# read PDF files (.pdf) with wxPython
# using wx.lib.pdfwin.PDFWindow class ActiveX control
# from wxPython's new wx.activex module, this allows one
# to use an ActiveX control, as if it would be wx.Window
# it embeds the Adobe Acrobat Reader
# as far as HB knows this works only with Windows
# tested with Python24 and wxPython26 by HB
import wx
if wx.Platform == '__WXMSW__':
from wx.lib.pdfwin import PDFWindow
class MyPanel(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id=-1)
self.pdf = None
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
btnSizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
self.pdf = PDFWindow(self, style=wx.SUNKEN_BORDER)
sizer.Add(self.pdf, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND)
btn = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), "Open PDF File")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnOpenButton, btn)
btnSizer.Add(btn, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, border=5)
btn = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), "Previous Page")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnPrevPageButton, btn)
btnSizer.Add(btn, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, border=5)
btn = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), "Next Page")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnNextPageButton, btn)
btnSizer.Add(btn, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, border=5)
btnSizer.Add((50,-1), proportion=2, flag=wx.EXPAND)
sizer.Add(btnSizer, proportion=0, flag=wx.EXPAND)
self.SetSizer(sizer)
self.SetAutoLayout(True)
def OnOpenButton(self, event):
# make sure you have PDF files available on your drive
dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, wildcard="*.pdf")
if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
wx.BeginBusyCursor()
self.pdf.LoadFile(dlg.GetPath())
wx.EndBusyCursor()
dlg.Destroy()
def OnPrevPageButton(self, event):
self.pdf.gotoPreviousPage()
def OnNextPageButton(self, event):
self.pdf.gotoNextPage()
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
# create window/frame, no parent, -1 is default ID, title, size
frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, "PDFWindow", size = (640, 480))
# make an instance of the class
MyPanel(frame)
# show the frame
frame.Show(True)
# start the event loop
app.MainLoop()