Re: PDF page rotation

[Kjell Ahlstedt <kjell ahlstedt bredband net>]

2012-06-09 11:06, Mohith Manoj skrev:
> Hi,
> I have an application that needs to generate landscape style A4 
> reports. I have derived the Gtk::PrintOperation class to suite my 
> needs and it works well. The reports generated are in landscape form 
> itself when the printer is a physical printer or a PDF printer.
>
> However when I export the job to a PDF file using 
> Gtk::PRINT_OPERATION_ACTION_EXPORT,  the PDF file generated is always 
> portrait. Though all the contents are intact, the pages are rotated 
> 90degree counter clockwise. I tried toggling with the page and print 
> settings by settings wider page size without any luck.
>
> Is there any separate method to follow while exporting to PDF so that 
> I can set the rotation property in the PDF file? Or is there something 
> extra I need to do while setting print settings or page settings?
It's probably a bug in gtk+. See 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599401

Kjell