[PyKDE] Displaying an image

[Jim Bublitz]

On Sunday 15 August 2004 15:01, Torsten Marek wrote:
> > I need to embed a jpg file in a dialog.  As a test was just trying
> > something
> > like:
> >
> >     view = QWidget()
> >     pixmap = QPixmap("myimage.jpg")
> >     view.resize(pixmap.size())
> >     p = QPainter(view)
> >     p.drawPixmap(0,0,pixmap)
> >     view.show()
> >
> > A window pops up, but it is empty.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> Maybe you need to call QPainter.end() before showing the widget? I'm just
> guessing, because I cannot try out the code right now. If this does not
> help, reading through the QPainter docs and copying the code snippets might
> help.

Alternatively, make 'view' a QLabel instead of QWidget, since QLabel knows how 
to display a pixmap (or look at the QLabel C++ code if you really need to 
draw it yourself)

Jim