[QGIS-Developer] Save Log messages as pdf

[Raymond Nijssen]

Hi Roberta,

I don't know how to do this in Qt, but could you use a QgsPrintLayout 
with an html frame and then export that to pdf?

Kind regards,
Raymond




On 20-08-19 13:55, Roberta Fagandini wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm still trying to save a simple text report created by a plugin as a 
> pdf file. I'm using QTextDocument().setHtml() because I want to set some 
> text effects (bold, italic, font size, ecc.) but it seems to support 
> only a subset of HTML. For instance, I tried to add a table border using 
> the attribute style but it doesn't work.
> Do you know any alternatives to QTextDocument().setHtml()? Do you have 
> any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Roberta
> 
> Il giorno ven 12 lug 2019 alle ore 16:01 Roberta Fagandini 
> <robifagandini at gmail.com <mailto:robifagandini at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
> 
>     Oh sorry, I should have understood that you meant Qt..
> 
>     Thank you so much, Nathan!  Your link seems to be exactly what I need.
> 
>     Thanks again!
>     Roberta
> 
>     Il giorno ven 12 lug 2019 alle ore 15:20 Nathan Woodrow
>     <madmanwoo at gmail.com <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
> 
>         Sorry that should have been Qt libs.  Phone auto correct doesn't
>         understand "Qt".
> 
>         Here is a good example for you that should work out of the box. 
>         This is C++ but it's the same logic for PyQt:
>         https://wiki.qt.io/Exporting_a_document_to_PDF
> 
>         - Nathan
> 
>         On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 11:14 PM Roberta Fagandini
>         <robifagandini at gmail.com <mailto:robifagandini at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>             Thank you Nathan,
>             I found some documentation about QPainter but I'm not able
>             to find something interesting about At lib..do you have any
>             specific link?
> 
>             Using the solution that you suggested, is it possible to set
>             graphic effects? for instance bold or italic characters,
>             font size, text spacing and justification, ecc.
> 
>             Thank you!
> 
>             Roberta
> 
>             Il giorno ven 12 lug 2019 alle ore 14:50 Nathan Woodrow
>             <madmanwoo at gmail.com <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
> 
>                 Sure. You would be able to do this with a QPainter. Have
>                 a search for print pdf using At and you should get
>                 something. We use the built on At libs to render layout
>                 prints.
> 
>                 On Fri., 12 Jul. 2019, 10:44 pm Roberta Fagandini,
>                 <robifagandini at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:robifagandini at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>                     Hi all,
>                     I'm working on a plugin that prints a report at the
>                     end of the process in a log text area of the GUI.
>                     I'd like to add an option (maybe a checkbox) to save
>                     the content of the log and the image of the map area
>                     as a single multipage pdf file.
> 
>                     Is it possible with the standard libraries or it
>                     requires external dependencies? Do you have any
>                     documentation to suggest?
> 
>                     Thanks in advance
> 
>                     Roberta
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