XML Export

rbuser

Has anyone done an XML Export TppFileDevice?

MB34

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rbuser

>Has anyone done an XML Export TppFileDevice?

If not, would anyone be interested in one? I am contemplating
writing one for use in our project and if someone else would
like it, I may try selling it.

MB34

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nicocizik

Hi,

For future reference, we prefer you use your real name when posting to these
newsgroups.

There is currently no native XML export device included with ReportBuilder
however there are a few third party devices available that do.

Waler: http://www.waler.com

Gnostice: http://www.gnostice.com

Pragnaan: http://www.rarefind.com/


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Digital Metaphors
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nardmoseley

There is a post titled 'Req: ReportBuilder XML Export' in the Borland Third
Party Tools newsgroup dated June 5, 2006 by Eddie Shipman. Perhaps you are
working with him or perhaps you are the same person? If the answer is no,
then I would try posting a reply to that thread.

If you decide to pursue this, post any questions you have about the
ReportBuilder export architecture/implementation here and we can help.

As a starting point...

- see ppFilDev.pas for the ancestor classes.

- descend from TextFileDevice and override the SavePageToFile method. That
method receives a Page object and process the Page.DrawCommands[] array.

- implement the class functions such as DeviceName, DefaultExt, etc. (these
are simple one line constants).

- for an example of registering a custom device class, see the
Initialize/Finalization section of ppFilDev.pas