Is Qt right for this job?

[silkodyssey]

I want to write a program to convert html files to pdfs that supports the linux and windows platforms. I may not have time to implement an html parser so I was wondering would it be possible to use a Qt widget to load the html file and then have Qt print it to pdf. I was thinking of QWebkit but maybe there are other options thanks.

[spirit]

you can load html using QTextEdit, QTextBrowser, QWebView.

[montylee]

i don't know if using Qt you can print anything to PDF. But you can try using PDF convertors like Ghostscript etc...which are also cross-platform.

So, use Qt's web widgets to display the HTML page and use Ghostscript etc... in the background to convert it to PDF.

[netuno]

It's easy to print to a PDF file with Qt. I've used it with several components but not with webkit. But from what I look at the docs, it has a print function so you're good to go.
Just create a printer object and set it's format to PDF. Here's a code sample:

QWebView *webkit = new QWebView();
QPrinter printer(QPrinter::HighResolution);
 
printer.setPageSize(QPrinter::A4);
printer.setOutputFileName("cartao.pdf");
printer.setOutputFormat(QPrinter::PdfFormat);
 
webkit->load(QUrl("http://www.qtcentre.org/forum/"));
webkit->print(&printer);

QWebView *webkit = new QWebView();
QPrinter printer(QPrinter::HighResolution);

printer.setPageSize(QPrinter::A4);
printer.setOutputFileName("cartao.pdf");
printer.setOutputFormat(QPrinter::PdfFormat);

webkit->load(QUrl("http://www.qtcentre.org/forum/"));
webkit->print(&printer);

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That should get you going.

Qt for multi-platform is very good. And for this task you need, it gets the job done easy.

Good luck!

[spud]

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