On 2007-02-11, krishnakant Mane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello all, > I am stuck with a strange requirement. > I need a library that can help me display a pdf file as a report and > also want a way to print the same pdf file in a platform independent > way. > if that's not possible then I at least need the code for useing some > library for connecting to acrobat reader and giving the print command > on windows and some thing similar on ubuntu linux. > the problem is that I want to display reports in my application. the > user should be able to view the formatted report on screen and at his > choice click the print button on the screen to send it to the printer. > I have reportlab installed and that is sufficient to generate pdf reports. > but I still can't fine the way to display it directly and print it directly. > Please help me. > Krishnakant.
I think the best way to handle this under a unix like system is by using the mailcap module, something like the following: import mailcap import os mc = mailcap.getcaps() cmd = mailcap.findmatch(mc, 'image/pdf' , filename='/tmp/dummy')[0] os.system(cmd) -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
