I have a window with two graph views in it. They are NSView
subclasses of which I don't have the source code.
I have implemented a screen capture of the view by taking the
rectangle forming the view using
NSRect graphRect = [self frame];
This gives the rectangle in the coordinates of the superview. Now I
extend the rectangle to be able to capture things just outside the
graph view (like axis labels etc.). The screen capture can then be
done by
NSData * myScreenCaptureData = [[self superview]
dataWithPDFInsideRect: captureRect];
which is saved to file as PDF data.
Question is how to draw the rectangle showing what part is to be
captured (the captureRect).
It is too large to be drawn from within the graphView. But where
should it be done then? I have nothing but an NSWindow and the two
graph views. So should it be done from the NSWindow? But then I
would have to subclass the NSWindow(?)
I wrote some sample code several years ago that shows a couple of ways
to draw a selection area. You can find it at
In your case, I'd use a crop marker to select the area to capture,
then use -dataWithPDFInsideRect:. You'll want to turn off the crop
marker if you're not drawing to the screen, of course. Use
[NSGraphicsContext currentContextDrawingToScreen] to determine that.
Another question: is it necessary to do all the drawing in the
drawRect method?
It's a really good idea to do so, especially when you're still learning.
-jcr
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