How to print a range of pages from code

rbuser

I need to print a document splitting it in pages ranges, for example:

Original document : 500 pages

Splitted documents
Number 1 - page 1 to 200
Number 2 - page 201 to 400
Number 3 - pate 401 to the end 500

lPrinterDevice := TppPrinterDevice.Create(self);
lPrinterDevice.Publisher := ppRptDocuments.Publisher;
lPrinterDevice.PageSetting := psPageRange;
ppRptFichaArticulos.PrintToDevices;

The problem is that I don?t know how to define the page ranges. I searched
over all the forums and documentation but I was unable to find a valid
method.
Could you assist me on that?

I?m using Delphi 2006 and Report Builder 10



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nicocizik

Hi Joaquin,

Take a look at demo 124 located in the \Demos\1. Reports\... directory.
This shows how to print a list of pages. The Page Range entry in the
printer dialog essentially takes the information and uses it to create a
page list just like the demo.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nico,
Thanks for your quick answer. I saw this demo and I considered the
possibility to select the concrete number of pages to be sent but this is
not what I?m looking for at all.

I thought that the property psPageRange was implemented and that was
possible to indicate the start page and the end page to send. In my case I?m
working with reports that contain 600 pages or more so to select the first
200 pages indicating the page number for every one of them I think is not
the best approach.

My problem is that I was unable to find how to indicate only the startpage
and the endpage to use the psPageRange property, but maybe this is not
possible and the only way is to use the psPageList property. Could you
confirm me it?

In the mean time I will try to look for a workaroung using the example you
indicated me.

Many many thanks in advance.

nicocizik

Hi Joaquin,

When you define a page range in the print dialog, ReportBuilder essentially
creates a page list as you describe below. Take a look at the
ppTextToPageList routine located in the ppUtils.pas file. This is what the
PrintDialog calls to process the page range.

You can use the routine yourself if you would like to simplify the process
of creating a page list based on a range. Once the page list is created,
you can use the same technique used in the example.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

nardmoseley

Reviewing the Print Dialog code is a good way to learn how the Page Range
feature works.

Note that the Print Dialog supports two notations for specifying a page
range. You can specify each page, such as 1,3,10 or you can specify a range
such as 1-200. Or you can specify a mix of the two. 1, 3, 10-200;

As an example, you can modify demo 124 as follows...

ppTextToPageList('1, 5-10', Report.PrinterDevice.PageList, True);

Which will print page 1 followed by pages 5 thru 10.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hello Nard and Nico,

You saved my live. Following your indications I was able to send the pages
that I wanted without problem. It works very fast and provides me the
flexibility I needed.

Thanks for your assistance.

Cheers.