Ver 12 & TIF

rbuser

I just installed V12 and I do not see TIF as a device type. The
documentation says only 3rd party but the email said

Report Output Enhancements
- new PDF Encryption
- new PDF Unicode support
- new PDF Font subsetting (embeds only chars used)
- new RTF Device
- new Doc Device
- new XLSReport Device
- new XLSData Device
- new Bmp Device
- new JPEG Device
- new EMf Device
- new Gif Device
- new Png Device (D2009 & later)
- new Tif Device (D2010 or freeware LibTifDelphi)
- new TextFileDevice.DefaultBands property
- new TextFileDevice default export of detail band elements
- new Report.DefaultFileDeviceType property
- new Printer rendering support for transparent RichText

*PDF, RTF, Doc, XLS support Unicode for D2009 and later

What am I missing?

nicocizik

Hi Rick,

1. Be sure you are using the latest version of ReportBuilder (12.01).

2. Take a look at the following articles on the options for exporting to
TIFF.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/Output/Image/Image_Device_Fundamentals

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/Output/Image/TIFF_Image_Export

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Very frustrated. Installation instructions are pretty poor. If a product is
released saying TIFF reporting is available then the product should install
with it there or give instructions as to how to make it work.

Downloaded the RB_LibTiffDelphi
Downloaded ImageDeviceDemo
Set Library paths
Removed the x from the define
Get error message ppTIFFDevice file not found

nicocizik

Hi Rick,

I'm very sorry you are having issues getting TIFF export to work.

The ppTIFFDevice.pas file can be found in the \RBuilder\Source\...
directory. It is a mistake that it is not also in the \Lib\ directory and I
will fix this for the next release.

You can either change your library path from \RBuilder\Lib\ to
\RBuilder\Source\, or simply copy the ppTIFFDevice.pas file into your
\Lib\... directory. You also need to be sure that the installed
RB_LibTiffDelphi is in your Delphi library path as well.

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Regards,

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