Exporting the current oscilloscope view as image

Desktop_Interface/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -1966,6 +1966,47 @@ void MainWindow::openFileDialog(QString *fileName){
     *(fileName) = temp;
 }
 
+void MainWindow::on_actionExportImage_triggered()
+{
+    qDebug() << "on_actionExportImage_triggered()";
+
+    QFileDialog dialog;
+
+    dialog.setDefaultSuffix("pdf");
+    dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);
+    dialog.setDirectory(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation));
+    dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::AnyFile);
+    dialog.setNameFilter("PDF files (*.pdf);;JPEG files (*.jpg);;PNG files (*.png);;BMP files (*.bmp)");
+
+    int retVal = dialog.exec();
+
+    if(!retVal){
+        return; //User did not select a file!
+    }
+
+    QStringList tempList = dialog.selectedFiles();
+    qDebug() << tempList.first();
+
+    // Avoiding an if () cascade
+    switch (dialog.nameFilters().indexOf( dialog.selectedNameFilter() ) )
+    {
+        case 0:
+            ui->scopeAxes->savePdf(tempList.first());
+            break;
+        case 1:
+            ui->scopeAxes->saveJpg(tempList.first());
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            ui->scopeAxes->savePng(tempList.first());
+            break;
+        case 3:
+            ui->scopeAxes->saveBmp(tempList.first());
+            break;
+        default:
+            qDebug() << "Wrong file type for exporting image to";
+    }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::on_actionSnapshot_CH1_triggered()
 {
   qDebug() << "on_actionSnapshot_CH1_triggered()";

Desktop_Interface/mainwindow.h

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ private slots:
 
     void on_actionSingle_ep_async_triggered();
 
+    void on_actionExportImage_triggered();
+
     void on_actionSnapshot_CH1_triggered();
 
     void on_actionSnapshot_CH2_triggered();

Desktop_Interface/ui_files_desktop/mainwindow.ui

@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@
            <item>
             <widget class="QCheckBox" name="pause_LA">
              <property name="enabled">
-              <bool>true</bool>
+              <bool>false</bool>
              </property>
              <property name="text">
               <string>Pause</string>
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>1493</width>
-     <height>20</height>
+     <height>21</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuFile">
@@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@
     <addaction name="menuRecord"/>
     <addaction name="actionOpen_DAQ_File"/>
     <addaction name="menuTake_Snapshot"/>
+    <addaction name="actionExportImage"/>
     <addaction name="actionQuit"/>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuOscilloscope_2">
@@ -1614,8 +1615,8 @@
       <rect>
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
-       <width>170</width>
-       <height>115</height>
+       <width>160</width>
+       <height>120</height>
       </rect>
      </property>
      <property name="title">
@@ -2422,6 +2423,11 @@
     <string>single-&amp;ep-async</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionExportImage">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>&amp;Export Current View</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
   <action name="actionSnapshot_CH1">
    <property name="text">
     <string>&amp;CH1</string>