how do I print or download tree app images?

Question

How do I download or print a Tree App image?  (Other than a screenshot, that is.)

Answer 1

Currently, at least for the Fan Chart app and others that I've created, the best way to print them is to print them to a PDF file, and then subsequently print that PDF.

This may not work "out of the box" for all systems, but many Windows or Mac operating systems have a way of setting up a PDF file as a print option - and if you have that available, then do a regular print (CTRL + P or CMD+P on a Mac), which will open up the Print Dialog - choose the print to PDF printer option (or View as PDF), and save the file.

The top portion of the Tree Apps (where you enter the wikitree ID and choose an app) has been coded to NOT show up when you print, so what you SHOULD see is the meat of the app - the display that you want to print.

For the Fan Chart specifically, you may have to resize the chart so that it can fit on one "page" of the PDF (you may also be able to adjust the settings to capture it as well).  I have designed the chart using vector graphics, so, it should resize well, and you should be able to send the file to a professional printer (Staples / Kinkos / etc) and have it printed on oversize paper and still come out looking okay.

Hope that helps!

Comments

Greg,

I did a print to PDF and then saved the PDF to a portable drive. I plan on taking my Fan Chart to a local printer and having a large print made of it. Thank you for making that feature available!

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Thanks, Greg.

Using Ctrl-P to bring up the print dialog worked for me with Fan Chart (Linux, Firefox), but I guess I had been expecting to find a "Print" or "Download" button built into the app.

It seems like that would be a useful and friendly feature to add down the road.  Maybe even a "standard" for the Tree App suite, since it might not occur to most users to use Ctrl-P or to print to a PDF file.

Mike

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That is definitely on my to do list, but this is a temporary measure while I continue to work on other features that don’t have a work around.  That print to pdf button will return…. one day