rotation, in LuPixbuf pixbuf,
                          in asynchCallbackFn fnd, in asynchCallbackFn fna,
                          in somToken fndata,
                          out long errorCode, inout string error );

isRenderIntoPS()

Description:

See: renderPageToPS().

Return value:

TRUE if document will render directly into presentation space using renderPageToPS().

Default return value:

FALSE

Note:

You may not implement renderPageToPixbuf() if isRenderIntoPS() is TRUE.

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isRenderIntoPS();

renderPageToPS()

Description:

First scale the document to match the specified pixels per point, then render the rectangle given by the upper left corner at (src_x, src_y) and src_width and src_height.

Parameters:

pagenum	the page from which we are to render
src_x	x coordinate of upper left corner
src_y	y coordinate of upper left corner
src_width	width of rectangle to render
src_height	height of rectangle to render
scale	scale specified as pixels per point (if isScalable() is FALSE, scale is ignored and assumed to be 1.0)
rotation	rotate the document by the specified degree (allowed values are 0, 90, 180, 270) (if isRotable() is FALSE, rotation is ignored and assumed to be 0)
hps	handle of presentation space into which we are to render
rect	pointer to RECTL structure, defines render area on HPS
errorCode	return location for an error/warning code, or NULL
error	return location for an error/warning, or NULL

Syntax:

renderPageToPS( in long pagenum, in long src_x, in long src_y,
                in long src_width, in long src_height,
                in double scale, in long rotation,
                in unsigned long hps, in somMToken rect,
                out long errorCode, inout string error );

isHaveText()

Description:

See: getSelectionRectangles(), searchText().

Return value:

TRUE if the document contains text, which can be selected by the user, searched, etc.; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isHaveText();

getSelectionRectangles()

Description:

Returns a sequence of rectangles containing the area that would be rendered as "selected." The returned sequence must be freed with freeRectangles().

Parameters:

pagenum	page number
selection	start and end point of selection as a rectangle

Return value:

A newly allocated LuRectSequence, or NULL if nothing is selected or the document doesn't have selectable text.

Default return value:

NULL

Note:

SOMMalloc() must be used for all memory allocations.

Syntax:

LuRectSequence *getSelectionRectangles( in long pagenum, in LuRectangle selection );

freeRectangles()

Description:

Deallocates a sequence of rectangles allocated by getSelectionRectangles() or searchText().

Type:

void

Syntax:

freeRectangles( in LuRectSequence rectangles );

getText()

Description:

Retrieves the contents of the specified rectangle as text.

Parameters:

pagenum	page number
selection	the rectangle including the text

Return value:

A pointer to the contents of the rectangle as a string or NULL. The pointer is valid until next getText() call, or until LuDocument object is destroyed.

Default return value:

NULL

Note:

Charset of returned string must be UTF-8

Type:

string

Syntax:

getText( in long pagenum, in LuRectangle selection );

isHaveLinks()

Description:

See: getLinkMapping().

Return value:

TRUE if document may contain navigable links; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isHaveLinks();

getLinkMapping()

Description:

Returns a sequence of LuLinkMapping items. This sequence must be freed with freeLinkMapping() when done.

Parameters:

pagenum

page number

Return value:

A pointer to sequence of LuLinkMapping.

Default return value:

A pointer to an empty LuLinkMapSequence.

Note:

SOMMalloc() must be used for all memory allocations.

Syntax:

LuLinkMapSequence *getLinkMapping( in long pagenum );

freeLinkMapping()

Description:

Frees a sequence of LuLinkMapping allocated by getLinkMapping().

Parameters:

mapping

A sequence of LuLinkMapping

Type:

void

Syntax:

freeLinkMapping( in LuLinkMapSequence mapping );

isSaveable()

Description:

Describes whether the current document may be saved.

Return value:

TRUE if document can be saved in same format as original; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isSaveable();

saveAs()

Description:

Saves the current document.

Parameters:

filename

name of file to save

Return value:

TRUE, if the document was successfully saved; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

string

Syntax:

saveAs( in string filename );

isPostScriptExportable()

Description:

Describes whether the current document may be exported to PostScript.

Return value:

TRUE if document can be exported to PostScript; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isPostScriptExportable();

exportToPostScript()

Description:

Create a new PostScript file and generate the document to it.

Parameters:

filename	the path of the output filename
first_page	the first page to print
last_page	the last page to print
width	the paper width in 1/72 inch
height	the paper height in 1/72 inch
brkExport	pointer to boolean variable which must be checked during generating PostScript; if TRUE, interrupt generation process.

Return value:

TRUE if PostScript document was generated successfully or generation was interrupted; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Note:

Values for width and height will end up in the DocumentMedia, the BoundingBox DSC comments, and other places in the generated PostScript.

Syntax:

  exportToPostScript( in string filename,
                      in long first_page, in long last_page,
                      in double width, in double height,
                      inout boolean brkExport );

isHaveFontInfo()

Description:

See: getFontInfo().

Return value:

TRUE if getFontInfo() can return information about fonts used in the document; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isHaveFontInfo();

getFontInfo()

Description:

Returns information about fonts used in document. Returned sequence must be freed with freeFontInfo() when done.

Return value:

A pointer to the sequence of LuFontInfo or NULL if no font information.

Default return value:

NULL

Note:

SOMMalloc() must be used for all memory allocations.

Syntax:

LuFontInfoSequence *getFontInfo();

freeFontInfo()

Description:

Frees a sequence of LuFontInfo allocated by getFontInfo().

Parameters:

fonts

A sequence of LuFontInfo

Type:

void

Syntax:

freeFontInfo( in LuFontInfoSequence fonts );

isHaveIndex()

Description:

Determines if the document has an index associated with it. See: getIndex().

Return value:

TRUE if the document has an index; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isHaveIndex();

getIndex()

Description:

Certain documents have an index associated with them. This index can be used to help the user navigate the document, and is similar to a table of contents. Each node in the index will contain a LuLink which can be displayed to the user.

Here is a simple example of some code that walks the full index:

void viewTree( int level, LuIndexNode *n )
{
	if ( n == NULL ) {
		return;
	}

	somLPrintf( level, "title: %s\n", n->getLink(ev)->title );

	LuIndexNode *cn = n->getFirstChild( ev );
	while ( cn != NULL ) {
		viewTree( level + 1, cn );
		cn = n->getNextChild( ev );
	}
}

Return value:

A new LuIndexNode, which represents an index root, or NULL, if the document doesn't have an index.

Default return value:

NULL

Syntax:

LuIndexNode getIndex();

getDocumentInfo()

Description:

Returns information about the current document. Returned sequence must be freed with freeDocumentInfo() when done.

Return value:

A pointer to the sequence of LuDocumentInfo or NULL if no information is available.

Default return value:

NULL

Syntax:

LuDocumentInfo *getDocumentInfo();

freeDocumentInfo()

Description:

Frees a LuDocumentInfo structure allocated by getDocumentInfo().

Parameters:

info	LuDocumentInfo structure allocated by getDocumentInfo()

Type:

void

Syntax:

freeDocumentInfo( in LuDocumentInfo info );

getThumbnailSize()

Description:

Returns TRUE if the page has a thumbnail associated with it. It also fills the width and height with the those of the thumbnail. The values of width and height are not changed if no appropriate thumbnail exists.

Parameters:

pagenum	page number
suggested_width	if thumbnail doesn't have a predefined width, it will be created with suggested_width.
width	value for width
height	value for height

Return value:

TRUE, if the page has a thumbnail associated with it; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Syntax:

getThumbnailSize( in long pagenum, in short suggested_width, inout short width, inout short height );

getThumbnail()

Description:

Returns pointer to LuPixbuf.

Parameters:

pagenum	page number
suggested_width	if thumbnail doesn't have a predefined width, it will be created with suggested_width.

Return value:

Pointer to LuPixbuf, if page has a thumbnail associated with it, or NULL.

Default return value:

NULL

Syntax:

LuPixbuf getThumbnail( in long pagenum, in short suggested_width );

searchText()

Description:

Returns a sequence of rectangles for each occurrence of the text found on the page. The returned sequence must be freed with freeRectangles().

Parameters:

pagenum	page number
text	the text to find (in system encoding)

Return value:

A newly allocated LuRectSequence, or NULL if nothing found

Default return value:

NULL

Note:

SOMMalloc() must be used for all memory allocations.

Syntax:

LuRectSequence *searchText( in long pagenum, in string text,
                            in boolean caseSensitive, in boolean findBack );

isCreateFileThumbnail()

Description:

If this method returns TRUE, then GUI may create a thumbnail for this file and write it into the file's EAs.

Return value:

TRUE, if thumbnail may be created; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isCreateFileThumbnail();

isHaveInputFields()

Description:

Returns TRUE if the document contains input fields; FALSE otherwise. See: getInputFields().

Return value:

TRUE, if the document contains input fields; FALSE otherwise.

Default return value:

FALSE

Type:

boolean

Syntax:

isHaveInputFields();

getInputFields()

Description:

Returns a sequence of LuInputField items that may be used to enter data into the document. This sequence must be freed with freeInputFields() when done.

Parameters:

pagenum

page number

Return value:

A pointer to sequence of valid LuInputField items.

Default return value:

A pointer to an empty LuInputFieldSequence.

Note:

The returned sequence must be allocated with SOMMalloc(), each element must be a newly created SOM object.

Syntax:

LuInputFieldSequence *getInputFields( in long pagenum );

freeInputFields()

Description:

Frees the input field sequence returned by getInputFields(). Subclasses should never override this method.

Type:

void

Syntax:

freeInputFields(in LuInputFieldSequence aInputFields);