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edited May 2006 in End User
i am using Delphi 7+RB 7
i have a string field saving RTF format string
do you have any tools can print it RTF format string on ReportBuilder? i can
not use ppDBRichText,it is because print result , font is not same with my
RTF font

Sorry for my orrible english !!

Jerry

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  • edited May 2006

    options:

    - use RB's TppDBRichText. There are no known issues with it not honoring
    fonts. I recommend using common True Type fonts that would be installed to
    any machine and available to any printer driver.

    - WPTools and TRichView are third-party products that provide compatbility

    Here is an article with more details...


    ----------------------------------------------
    Article: ReportBuilder's RichText architecture
    ----------------------------------------------

    The RichText in ReportBuilder is a wrapper around Delphi's TRichEdit which
    in turn relies on Windows. To use some of the more advanced features of
    Windows RichEdit, see the topic on InfoPower RichEdit Support below.

    In general Windows RichEdit supports the type of formatting that you can do
    using WordPad.

    InfoPower RichEdit Support
    ---------------------------
    InfoPower from Woll2Woll Software is a popular database add-on product for
    Delphi. InfoPower's TwwRichEdit components support the Windows RichEdit2
    format. This format allows the rich text data to contain embedded bitmaps
    and OLE objects. For more information please see http:\\www.Woll2Woll.com.

    ReportBuilder includes a component that enables the TppRichText and
    TppDBRichText controls in ReportBuilder to use the formatting capabilities
    of InfoPower's TwwRichEdit when rendering RTF data. The ppWWRichEd.pas unit
    located in the ..\RBuilder\InfoPower directory defines a TwwDBRichEdit
    descendant and then registers the class with ReportBuilder. This enables the
    TppRichText and TppDBRichText controls in ReportBuilder to use the
    formatting capabilities of TwwDBRichEidt when rendering data.


    WPTools Support
    ----------------
    WPTools is a collection of components used to edit and print formatted text.
    With its own RTF engine, WPTools offers numerous features not supported by
    the standard Windows RichEd20.dll. This control lets you use tables,
    paragraph frames, headers and footers etc. Using the optional ReportBuilder
    support units for WPTools 2.x, you can print the enhanced WPTools features
    (justified text, tables, graphics...) within your ReportBuilder reports. For
    more information please see http:\\www.wptools.de.

    TRichView
    ----------
    TRichView is a suite of native Delphi components for displaying, editing,
    and printing hypertext documents. Documents can contain tables, pictures,
    and images. TRichView is available from www.trichview.com. There is a
    wrapper for available for using TRichView inside ReportBuilder, see
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com/Subpages/Downloads/CompanionRCL.html or
    http://www.trichview.com/resources/




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    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
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