On Feb 12, 4:56 pm, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
os.startfile('pathToTheFile') should work. Under Library Reference- > os -> Process Management -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list