canvasprintbox - Create and manipulate a canvas print box widget
SYNOPSIS
canvasprintbox pathName ?options?INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- CanvasprintboxSTANDARD OPTIONS
activeBackground foreground insertBackground insertWidth selectBackground |
background highlightBackground insertBorderWidth relief selectBorderWidth |
borderWidth highlightColor insertOffTime repeatDelay selectForeground |
cursor highlightThickness insertOnTime repeatInterval |
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: filename Class: FileName Command-Line Switch: -filename
The file to write the postscript
output to (Only when output is set to "file"). If posterizing is
turned on and hpagecnt and/or vpagecnt is more than
1, x.y is appended to the filename where x is the horizontal page
number and y the vertical page number.
Name: hpagecnt Class: PageCnt Command-Line Switch: -hpagecnt
Is used in combination with
posterize to determine over how many pages the output should
be distributed. This attribute specifies how many pages should be
used horizontaly. Any change to this attribute will automatically
update the "stamp". Defaults to 1.
Name: orient Class: Orient Command-Line Switch: -orient
Determines the orientation of the
output to the printer (or file). It can take the value "portrait"
or "landscape" (default). Changes to this attribute will be
reflected immediately in the "stamp". Defaults to "landscape" but
will be changed automaticaly to the value deemed appropiate for the
current canvas. Setting this attribute when the canvasprintbox is
first constructed (instead of using the "configure" method) will
turn off the auto adjustment of this attribute.
Name: output Class: Output Command-Line Switch: -output
Specifies where the postscript output
should go: to the printer or to a file. Can take on the values
"printer" or "file". The corresponding entry-widget will reflect
the contents of either the printcmd attribute or the
filename attribute. Defaults to "printer".
Name: pageSize Class: PageSize Command-Line Switch: -pagesize
The pagesize the printer supports.
Changes to this attribute will be reflected immediately in the
"stamp". Defaults to "a4".
Name: posterize Class: Posterize Command-Line Switch: -posterize
Indicates if posterizing is turned on
or not. Posterizing the output means that it is possible to
distribute the output over more than one page. This way it is
possible to print a canvas/region which is larger than the
specified pagesize without stretching. If used in combination with
stretching it can be used to "blow up" the contents of a canvas to
as large as size as you want (See attributes: hpagecnt and
vpagecnt). Any change to this attribute will automatically update
the "stamp". Defaults to 0.
Name: printCmd Class: PrintCmd Command-Line Switch: -printcmd
The command to execute when printing
the postscript output. The command will get the postscript directed
to its standard input (Only when output is set to "printer").
Defaults to "lpr".
Name: printRegion Class: PrintRegion Command-Line Switch: -printregion
A list of four coordinates specifying
which part of the canvas to print. An empty list means that the
canvas' entire scrollregion should be printed. Any change to
this attribute will automatically update the "stamp". Defaults to
an empty list.
Name: stretch Class: Stretch Command-Line Switch: -stretch
Determines if the output should be
stretched to fill the page (as defined by the attribute pagesize)
as large as possible. The aspect-ratio of the output will be
retained and the output will never fall outside of the boundaries
of the page. Defaults to 0 but will be changed automaticaly to the
value deemed appropiate for the current canvas. Setting this
attribute when the canvasprintbox is first constructed (instead of
using the "configure" method) will turn off the auto adjustment of
this attribute.
Name: vPageCnt Class: PageCnt Command-Line Switch: -vpagecnt
Is used in combination with
"posterize" to determine over how many pages the output should be
distributed. This attribute specifies how many pages should be used
verticaly. Any change to this attribute will automatically update
the "stamp". Defaults to 1.
DESCRIPTION
Implements a print box for printing the contents of a canvas widget to a printer or a file. It is possible to specify page orientation, the number of pages to print the image on and if the output should be stretched to fit the page. Options exist to control the appearance and actions of the widget.
METHODS
The canvasprintbox command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for canvasprintbox widgets:
WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
- pathName cget option
- Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the canvasprintbox command.
- pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
- Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list). If option is specified with no value, then the command returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no option is specified). If one or more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case the command returns an empty string. Option may have any of the values accepted by the canvasprintbox command.
- pathName getoutput
- Returns the value of the printercmd or filename option depending on the current setting of output.
- pathName print
- Perfrom the actual printing of the canvas using the current settings of all the attributes. Returns a boolean indicating wether the printing was successful or not.
- pathName refresh
- Retrieves the current value for all edit fields and updates the stamp accordingly. Is useful for Apply-buttons.
- pathName setcanvas canvas
- This is used to set the canvas that has to be printed. A stamp-sized copy will automatically be drawn to show how the output would look with the current settings.
- pathName stop
- Stops the drawing of the "stamp". I'm currently unable to detect when a Canvasprintbox gets destroyed or withdrawn. It's therefore advised that you perform a stop before you do something like that.
COMPONENTS
Name: prtflentry Class: Entry
The prtflentry component is the entry
field for user input of the filename or printer
command (depending on the value of output).
Name: hpcnt Class: Entry
The hpcnt component is the entry
field for user input of the number of pages to use horizontaly when
posterize is turned on.
Name: vpcnt Class: Entry
The vpcnt component is the entry
field for user input of the number of pages to use verticaly when
posterize is turned on.
EXAMPLE
canvasprintbox .fsb -orient landscape -stretch 1 pack .fsb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes