Re: How-to set resolution for png export?

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Apr 2, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Richard Moll wrote:

> Hello,
> I would like to export some of my Dia diagrams as .png's to include  
> them in a OOo Impress presentation.
>
> When exporting via GUI no resolution can be set (here on WinXP with  
> v0.97-pre2) and the default (?) resolution ~400x180 is way too  
> "pixelig".
> In the help I found the command line syntax, which unfortunately  
> doesn't work either:
> C:\...>dia --export=test.png --size=600x --filter=png test.dia
> Notice: User Interface type settings change will take after restart
>
> ** (dia.exe:2948): WARNING **: --size parameter unsupported for  
> cairo-png filter
> test.dia --> test.png
>
>
> So is there a way to change the resolution or any other convenient  
> way to import the diagrams into OOo?

You will need to compile Dia with libart support (if the Windows  
version isn't already), and then use the PNG(Libart) export a.k.a -- 
filter=png-libart

-Lars