Why this was never implemented?

rbuser

I'm wondering if it would be too difficult to implement a way to let
people change (at last some of) the Export settings for some of the
supported devices (specially PDF and XLS) in the default Print dialog of
ReportBuilder.

At a first glance, it doesnt sounds too complicated to me, but if so,
why DM never did this?

Any tips or advices to help me create such feature by myself in the
correct way?

Carlos

nicocizik

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for the feedback. We base most of our features and enhancements
on customer feedback and I will add your request to our possible
enhancements list.

Which settings would you like available from the Print dialog?

It is currently possible to replace the print dialog with your own
custom dialog using the replaceable dialogs architecture. This does not
necessarily you need to start from scratch however. You could copy the
existing one and simply add on to it. See the following article.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com:8080/Plugins/Dialogs/How_To...Create_a_Custom_Print_Dialog

rbuser

Nico,

For the PDFs:
CompressionLevel
EmbedFontOptions
ExportRTFAsBitmap
ImageCompressionLevel
OpenPDFFile
OptimizeImageExport
ScaleImages

For both XLS devices:
ExportComponents
ExportRTFAsBitmap
MergeAdjacentCells
OpenXLSFile
ScaleToPageWidth

I'll take a look in the howto link, thanks!

Carlos


Em 04/06/2013 12:12, Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) escreveu:

rbuser

On 04/06/2013 20:00, Carlos H. Cantu wrote:

+1

rbuser

I forgot to add the new properties available in RB 15 to the list, so:

+ XLSReport.IgnorePageHeight
+ XLSData, IncludeSingleHeader/Footer booleans

Carlos

Em 04/06/2013 16:47, Paul Toms escreveu:

rbuser

Nico, I took a look at the provided article, but the example is a bit
useless, since it doesnt show actually how to "add" features in a custom
form preview.

For example, if I want to add CheckBox so user can check it if he wants
that RTF to be exported as Bitmap in PDFs, what would be the ideal place
to put the code that actually would set the
PDFSettings.ExportRTFAsBitmap to true ?

PS: any chance of getting the proposed enhancements in some of the next
subreleases of RB 15? Or if this will be done, it will be in RB 16?

Carlos

Em 04/06/2013 12:12, Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) escreveu:

nicocizik

Hi Carlos,

The example simply shows how you the developer would replace the printer
dialog (or any RB dialog) with your own completely custom dialog. Once
you register your own printer dialog, you then have complete control
over how it behaves, looks, and interacts with the rest of the
application. A good starting point is to simply copy the existing
printer dialog code and rename the class. Then make the changes needed
to meet your specific requirements (i.e. add a checkbox to the form and
add code to the btnOKClick event or new checkbox click event to update
the PDFSettings before exporting).

Minor releases are mainly for bug fixes and minimal enhancements to
existing features. A feature such as this one would be added for a
major release.