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  • Posted 23 Feb 2012 at 00:58
  • Remote (anywhere)
  • Freelance / Casual
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About the project

We require an application that can navigate to any network folder and graphically display all .pdf files within the chosen folder. As many as 200 documents will reside in any single folder and they must then be displayed on a large touch screen as a multipage .pdf on a single canvas for the purposes of browing via touch commands. Navigation/viewing of files will be full screen scrolling left to right with older versions of .pdf files appearing directly above. (Remember microfiche) Once navigation in this manner is proven, we will then implement rotation of files (90 degree steps) and the ability to comment,freehand mark up and print.

  • bits
    Lavington, NSW 29 Feb 2012 at 21:41
    1. I have a sample of the program I could email to you to try...it needs more development! Please contact me with a contact address.
    2. As I don't have access to a touch screen, I will need to talk/negotiate with you to see if I can successfully undertake this project.
    3. I look forward to working with you!

    Rod

    $750 in 12 days
  • Phillip Suh 24 Feb 2012 at 09:53

    Is there a particular hardware/software platform you are targeting?

    • David D. Client 27 Feb 2012 at 22:05

      Windows based for now.

  • bits 27 Feb 2012 at 00:47
    1. Is this an application for windows?
    2. Is it a one off, stand alone application or does it need ongoing development/upgrade/support?
    3. I have no experience with touch screens but think normal mouse actions will support them. Is this so?

    Rod

    • David D. Client 27 Feb 2012 at 22:05

      'Yes' to windows app. It is a one off, but no doubt will reqiure some support for bugs and possibly hardware or software compatibility issues. There will be some upgrades in the future, but this depends on whether the speed of document browsing is good enough, we are not going to upgrade something that is too slow. All of our required functions presently exist in Adobe Acrobat, but I cannot be 100% sure if all these functions can translate to touch.

  • Varun 27 Feb 2012 at 07:38

    hi, could you please more elaborate on platform requirement or programming language preferences ?

    • David D. Client 27 Feb 2012 at 22:05

      My preference is for Windows based. My first thoughts were that if Windows cannot handle the speed of browsing required then I would look at any another system. Since multipage pdf files are easily handled by Windows then speed should not be an issue for Windows.