RB file support?

rbuser

I am currently analyzing various report engines. I am currently using a
report engine that allows me to save a completed report as a file and then
later reload it into a "viewer" program. Unfortunately it is not thread safe
and I am having problems using it in an ISAPI.

Will RB allow you to create multipage reports, save them to a single file
and then reload them without having to regenerate the report? (again, PDF is
not an option).

TIA

Mike

digitalmetaphors

Yes. See example 151 in RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports - this shows the
ArchiveReader in action.

To create a report archive, simply:

uses
ppTypes;

ppReport1.AllowPrintToArchive := True;
ppReport1.ArchiveFileName := 'c:\test.raf';
ppReport1.DeviceType := dtArchive;
ppReport1.ShowPrintDialog := False;
ppReport1.Print;

That's it...

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Cheers,

Tom Ollar
Digital Metaphors Corporation

rbuser

And now in RB 7: (as stated in their e-mail)

2. Thread safe DADE, RAP and Report Engine

In order to make the Server Edition possible, the data processing engine

(DADE), Object Pascal interpreter (RAP) and the report engine were all made

thread-safe. This means that you can now count on thread safety when

pursuing options such as background processing of print jobs, etc.