On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:45:43 +0000, dreamcat7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1 Nov 2008, at 10:20, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> I'm not sure this is actually what I want to do. Basically at the >> moment I >> have a window with a tableview, and I want to save the contents of the >> table with some other stuff to a PDF file. > You can write a method in Cocoa that draws its objects onto an NSView. > > Because a tableview has scrollbars, then printing the tableview wont > work. You will want to create an NSString which corresponds to each > row of the table view and draw that to the NSView. You can draw > anything you like into the NSView programmatically. NSString - > drawInRect: withAttributes:
Thanks, a guide in the right direction, >> >> >> Can anyone advise me on what type of view might be best? >> > Since you appear to be sourcing the data from a tableview in Cocoa, > then it would probably make more sense to do it the Cocoa way as shown > in the printing chapter of Arron Hillegass book. ... > Try creating an NSView first and printing things out on in. Then > theres the familiarity gained to be able to draw the items > specifically wanted. Thanks, so far I've created the view in IB, and laid out some of the data on it. at least it gives me co-ordinates to work with if I have to create it another way eventually. >> >> >> I'm working on a cocoa application, not a document based one, so I >> can't >> really follow Ch 27 of the Cocoa Programming book as it deals with >> documents? > No, but its generally easier to follow if you do it on a .xcodeproj of > the document - based raiseman application first. Otherwise you can > have a go at 'translate' everything from the raiseman example into > your application but may find highly confusing as to do it that way > would be like learning two separate things at the same time and might > find that just a bit too confusing. - but it shouldnt be! In one of those funny coincidences, following your advice, I was looking to see if it was possible to download the RaiseMan project in chapters or if I would have to go through the whole book making it as I went, and found a cocoacast screencast about ch 27 of the book. It was most helpful, I'm still working through it but so far I do have a view that is printing, I just need to convert my tableView contents (Array Controller) into a string to output to the view and I'm nearly good to go on this. Thank you so much for your guidance, Amy _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
