To display the Print Dialog and print a document.
KDE uses the Qt Printing infrastructure, but adds extra standard features to the Print Dialog, as well as allowing applications to add their own extensions.
KDE TechBase 1 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
2 #include <QtGui/QPrinter>
3
4 #include <KdePrintDialog>
5 #include <KPrintPreview>
6
7 #include <KApplication>
8 #include <KAboutData>
9 #include <KAction>
10 #include <KCmdLineArgs>
11
12 /*
13 This prints Hello World on your printer
14 */
15
16 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
17 {
18 KAboutData aboutData( "test", "test", "1.0", "test",
19 KAboutData::License_GPL, "(c) 2006" );
20 KCmdLineArgs::init( argc, argv, &aboutData );
21 KApplication app;
22
23 KAction* m_printPreview = KStandardAction::printPreview(app, SLOT(slotFilePrintPreview()), actionCollection());
24
25 KHelloWorldPrintDialogWidget optionsWidget;
26
27 QPrinter printer;
28 printer.setFullPage(true);
29 QPrintDialog *printDialog = KdePrint::createPrintDialog(&printer, QList<QWidget*>() << &yourOptionsWidget, this);
30 printDialog.setWindowTitle(i18n("Print Hello World"));
31 if (printDialog.exec())
32 {
33 QPainter painter;
34 painter.begin(&printer);
35 painter.drawText(100,100,"Hello World");
36 if (optionsWidget.printMoreText())
37 {
38 }
39 painter.end();
40 // this makes the print job start
41 }
42 }
43
44 class KHelloWorldPrintDialogWidget : public QWidget
45 {
46 bool printMoreText();
47 void setPrintMoreText(bool state);
48
49 setWindowTitle(i18n("Your Options Tab Title"));
50 }
51
52 void KHelloWorld::slotFilePrintPreview()
53 {
54 QPrinter printer;
55 KPrintPreview printPreview(&printer);
56 yourPrintDrawingRoutine(printer); // draws to the QPrinter
57 printPreview.exec();
58 }
find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED)
include_directories( ${KDE4_INCLUDES} )
kde4_add_executable(printhelloworld printtest.cpp)
target_link_libraries(printhelloworld ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS} ${KDE4_KUTILS_LIBS} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY})
Then do:
cmake . make ./printhelloworld
