Simply creating a document in colour

andre

You can use QTextDocumentWriter to output a QTextDocument to a supported format.

Unfortunately, QTextDocument does not support RTF as an output format. Only plain text, HTML and ODF are supported. I did not find an easy way to add support for a format either, though I might have just overlooked this in the documentation. The API design seems to have been done in a way that this should be possible though.

crispylx

Andre - Just to confirm, I can have coloured text in an ODF text document?

I’ll try at that, any examples would be a fantastic help

Thanks

andre

Yes, ODF supports colored text. I am, however, not 100% positive that QTextDocumentWriter supports that feature of ODF, but that would be a simple test to make yourself, would it not?

The documentation of QTextDocumentWriter is quite clear, and the interface quite simple, I think. Is there anything in there you don't understand specifically?

crispylx

Unfortunately, I’m at the really basic level. C++ I’m ok with but I’m not experienced with Qt. You need to treat me like an idiot I’m afraid. I’ve found the example from Nokia - creating a phone bill - which I’m working through.

Thanks for your replies

andre

Don't hesitate to ask specific questions if you stumble on problems working through the example.

giesbert

I just had a look at the code of QTextEdit which (per documentation) also accepts RichText format, built only for user input (drag and drop, copy/paste) :-(

SO I'm afraid, only plaintext, odf or html is possible (without extra coding)

vcsala

As the QTextDocument support HTML I am just wondering why do not you use it as your output format? As I understand your request most probably it can fit to your requirements.

andre

[quote author="Gerolf" date="1301914256"]I just had a look at the code of QTextEdit which (per documentation) also accepts RichText format, built only for user input (drag and drop, copy/paste) :-(

SO I'm afraid, only plaintext, odf or html is possible (without extra coding)[/quote]
That might actually warrant a feature request: add RTF to the list of supported formats for QTextDocumentWriter, and make it possible to add custom formats for that.

giesbert

Feel free to create a suggestion to Jira or make a code submission :-)
It would be a nice feature to have QTextDocumentWriter (or QTextDocument) plug-ins to be extendable here.

andre

OK, fair enough:

"Make list of supported QTextDocumentWriter formats extendible":http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-18570
"Add support for RTF to QTextDocumentWriter":http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-18571