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Hello everyone!
Here is my problem: from a java class i'm executing the convert command through the java process builder, but inserting chars like " or ' the convert command doesn't execute correctly.

-draw, text 260,146 'abc'

The command is transmitted to image magick that converts the text into an image . How can i convert the chars ", ' into an image also? because instead of converting them into image i get an image with formatted text depending on the char type (ex if i put " it just excludes them, if i put ' i can't see the string that follows that char).

Thanx in advance :p

lewisstrauss wrote:Hello everyone!
Here is my problem: from a java class i'm executing the convert command through the java process builder, but inserting chars like " or ' the convert command doesn't execute correctly.

-draw, text 260,146 'abc'

The command is transmitted to image magick that converts the text into an image . How can i convert the chars ", ' into an image also? because instead of converting them into image i get an image with formatted text depending on the char type (ex if i put " it just excludes them, if i put ' i can't see the string that follows that char).

Thanx in advance :p

I don't know much about java, but in command line IM, the syntax would be simply to show abc as the text as follows:

convert .... -draw "text 260,146 'abc'" ...

see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/draw/

If you want the quotes or other special characters to show in the string as well, then you need to escape them. The escape may depend upon windows or unix.

see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/draw/#text