Installing GNU Ghostscript

Before you can save DataWindow objects in PDF format, you must install GNU Ghostscript on your computer.

StepsTo install GNU Ghostscript:

  1. Into a temporary directory on your computer, download the self-extracting executable file for the version of Ghostscript you want from one of the sites listed on the Ghostscript Web site.

  2. Run the executable file to install Ghostscript on your system.

    The default installation directory is C:\gs. You can select a different directory and/or choose to install shortcuts to the Ghostscript console and readme file.

Location of files

When you save a DataWindow object as PDF, the DataWindow server searches in the following locations for an installation of GNU Ghostscript:

If GNU Ghostscript is installed using the Ghostscript executable file, the path is added to the Windows registry.

If the Ghostscript files are in the relative path of the pbdwn105.dll file, they must be installed in this directory structure:

dirname\pbdwn105.dll
dirname\gs\gsN.NN
dirname\gs\fonts

where dirname is the directory that contains the runtime DLLs and N.NN represents the release version number for Ghostscript.