How to grab a qwidget /render it in a pixmap everytime it needs to be repainted?

Question

I have a QWidget that I don\'t want to show on screen. Instead I want to get a pixmap of the widget every time it is repainted, in order to send it to another part of the ap

Answer 1

Well I found a solution. I took all the content of the widget that I wanted to grab, and placed it inside a Frame. Then I grabbed the Frame. It's not really elegant but it works.