Tables in rich text problem

rbuser

Hi,

We're using RB12.04 Enterprise with Delphi 2009 and we think we've found
an issue with the DBRichText component.

If the rich text that is being displayed in the DBRichText component
contains a table that has more than one line of text in a cell, it
ignores the carriage returns and the text runs on across the second (or
subsequent) columns rather than wrapping.

For example, if the original rich text table looked something like:

----------------------------
|Here's some | Second column|
|multi line | |
|text | |
-----------------------------
|Second row | |
|text | |
-----------------------------

it gets displayed in report builder as

-----------------------------
|Here's somem|ulti linetext S|econd column
-----------------------------
|Second row t|ext |
-----------------------------

Is this a known issue or are we doing something wrong? Or are tables in
rich text just not supported?

Thanks,

Steve Branley
WCBS Ltd

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

ReportBuilder should use the same RichText libraries as Delphi does. If
you try to load your RTF data into a DBRichText component on a form (in
Delphi) does the RichText display correctly?

If so, please send us a simple example of this issue in .zip format to
support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll take a look at it for you.


Regards,

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

rbuser

Thanks for the reply Nico,

You're correct - I get the same problem if I load the RTF into a
standard Delphi TDBRichText control. Looks like this one is out of your
hands (and mine, sadly). I can't see Embarcadero fixing this just for
me, somehow...

Thanks,

Steve

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the info, at first I thought it was a simple alignment issue
but it looks as though the feature is too advanced for the built in control.

I suggest taking a look at InfoPower or WPTools. These components
descend from the Delphi TCustomRichEdit and provide the ability to show
enhanced items such as Tables and Images inside a RichText.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/RCL/RichText/RB_RichText


Regards,

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