class QPdfWriter#

The QPdfWriter class is a class to generate PDFs that can be used as a paint device. More…

Synopsis#

Methods#

def __init__()
def addFileAttachment()
def creator()
def documentXmpMetadata()
def pdfVersion()
def resolution()
def setCreator()
def setDocumentXmpMetadata()
def setPdfVersion()
def setResolution()
def setTitle()
def title()

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Detailed Description#

QPdfWriter generates PDF out of a series of drawing commands using QPainter . The newPage() method can be used to create several pages.

__init__(device)#

Parameters:: device – QIODevice

Constructs a PDF writer that will write the pdf to device.

__init__(filename)

Parameters:: filename – str

Constructs a PDF writer that will write the pdf to filename.

addFileAttachment(fileName, data[, mimeType=""])#

Parameters:

fileName – str
data – QByteArray
mimeType – str

Adds fileName attachment to the PDF with (optional) mimeType. data contains the raw file data to embed into the PDF file.

creator()#

Return type:: str

Returns the creator of the document.

See also

setCreator()

documentXmpMetadata()#

Return type:: QByteArray

Gets the document metadata, as it was provided with a call to setDocumentXmpMetadata . It will not return the default metadata.

See also

setDocumentXmpMetadata()

pdfVersion()#

Return type:: PdfVersion

Returns the PDF version for this writer. The default is PdfVersion_1_4.

See also

setPdfVersion()

resolution()#

Return type:: int

Returns the resolution of the PDF in DPI.

See also

setResolution()

setCreator(creator)#

Parameters:: creator – str

Sets the creator of the document to creator.

See also

creator()

setDocumentXmpMetadata(xmpMetadata)#

Parameters:: xmpMetadata – QByteArray

Sets the document metadata. This metadata is not influenced by the setTitle / setCreator methods, so is up to the user to keep it consistent. xmpMetadata contains XML formatted metadata to embed into the PDF file.

See also

documentXmpMetadata()

setPdfVersion(version)#

Parameters:: version – PdfVersion

Sets the PDF version for this writer to version.

If version is the same value as currently set then no change will be made.

See also

pdfVersion()

setResolution(resolution)#

Parameters:: resolution – int

Sets the PDF resolution in DPI.

This setting affects the coordinate system as returned by, for example viewport() .

See also

resolution()

setTitle(title)#

Parameters:: title – str

Sets the title of the document being created to title.

See also

title()

title()#

Return type:: str

Returns the title of the document.

See also

setTitle()