[wxPython-users] Setting Page Data for Printing

[Jürgen Kareta]

Rich Shepard schrieb:

> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Robin Dunn wrote:
>
>>>       data = dlg.GetPageSetupData()
>>>       self.data = wx.PrintData(data.GetPrintData()) # force a copy
>>>       self.data.SetPaperId(wx.PAPER_LETTER)
>>
>
>> As shown in the sample in the book you can set defaults like that in the
>> wx.PrintData object before you start the whole printing process. It's
>> used to carry settings info between the various dialogs and the print 
>> job.
>
>
> Robin,
>
>   That's what I thought that I had done with the above line. Is the 
> syntax
> incorrect?
>
>   I have not found where I can change the default values in the 
> dialogs. For
> example, why the dialog box displays A4 as the paper size and why the
> default printer is 'generic' rather than what CUPS and other applications
> see. When I grep'd the example code for 'PaperId' only the immediately
> visible lines were found. Is it possible to change these default values
> (including unchecking the 'print in color') elsewhere?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Rich
>
Hi Rich,

if you want to change the default values of the dialog, you have to set 
the values before you show the dialog.
def OnPageSetup(self, evt):
    data = wx.PageSetupDialogData()
    data.SetPaperId(wx.PAPER_LETTER)
    dlg = wx.PageSetupDialog(self, data)

regards,
Jürgen