krishnakant Mane wrote:
> hello all,
> I am stuck with a strange requirement.
> I need a library that can help me display a pdf file as a report and
> also want a way to print the same pdf file in a platform independent
> way.
> if that's not possible then I at least need the code for useing some
> library for connecting to acrobat reader and giving the print command
> on windows and some thing similar on ubuntu linux.
> the problem is that I want to display reports in my application. the
> user should be able to view the formatted report on screen and at his
> choice click the print button on the screen to send it to the printer.
> I have reportlab installed and that is sufficient to generate pdf reports.
> but I still can't fine the way to display it directly and print it
> directly.
> Please help me.
> Krishnakant.
Just let the registered .PDF viewer do it for you.
os.start('myfile.pdf')
Launches whatever is registered as .PDF viewer and user
can then print, save, zoom, etc. on their own.
-Larry
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