pdfOperation(with:inside:toPath:printInfo:)
Creates and returns a new print operation object ready to control the copying of PDF graphics from the specified view and write the resulting data to the specified file.
Declaration
class func pdfOperation(with view: NSView, inside rect: NSRect, toPath path: String, printInfo: NSPrintInfo) -> NSPrintOperationParameters
- view:
The view containing the data to be turned into PDF data.
- rect:
The portion of the view (specified in points in the view’s coordinate space) to be rendered as PDF data.
- path:
The path to a file. After the job is run, this file contains the PDF data.
- printInfo:
The print settings to use when generating the PDF data.
Return Value
The new NSPrintOperation object. You must run the operation to generate the PDF data.
Discussion
This method raises an NSPrintOperationExistsException if there is already a print operation in progress; otherwise the returned object is made the current print operation for this thread.