- Qt 6.12
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- QPdfDocument
- Qt 6.12.0 Reference Documentation

# QPdfDocument Class

The QPdfDocument class loads a PDF document and renders pages from it. More...

Header: | `#include <QPdfDocument>`
Inherits: | QObject

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

enum class | Error { None, Unknown, DataNotYetAvailable, FileNotFound, InvalidFileFormat, …, UnsupportedSecurityScheme }
enum class | MetaDataField { Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, Creator, …, ModificationDate }
enum class | PageModelRole { Label, PointSize }
enum class | Status { Null, Loading, Ready, Unloading, Error }

## Properties

- pageCount : int
- pageModel : QAbstractListModel*
- password : QString
- status : Status

## Public Functions

| QPdfDocument(QObject *parent)
virtual | ~QPdfDocument() override
void | close()
QPdfDocument::Error | error() const
QPdfSelection | getAllText(int page)
QPdfSelection | getSelection(int page, QPointF start, QPointF end)
QPdfSelection | getSelectionAtIndex(int page, int startIndex, int maxLength)
void | load(QIODevice *device)
QPdfDocument::Error | load(const QString &fileName)
QVariant | metaData(QPdfDocument::MetaDataField field) const
int | pageCount() const
`(since 6.6)` int | pageIndexForLabel(const QString &label)
QString | pageLabel(int page)
QAbstractListModel * | pageModel()
QSizeF | pagePointSize(int page) const
QString | password() const
`(since 6.12)` QImage | render(int page, QSize imageSize, QPdfDocumentRenderOptions renderOptions, QImage::Format format, const QColor &fillColor)
void | setPassword(const QString &password)
QPdfDocument::Status | status() const

## Signals

void | pageCountChanged(int pageCount)
void | pageModelChanged()
void | passwordChanged()
void | statusChanged(QPdfDocument::Status status)

## Detailed Description

## Member Type Documentation

### enum class QPdfDocument::Error

This enum describes the error while attempting the last operation on the document.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QPdfDocument::Error::None` | `0` | No error occurred.
`QPdfDocument::Error::Unknown` | `1` | Unknown type of error.
`QPdfDocument::Error::DataNotYetAvailable` | `2` | The document is still loading, it's too early to attempt the operation.
`QPdfDocument::Error::FileNotFound` | `3` | The file given to load() was not found.
`QPdfDocument::Error::InvalidFileFormat` | `4` | The file given to load() is not a valid PDF file.
`QPdfDocument::Error::IncorrectPassword` | `5` | The password given to setPassword() is not correct for this file.
`QPdfDocument::Error::UnsupportedSecurityScheme` | `6` | QPdfDocument is not able to unlock this kind of PDF file.

See also QPdfDocument::error().

### enum class QPdfDocument::MetaDataField

This enum describes the available fields of meta data.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::Title` | `0` | The document's title as QString.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::Author` | `2` | The name of the person who created the document as QString.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::Subject` | `1` | The subject of the document as QString.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::Keywords` | `3` | Keywords associated with the document as QString.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::Creator` | `5` | If the document was converted to PDF from another format, the name of the conforming product that created the original document from which it was converted as QString.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::Producer` | `4` | If the document was converted to PDF from another format, the name of the conforming product that converted it to PDF as QString.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::CreationDate` | `6` | The date and time the document was created as QDateTime.
`QPdfDocument::MetaDataField::ModificationDate` | `7` | The date and time the document was most recently modified as QDateTime.

See also QPdfDocument::metaData().

### enum class QPdfDocument::PageModelRole

Roles in pageModel().

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QPdfDocument::PageModelRole::Label` | `Qt::UserRole` | The page number to be used for display purposes (QString).
`QPdfDocument::PageModelRole::PointSize` | `257` | The page size in points (1/72 of an inch) (QSizeF).

### enum class QPdfDocument::Status

This enum describes the current status of the document.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QPdfDocument::Status::Null` | `0` | The initial status after the document has been created or after it has been closed.
`QPdfDocument::Status::Loading` | `1` | The status after load() has been called and before the document is fully loaded.
`QPdfDocument::Status::Ready` | `2` | The status when the document is fully loaded and its data can be accessed.
`QPdfDocument::Status::Unloading` | `3` | The status after close() has been called on an open document. At this point the document is still valid and all its data can be accessed.
`QPdfDocument::Status::Error` | `4` | The status after Loading, if loading has failed.

See also QPdfDocument::status().

## Property Documentation

### `[read-only]` pageCount : int

This property holds the number of pages in the loaded document or `0` if no document is loaded.

Access functions:

int | pageCount() const

Notifier signal:

void | pageCountChanged(int pageCount)

### `[read-only]` pageModel : QAbstractListModel*

This property holds an instance of QAbstractListModel to provide page-specific metadata, containing one row for each page in the document.

Access functions:

QAbstractListModel * | pageModel()

Notifier signal:

void | pageModelChanged()

See also QPdfDocument::PageModelRole.

### password : QString

This property holds the document password.

If the document is protected by a password, the user must provide it, and the application must set this property. Otherwise, it's not needed.

Access functions:

QString | password() const
void | setPassword(const QString &password)

Notifier signal:

void | passwordChanged()

### `[read-only]` status : Status

This property holds the current status of the document.

Access functions:

QPdfDocument::Status | status() const

Notifier signal:

void | statusChanged(QPdfDocument::Status status)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[explicit]` QPdfDocument::QPdfDocument(QObject *parent)

Constructs a new document with parent object parent.

### `[override virtual noexcept]` QPdfDocument::~QPdfDocument()

Destroys the document.

### void QPdfDocument::close()

Closes the document.

### QPdfDocument::Error QPdfDocument::error() const

Returns the type of error if status is `Error`, or `NoError` if there is no error.

### `[invokable]` QPdfSelection QPdfDocument::getAllText(int page)

Returns all the text and its bounds on the given page.

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

### `[invokable]` QPdfSelection QPdfDocument::getSelection(int page, QPointF start, QPointF end)

Returns information about the text on the given page that can be found between the given start and end points, if any.

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

### `[invokable]` QPdfSelection QPdfDocument::getSelectionAtIndex(int page, int startIndex, int maxLength)

Returns information about the text on the given page that can be found beginning at the given startIndex with at most maxLength characters.

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

### void QPdfDocument::load(QIODevice *device)

Loads the document contents from device.

### QPdfDocument::Error QPdfDocument::load(const QString &fileName)

Loads the document contents from fileName.

### QVariant QPdfDocument::metaData(QPdfDocument::MetaDataField field) const

Returns the meta data of the document for the given field.

### `[invokable, since 6.6]` int QPdfDocument::pageIndexForLabel(const QString &label)

Returns the index of the page that has the label, or `-1` if not found.

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.6.

See also pageLabel().

### `[invokable]` QString QPdfDocument::pageLabel(int page)

Returns the page number to be used for display purposes.

For example, a document may have multiple sections with different numbering. Perhaps the preface uses roman numerals, the body starts on page 1, and the appendix starts at A1. Whenever a PDF viewer shows a page number, to avoid confusing the user it should be the same "number" as is printed on the corner of the page, rather than the zero-based page index that we use in APIs (assuming the document author has made the page labels match the printed numbers).

If the document does not have custom page numbering, this function returns `page + 1`.

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

See also pageIndexForLabel().

### `[invokable]` QSizeF QPdfDocument::pagePointSize(int page) const

Returns the size of page page in points (1/72 of an inch).

Note: This function can be invoked via the meta-object system and from QML. See Q_INVOKABLE.

### `[since 6.12]` QImage QPdfDocument::render(int page, QSize imageSize, QPdfDocumentRenderOptions renderOptions, QImage::Format format, const QColor &fillColor)

Renders the page into a QImage of size imageSize with the given format according to the provided renderOptions.

The format is ARGB by default. Before rendering, the image is filled with the given fillColor, which is transparent by default. Thus the default result is suitable for compositing onto any background; but you can specify a different background color to get an image suitable for direct rendering. Some PDF pages may include their own background: if the rendering is fully opaque, it will cover up the background color.

Returns the rendered page or an empty image in case of an error.

Note: If the imageSize does not match the aspect ratio of the page in the PDF document, the page is rendered scaled, so that it covers the complete imageSize.

Note: The overload taking format and fillColor is new in 6.12.

This is an overloaded function.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.12.