[PyKDE] Custom interface

[Eron Lloyd]

Hi all,

I'm working on a major PyQt project implementing a complete open-source 
election system. One of my major challenges is developing a fully-functional 
on-screen ballot display widget, to present information to the voter and 
provide input methods to cast votes. I want the interface to be able to 
mirror a high-quality paper-ballot as much as possible, and therefore will 
probably have do extensive custom-widget work. My biggest concern is in the 
area of ballot layout; ballots usually take on a table-based interface, but I 
have a much different set of needs than QTable seems to provide. Attached is 
a mock-up of a sample ballot done in OpenOffice.org using their fantastic 
table support; this is more along the lines of my requirements, including 
cell/row spanning, custom borders, background/foreground/border colors, 
spacing/padding, and input areas. To my knowledge nothing similar to this 
exists, and I know KWord has been having major difficulties producing a good 
table class for documents. Any suggestions? I know Qt can probably do it but 
I'm not expert at all. I see some potential in QCanvas...

Thanks!

-- 
Eron Lloyd
Technology Coordinator
Lancaster County Library
elloyd at lancaster.lib.pa.us
Phone: 717-239-2116
Fax: 717-394-3083
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