From: Erwin <yves_dufour@...>
Date: 2008-05-07T22:20:05+09:00
Subject: Re: display the cover page of a pdf document in jpg or png

On 6 mai, 23:24, Tim Hunter <TimHun...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Erwin wrote:
> > I would like to display in my app the image of the cover page af an
> >pdfdocument produced internnally within my app ( wich plugin should
> > be better ... ? pdfwrite ?... generally it will be a less than 2 pages
> > document)
> > on the home page I would like to display the cover pages as png or jpg
> > with a link to the document or another action...
>
> > thanks for your suggestions
>
> > erwin
>
> RMagick can convert aPDFto either PNG or JPG. If you just want the
> first page, add [0] to the file name when you read thePDF, i.e.
>
> img = Magick::Image.read("mystuff.pdf[0]").first
> img.resize!(how-big-you-want-your-image-to-be)
> img.write("mystuff.png")
>
> --
> RMagick:http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
> RMagick 2:http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/rmagick2.html

Thanks a lot ! that's exactly what I want to do...