More newbie questions

rbuser

Hi !

I have opened a report using the ArchiveReader, and a ppViewer.
What are the steps to release the archive-file for other processes like
renaming or overwriting of the file ?

Petter

digitalmetaphors

You can call ArchiveReader.Reset to close the file. Then it will be safe to
manipulate the archive file. as long as you don't use the archive reader to
request any pages for a device that is currently in use. If a device asks
the archive reader for a page, it will try to go get it from the archive
file.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thanks again Jim this works fine,

I have one more question.
After having loaded av report in the Viewer, how do I clear the Viewer
window (Also the White page) ?

Thanks
Petter

digitalmetaphors

You can call Viewer.RegenerateReport to make the first page request of the
new report so that it shows that in the viewer.

To clear the viewer to be empty white space, call:

Viewer.CurrentPage.FreeDrawCommands;
Viewer.ScreenDevice.RenderPage;
Viewer.RefreshPage;


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors