Function drawToFile

src/reportlab/graphics/renderPDF.py:259–292

Makes a one-page PDF with just the drawing. If autoSize=1, the PDF will be the same size as the drawing; if 0, it will place the drawing on an A4 page with a title above it - possibly overflowing if too big.

(d, fn, msg="", showBoundary=rl_config._unset_, autoSize=1)

        draw(self.drawing, self.canv, 0, 0)

def drawToFile(d, fn, msg="", showBoundary=rl_config._unset_, autoSize=1):
    """Makes a one-page PDF with just the drawing.

    If autoSize=1, the PDF will be the same size as
    the drawing; if 0, it will place the drawing on
    an A4 page with a title above it - possibly overflowing
    if too big."""
    d = renderScaledDrawing(d)
    c = Canvas(fn)
    if msg:
        c.setFont(rl_config.defaultGraphicsFontName, 36)
        c.drawString(80, 750, msg)
    c.setTitle(msg)

    if autoSize:
        c.setPageSize((d.width, d.height))
        draw(d, c, 0, 0, showBoundary=showBoundary)
    else:
        #show with a title
        c.setFont(rl_config.defaultGraphicsFontName, 12)
        y = 740
        i = 1
        y = y - d.height
        draw(d, c, 80, y, showBoundary=showBoundary)

    c.showPage()
    c.save()
    if sys.platform=='mac' and not hasattr(fn, "write"):
        try:
            import macfs, macostools
            macfs.FSSpec(fn).SetCreatorType("CARO", "PDF ")
            macostools.touched(fn)
        except:
            pass

def drawToString(d, msg="", showBoundary=rl_config._unset_,autoSize=1):
    "Returns a PDF as a string in memory, without touching the disk"