[reportlab-users] newbie help

[Anil]

Ignore my previous email, I am little bit further now. The problem is,
how do I access the canvas from self.drawTabs() method?

Trying to put a small rectangle isn't working. If I had the canvas
available, I could do canvas.circle or canvas.rect.

Thanks.


    def generate(self):
        buffer = StringIO()

        styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
        doc = SimpleDocTemplate(buffer, pagesize = letter)

        Story = [ Spacer(1, 2.0*inch) ]
        style = styles["Normal"]

        Story.append(PageBreak())

        tabs = self.drawTabs()
        Story.append(tabs)

        doc.build(Story,
                  onFirstPage=self.firstPage,
                  onLaterPages=self.restPage)

        pdf = buffer.getvalue()
        buffer.close()
        return pdf

    def drawTabs(self):
        r = Rect(5, 5, 200, 100)
        r.fillColor = colors.red
        r.strokeColor = colors.green
        r.strokeWidth = 3
        return r