[PyQt] QPrintDialog (pyqt4)

[jaybstory]

Thank you very much.  



Russell Valentine wrote:
> 
> You can do something like this if it is a function of your MainWindow. 
> self as a argument in grabWidget is your baseWidget, like a QMainWindow 
> for example. No doubt you would have to make sure it fits on the page 
> though and resize it as needed.
> 
>     def goPrinter(self):
>          printer=QtGui.QPrinter()
>          dialog = QtGui.QPrintDialog(printer, self)
>          if(dialog.exec_() != QtGui.QDialog.Accepted):
>              return
>          p=QtGui.QPixmap.grabWidget(self)
>          printLabel = QtGui.QLabel()
>          printLabel.setPixmap(p)
>          painter = QtGui.QPainter(printer)
>          printLabel.render(painter)
>          painter.end()
> 
> 
> jaybstory wrote:
>> I understand your example for printing Labels.  I'm wondering if there is
>> a
>> way to just print the entire GUI?  I tried to do this, but its not
>> correct:
>> 
>>  def printd(self):
>>                 printer=QtGui.QPrinter()
>>                 dialog = QtGui.QPrintDialog(printer, self)
>>                 if(dialog.exec_() != QtGui.QDialog.Accepted):
>>                   return
>>                 printGUI = QtGui.QTabWidget
>>                 painter = QtGui.QPainter(printer)
>>                 printGUI.render(painter)
>>                 painter.end()
>> 
>> maybe I'm not understanding the way render works? Or is this the wrong
>> approach all together?  Thank you.
>> 
>> 
>> Russell Valentine wrote:
>>> Joi Barnett wrote:
>>>> thank you for the reply,
>>>>
>>>> do you have an example of how to use QPrinter in python? 
>>>
>>> I didn't have one, but I just made one really quick. Very simple 
>>> example. I Cc'd the list in case anyone else had anything to add.
>>>
>>>
>>> from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
>>>
>>> class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
>>>      def __init__(self, app):
>>>          QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
>>>          self.app=app
>>>          self.label=QtGui.QLabel("Print test")
>>>          self.setCentralWidget(self.label)
>>>      def goPrinter(self):
>>>          printer=QtGui.QPrinter()
>>>          dialog = QtGui.QPrintDialog(printer, self)
>>>          if(dialog.exec_() != QtGui.QDialog.Accepted):
>>>              return
>>>          printLabel = QtGui.QLabel("Hello my printer.")
>>>          painter = QtGui.QPainter(printer)
>>>          printLabel.render(painter)
>>>          painter.end()
>>>
>>> if __name__ == "__main__":
>>>      import sys
>>>      app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
>>>      window=MainWindow(app)
>>>      window.show()
>>>      QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(1000, window.goPrinter)
>>>      #ui.show()
>>>      sys.exit(app.exec_())
>>>
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