WPTools Richtext

rbuser

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

nicocizik

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

rbuser

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

nicocizik

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

rbuser

>>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:
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"The PDF Device included with ReportBuilder currently
only exports richtext components to an image"
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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

rbuser

Hi,