Ed Leafe wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
>
>>> My opinion, but I don't see
>>> the need since we can generate files that look professional and
>>> can be
>>> printed from a host of reader apps.
>> Therein lies the problem: reader apps. It's great if the objective
>> is for the
>> *user* to be able to print, then creating various files like PDFs
>> that the
>> user can view in some external program and click print is great.
>> But if you
>> want the *program* to print them you quickly hit a brick wall.
>
> Take a look at http://wxwidgets.org/manuals/2.6.3/wx_wxprintout.html
>
> Printing is very, very low-level in wxPython. This would require a
> major effort, probably on par with creating the Dabo grid, in order
> to achieve basic printing in Dabo.
My point is that we can first write to a wx.PostscriptDC, and send that
to a wx.Printout and/or a wx.PrintPreview. I think it would be a worthy
effort, but for a post-1.0 milestone.
> Does ReportLab have an option of 'to printer' instead of opening up
> the output in a preview? If so, that could handle a large amount of
> our printing needs.
Reportlab only handle producing the PDF. It offers nothing in the way of
viewing or printing.
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