Best way to display and print a form document
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Hello,
I need to display/print forms documents.
I used to do it by generating HTML code in a file, then open the file with a browser (firefox for example) to print it.
This forms documents are generated by my app, and what I want to do now is to avoid the used of the browser plus having an in app display of the form document.
I saw that Qt allow to parse HTML code but it do not support some features I use. (<textarea> and special symbols like ☐)Here is a simple HTML code generated by my app :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <center> <h2> Question and Answer n°1 </h2> </center> <p> Question 1 : Is this a nice question ? <br> Yes it is ☐ <br> Nope ☐ <br> </p> <p> Question 2 : What would you do with 2 tons of toilet paper : <br> <textarea rows="3" cols="91"> </textarea> </p> <p> Question 3 : Connect each programming langage to your skill with it : <br> C++ ⚫ ⚫ Good <br> Java ⚫ ⚫ Medium <br> Php ⚫ ⚫ Bad <br> </p> </body> </html>And it gives the following output :
I m kinda new to Qt but I m sure there is an easy way to display and print that kind of document.
I have take a look at the QTextDocument but how could I draw the <textarea> rect in it ?
About the QPainter, I did not managed to find the size on screen of a drawn text (in order to draw something right after it).
I m aware of the QPrinter class, what I m looking for is more a printable way to display documents like in the picture above.
If someone could light me with his knowledge about the best way to do this, it would be very helpful !
Thanks for your precious time.
Quentin P -
Hello,
I need to display/print forms documents.
I used to do it by generating HTML code in a file, then open the file with a browser (firefox for example) to print it.
This forms documents are generated by my app, and what I want to do now is to avoid the used of the browser plus having an in app display of the form document.
I saw that Qt allow to parse HTML code but it do not support some features I use. (<textarea> and special symbols like ☐)Here is a simple HTML code generated by my app :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <center> <h2> Question and Answer n°1 </h2> </center> <p> Question 1 : Is this a nice question ? <br> Yes it is ☐ <br> Nope ☐ <br> </p> <p> Question 2 : What would you do with 2 tons of toilet paper : <br> <textarea rows="3" cols="91"> </textarea> </p> <p> Question 3 : Connect each programming langage to your skill with it : <br> C++ ⚫ ⚫ Good <br> Java ⚫ ⚫ Medium <br> Php ⚫ ⚫ Bad <br> </p> </body> </html>And it gives the following output :
I m kinda new to Qt but I m sure there is an easy way to display and print that kind of document.
I have take a look at the QTextDocument but how could I draw the <textarea> rect in it ?
About the QPainter, I did not managed to find the size on screen of a drawn text (in order to draw something right after it).
I m aware of the QPrinter class, what I m looking for is more a printable way to display documents like in the picture above.
If someone could light me with his knowledge about the best way to do this, it would be very helpful !
Thanks for your precious time.
Quentin P
