Difference between revisions of "Development/Tutorials/Printing Hello World"

Revision as of 19:03, 25 September 2011

The mission

Print Hello World on your printer.

The code

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#include <qpainter.h>
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#include <qprinter.h>
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#include <kapplication.h>
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#include <kaboutdata.h>
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#include <kmessagebox.h>
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#include <kcmdlineargs.h>
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/*
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This prints Hello World on your printer
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*/
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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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{
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    KAboutData aboutData(
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                         // The program name used internally.

                         "tutorial-printing",

                         // The message catalog name

                         // If null, program name is used instead.

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                         0,
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                         // A displayable program name string.

                         ki18n("Printing Tutorial"),

                         // The program version string.

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                         "1.0",
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                         // Short description of what the app does.

                         ki18n("Displays a KMessageBox popup"),

                         // The license this code is released under

                         KAboutData::License_GPL,

                         // Copyright Statement

                         ki18n("(c) 2006-2011"),

                         // Optional text shown in the About box.

                         // Can contain any information desired.

                         ki18n("Some text..."),

                         // The program homepage string.

                         "http://example.com/",

                         // The bug report email address

                         "submit@bugs.kde.org");

    KCmdLineArgs::init( argc, argv, &aboutData );

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    KApplication app;
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    QPrinter printer;
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    printer.setFullPage(true);
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    QPainter painter;
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    painter.begin(&printer);
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    painter.drawText(100,100,"Hello World");

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    painter.end(); 
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    // this makes the print job start
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}
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How to compile

CMakeLists.txt

find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED)
include_directories( ${KDE4_INCLUDES} )
kde4_add_executable(printhelloworld printtest.cpp)
target_link_libraries(printhelloworld ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY})

Make and Run

Then do:

cmake .
make
./printhelloworld

Difference between revisions of "Development/Tutorials/Printing Hello World"

Revision as of 19:03, 25 September 2011

Contents

The mission

The code

How to compile

CMakeLists.txt

Make and Run