Help porting a pdf reader - Cemetech | Forum

amazonka · 30 Apr 2016 02:45:14 am

Dear experts, how would you start a development of an addin for Prizm capable of viewing pdf files please. Also would it be possible to develop and compile such addin on windows? I'm worried it would require gcc and cross compiling things which may be to hard for me or impossible for windows. Many thanks in advance for all your tips and help

ProgrammerNerd · 08 May 2016 12:07:36 pm

You will need to find a way to make a PDF library use a lot less ram. I came close but never bothered to finish. My smartphone can view PDFs much better anyway.

amazonka · 08 May 2016 12:32:07 pm

Thanks, have you looked at sumatra pdf - I hope you can create an add-in capable of viewing pdfs.

ProgrammerNerd · 08 May 2016 02:04:22 pm

I am not interested in pursuing this. I am content with my smartphone for portable PDF viewing.

amazonka · 08 May 2016 02:08:56 pm

Thanks - if you wish to share the code you had do far maybe someone else picks it up. Nspires seem to have a pdf viewer addin - I don't know how good it is but I'm jealous of that and hope casio can have even better one. Many thanks for all the help

gbl08ma · 08 May 2016 08:22:43 pm

Oops, looks like I just wrote a reply in another topic that would be better suited to this one. In case you miss it (and to help our fellow forum visitors from the future), here's a link: https://www.cemetech.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=248896#248896

TL;DR: IMO it's technically impossible.