[Qgis-developer] Learning to zoom with PyQGIS

[m roy]

Hi,

i'm trying to learn a bit of "pyqgis" and cannot find how to zoom to
a certain scale,

here what i'm doing so far using QGIS python console:

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# Set some variables to define the layer

shapefile_path = r'C:\data\shp\area.shp'
legend_layer_name = 'sample_area'
provider_name = 'ogr'

# define the layer to load

layer = QgsVectorLayer(shapefile_path,legend_layer_name,provider_name)

# verify

if not layer.isValid():
     raise IOError, "Failed to open the shapefile"

# load the layer in QGIS

QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(layer)

# now i can zoom to active layer i.e.

qgis.utils.iface.zoomToActiveLayer()

# or zoomFull zoomToNext zoomToPrevious

# How to zoom to say 1:10000 ?

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thanks for any help, Roy







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