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edited October 2005 in Devices
Hi,

i'm using: Delphi 2005
Report Builder 9.03
TExtraDevices (newest)
WPTools 5 with Report Builder Support

I have a report that must be saved as a PDF file.
The Report are generated correctly but the TWPTRichText
(WPTools RB Component) content is blank. If we change
it to TPPRichText (RB native RichText componet) it works.

Thanks

Comments

  • edited October 2005
    Hi,

    You might try exporting to PDF using the built-in PDF device included with
    ReportBuilder. This device will convert all unknown drawcommands to images
    before exporting them to a PDF file. I am unsure if this is possible with
    TExtraDevices. You may want to contact Waler (support@waler.com) for more
    help on this topic.

    --
    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited October 2005
    Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) escreveu:

    Hi Nico, Thanks for your reply

    I wouldn't like to use this built-in PDF device included with
    ReportBuilder because it generates a huge pdf file, and is very
    slow...

    I will try to send a mail to support@waler.com as you suggested

    Thanks again
  • edited October 2005
    Hi,


    The ReportBuilder PDF Export contains the ability to compress your PDF file
    at different levels using the PDFSettings.CompressionLevel property. In our
    tests a PDF file generated by ReportBuilder was no larger than any of the
    thrid party alternatives.


    Although this is subjective, I have yet to encounter a report that exported
    unreasonably slow to PDF. The basic exporting techniques used are more or
    less the same for each device. What does your report consist of? Are there
    numerous large images? Are you scaling the images?

    --
    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited October 2005
    >>because it generates a huge pdf file,

    It doesn't mind what setting you use... the file is bigger than
    what is generated using ExtraDevice.

    ExtraDevice: 65 Kb
    RB PDF device (Max Compression): 357 Kb
    RB PDF device (default): 410 Kb

    * This test was made using TPPRichText, not TWPTRichText


    This report has just one little image, the company logo,
    some labels, dbtext's and one RichText.

    I read in an older:
    -----------------------------------------------------
    "The PDF Device included with ReportBuilder currently
    only exports richtext components to an image"
    -----------------------------------------------------

    So... maybe this is the cause of my problem. I think
    Extradevice has not support to WPtools RichEdit, and
    it doesn't know how to render it. RB, on the other hand,
    convert it in a image.

    Sorry for my english, and Thanks again
  • edited November 2005
    Hi,

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