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rbuserrbuser
edited June 2004 in Devices
I need help!

Here's what I have. I have a report server that we wrote that uses the
PrintToDevices method. We've setup a TppDevice component that has it's
OnPageReceive event set to capture each individual page and save it to a
database field. Each record contains a page number and the page itself as a
BLOB. On the client side the program says send page 1 over, and the server
will locate that page in the database and send it to the client. While this
is happening the pages are continuing to be generated to the table. Now
what I need to be able to do is after a report has been completely generated
to the table, I need to be able to export all the pages in the table to any
of the other formats such as PDF or Excel. When I want to print the report
I just loop through the table and send each page to a TppPrinterDevice
object. Basically I need to re-assemble all the pages back into a report
and then export that report to a PDF or Excel. I have installed the trial
version of Pragnaan's ReportBuilder components, but have been unable to get
this to work. If anyone has any ideas of how to send each page to an export
device that would be great.

David Looney

Comments

  • rbuserrbuser
    edited June 2004
    You can try TExtraDevices for this. I have sample code on the FAQ that shows you how to assemble
    subreports on the fly and create a single export file.

    James Waler
    Waler Ltd
    http://www.waler.com
  • rbuserrbuser
    edited June 2004
    Well I'm not really doing subreports, I'm just doing one report and saving
    all the pages from the report into a table but it's still one report.

    David

  • rbuserrbuser
    edited June 2004
    Subreports will allow you to combine the single pages back into a single report
    easily. In what format are you saving the pages?

    James Waler
    Waler Ltd
    http://www.waler.com
  • rbuserrbuser
    edited June 2004
    When a page is received it is placed into a memory stream and then saved to
    a BLOB field in the table.

    David

  • rbuserrbuser
    edited June 2004
    Hello David,

    While you are looking for solutions to export your RB reports, you would NOT
    want to ignore eDocEngine. eDocEngine provides unmatched flexibility and support
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    To get a quick feel, please try exporting your RB report using this EXE
    demo(save your report as .raf, load and export in the EXE demo):
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    Why eDocEngine is the preferred solution for exporting reports?
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    Gnostice Information Technologies www.gnostice.com
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