Display the cover page of a pdf document in jpg or png

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I would like to display in my app the image of the cover page af an
pdf document 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

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Erwin wrote:

I would like to display in my app the image of the cover page af an
pdf document 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 a PDF to either PNG or JPG. If you just want the first page, add [0] to the file name when you read the PDF, i.e.

img = Magick::Image.read("mystuff.pdf[0]").first
img.resize!(how-big-you-want-your-image-to-be)
img.write("mystuff.png")

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

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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