Create PDF with images on Desktop

Solar2D macOS Desktop
#1

Does anyone know of a way to create a pdf on macOS Desktop?  luaFpdf ALMOST works but I can’t figure out how to add images. I was going to use Scott Harrison’s PDF IMAGE CONVERTER but Display.Save() does not work on Desktop…

Thanks in Advance…

#2

Anyone…?

#3

In what way doesn’t display.save() not work on the desktop?  I just took the code example from the display.save() docs and built a Mac app with it and it wrote the display group out to the system.DocumentsDirectory like it should.

Rob

#4

I did the same thing and it will not save for me. 

I am on Mac 10.13.1

this is main file ( straight from example) 

local myObject1 = display.newRect( 50, 50, 100, 150 )  – Create a rectangle object

local myObject2 = display.newCircle( 100, 300, 50 )    – Create a circle object

 

local group = display.newGroup()

 

group:insert( myObject1 )

group:insert( myObject2 )

 

display.save( group, { filename=“entireGroup.png”, baseDir=system.DocumentsDirectory, captureOffscreenArea=true, backgroundColor={0,0,0,0} } )

#5

You are correct, I was looking in the Mac DOCUMENTS directory, not the system.DocumentsDirectory ( in library/Application Support/)

Thanks Rob

#6

Anyone…?

#7

In what way doesn’t display.save() not work on the desktop?  I just took the code example from the display.save() docs and built a Mac app with it and it wrote the display group out to the system.DocumentsDirectory like it should.

Rob

#8

I did the same thing and it will not save for me. 

I am on Mac 10.13.1

this is main file ( straight from example) 

local myObject1 = display.newRect( 50, 50, 100, 150 )  – Create a rectangle object

local myObject2 = display.newCircle( 100, 300, 50 )    – Create a circle object

 

local group = display.newGroup()

 

group:insert( myObject1 )

group:insert( myObject2 )

 

display.save( group, { filename=“entireGroup.png”, baseDir=system.DocumentsDirectory, captureOffscreenArea=true, backgroundColor={0,0,0,0} } )

#9

You are correct, I was looking in the Mac DOCUMENTS directory, not the system.DocumentsDirectory ( in library/Application Support/)

Thanks Rob