[PyKDE] KPDF KPart

[Jim Bublitz]

On Wednesday 21 September 2005 10:50, David Boddie wrote:
> On Wed Sep 21 17:57:58, Rajeev J Sebastian wrote:
> > I am trying to use the KPDF KPart in my application. So far, I have been
> > successful in using KHTML Part, and so I want to go further. I am using
> > the following code:
> >
> > self.viewTB = createReadOnlyPart("libkpdfpart", self, "Kpdf",
> >                                  "KParts::ReadOnlyPart")
> >
> > However, this causes a segfault. Has anyone been successful in using the
> > KPDF KPart in applications ? Could you offer some suggestions or tips on
> > how to get this to work ?
>
> In some ways it's surprising that a KHTML part works but a KPDF part
> doesn't. However, I've never managed to successfully use a KGhostViewPart
> in this way, so it's not a complete surprise.
>
> Nonetheless, the following code works for me:
>
>
> import sys
> from kdecore import KApplication, KShortcut, KURL
> from kdeui import KAction
> from kfile import KFileDialog
> from kparts import *
>
> def openURL():
>
>     url = KFileDialog.getOpenURL()
>     part.openURL(url)
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>
>     app = KApplication(sys.argv, "")
>     window = KParts.MainWindow()
>     part = createReadOnlyPart("libkpdfpart", window, "KPDF",
>                               "KParts::ReadOnlyPart")
>     window.setCentralWidget(part.widget())
>     #window.createGUI(part)
>     action = KAction("&Open", KShortcut("Ctrl+O"), openURL,
>                      window.actionCollection(), "openURL")
>     window.show()
>
>     sys.exit(app.exec_loop())
>
>
> I'm using sip-snapshot-20050917 and PyQt-x11-gpl-snapshot-20050917 with
> PyKDE-snapshot20050829, but I expect sip 4.3.1 and PyQt3.15 would work
> with the same PyKDE snapshot.

It's important to use KParts.MainWindow instead of KMainWindow for your 
application - something that's easy to overlook (at least it is for me).

Jim