Hi People,

I am using the Wx::RichText framework, which is more or less doing what I want from it, however, I'd like to create a PDF file from my RichTextBuffer.

There is a wxPdfDocument structure in wxWidgets, but it is unwrapped, so I thought it would be easier to use the Wx print framework instead.

The issue is that if I call the print dialogue everything works fine, and I can create a PDF with no problem, however (as I want it to be transparent to the user), when I do it bypassing the print dialogue, it doesn't work.

Code follows at end.

My question is:

  1. does anyone have background (or at least dialogue-less) printing working for any printer type?
  2. does anyone have an alternative method for creating PDFs from wxXML objects? Or anything else?
  3. am I using the print framework commands properly?

As always, many thanks for your ideas.

Regards

Steve 

  my $loc_pdf_printdata = $self->{Ctl_RTC_Printing_Obj}->GetPrintData;
  $loc_pdf_printdata->SetOrientation( wxPORTRAIT );
  $loc_pdf_printdata->SetNoCopies(1);
  $loc_pdf_printdata->SetPaperId( wxPAPER_A4 );
  $loc_pdf_printdata->SetPrinterName("Virtual_PDF_Printer");  # This i
+s the name of the Printer as it appears in cups on localhost:631.

  my $loc_printdialogdata = Wx::PrintDialogData->new();
  $loc_printdialogdata->SetPrintData($loc_pdf_printdata);
  my $loc_pdf_printout = Wx::Printout->new("PDF Report");
  my $loc_wxPrinter = Wx::Printer->new($loc_printdialogdata); 
  my $loc_success = $loc_wxPrinter->Print( undef, $loc_pdf_printout, 0
+ );
  print $loc_success.";

[download]

# Print $loc_success returns "1".

In reply to Wx::Perl, background printing, PDF document creation and PDF file names. by Steve_BZ

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