[Gambas-user] Printing and Drawing in GB3

[Charlie Reinl]

Am Dienstag, den 20.11.2012, 10:58 +0100 schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert:
> Hi,
> 
> just to make sure I haven't overseen anything... In GB2 I could use Draw 
> to draw into a DrawingArea or Picture or Printer object. In GB3 for a 
> Printer, I have to use Paint instead, and Printer is completely event 
> driven (_Begin, _Draw, _End)?
> 
> This would mean re-writing my printer-preview and printing functions 
> completely, because they are set to one of DrawingArea (for preview) or 
> Printer before the thing starts, and then just print into these using 
> Draw. The core functions don't care about what they draw in.
> 
> If I understand it right, I now have to make a difference between 
> preview and paper printing, so I have to make all those functions twice.
> 
> Please confirm or correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rolf

Salut Rolf,

to avoid that, you can save the DrawingAreas to disk, glue them with
"convert" to a PDF-Doc and send it to "evince" or any other PDF Viewer.

Or use the example I sent you some days ago. 
-- 
Amicalement
Charlie