RichText does not print

rbuser

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I've got 2 RichText components on the Detail Band.
They both appear in the Preview. However, they don't print out.

The report fits on Page 1.

Each RichText has Stretch = True and the Detail Band's
PrintHeight = phDynamic.

Any ideas why the Rich text doesn't print on the page?


Regards, Peter Evans

digitalmetaphors

Try settin the Richtext component's Transparent property to False. Many
printer drivers don't support transparency.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

I checked my settings and I had Transparent = False. I switched
it to Transparent = True but that didn't work either.

I decided to try the example in the 'Developer's Guide'. That example loads
a
rich text file. Success.

So it had nothing to do with printers or drivers.

I was using memory streams to load the rich text ::-
RichTextStuff.LoadFromRTFStream(MyMemoryStream);

I took a punt that ReportBuilder is a two pass system and coded ::-

RichTextStuff.LoadFromRTFStream(MyMemoryStream);
MyMemoryStream.Position := 0; {reset to beginning}

The printed output appeared!

I doubled checked the documentation on TppRichText Component and
LoadFromRTFStream.
Unfortunately they do not mention this tip...


Regards, Peter Evans

digitalmetaphors

Glad to hear it is working. There is a code sample in the techtips
newsgroup in the richtext thread, which uses an intermediate memory stream
to load richtext.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thank you, I found the articles.
Regards, Peter Evans