Re: Printing in Swift
Re: Printing in Swift
- Subject: Re: Printing in Swift
- From: corbin dunn <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:19:25 -0700
> On Mar 21, 2017, at 7:45 AM, David Delmonte <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello Group.
>
> I have an NSView-based app (i.e. not document-based), and I’d like to bolt on a printing subsystem. I can get NSViews in my main controller to print ok. However, I want to have a special view constructed just for printing. The view should not show in the app’s window.
>
> I cannot seem to figure out a way to do this. I have tried various forms of these examples:
>
> 1. Add an NSView to my main view window? Seems logical, but it’s awkward in a storyboard, (I can’t position the view in the storyboard).
>
> 2. Programmatically create a custom NSView with a xib?
>
> For this, I’ve tried:
>
> @IBOutlet weak var printView: NSView!
> ….
> let printOperation = NSPrintOperation(view: printView!)
>
> This results in the comprehensive “fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value” message.
Sounds like printView is nil, but shouldn’t be; maybe you are loading the NIB wrong? What is your code? Is the Outlet hooked up?
corbin
>
>
> 3. A seperate ViewController? If so, how can I avoid having two print buttons — one to call the print controller, and the second, to print the PrintController’s view.
>
> I’ve tried reading the Apple docs, but they are not the way I learn best. I’ve waded through SE, but have come up blank. Could you point me towards a solution please.
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