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edited February 2008 in Devices
Hi,

two questions about the native pdf-export:

1) Is it possible to specify the number of copies created? I tried
ppReport.PrinterSetup.Copies := 2;
and
ppReport.Printer.PrinterSetup.Copies := 2;
without having success.

2) We use the native RTF-memo a quite a lot. When exporting to PDF the RTF
gets rendered as an low quality image, so the formatted text doesn't look
very nice. Is there an easy way to improve that?

Thanks for your answer.

Christian M. Meyer



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Comments

  • edited February 2008
    Hi Christian,

    1. Copies are not supported with the built-in PDF device. You will need to
    create a loop that calls Report.Print for each copy you would like to
    create.

    2. This is a limitation of using advanced components such as RichText and
    Barcodes with the PDF device. All advanced components are converted to
    bitmaps before exported. This process decreases the quality of the output
    in most cases. We are working to improve this for the next release. I
    believe other PDF export devices such as Gnostice support high quality
    renderings of RTF etc. http://www.gnostice.com

    --
    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

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