nardmoseley
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Hi George,
Check out the RB DLL demo installed to
C:\Users\Public\Documents\RBuilder\Delphi 12\Demos\7. DLL
Read the notes/comments in the code for FormDLL and TestDLL. -
Hi Gerhard,
I researched and created a patch for RB 22.05 to resolve the issue. (I emailed the patch).
Developers with an active RB license can email support@ and request the patch. -
Hi Gerhard,
I created a test report, but did not encounter an error.
Please create a simple example project we can build and run in the debugger. Use standard Delphi components and RB. Use the rbDemos data or copy data to Clie… -
Hi Vineet,
The report template loading / saving code is not something that has been changing. It has been in place for many years. For Delphi Unicode VCL the String datatype is Unicode and RB templates that are save as text are saved and … -
Hi Goran,
I should have been more clear. My code is for a preview dialog descendant class.
uses
ppPrvDlg;
type
TmyPrintPreview = class(Tp… -
Hi Colin,
Currently there is not a property or method that can be used to prevent email from being sent. We'll add this to the requested feature list.
It can be done indirectly, by using BeforeEmail to unregister the email p… -
Hi Goran,
My code sets Form Left, Top, where as your code is sets Viewer.Left, Top.
TppViewer is control on the form. (TppViewer descends from TCustomPanel)
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Hi Goran,
In your custom TmyPrintPreview class, try overriding the DoShow method to check the Monitor and move the location as needed.
procedure TmyPrintPreview… -
Hi Andy,
For the last Report, set PDFDevice.EndPrintJob to True prior to calling Report.PrintToDevices. This is shown in the rbWiki example. When EndPrintJob is True, the PDF output file will be closed. -
Hi Andy,
I'll add this to the requested feature list.
Thanks for the feedback. -
Hi Andy,
The FillColor/LineColor buttons work two ways.
1. Right side of button - displays color palette
The right side of the button has a down arrow. Press mouse button when over the down arrow and a drop down col… -
Hi Andy,
This feature has not changed.
Select a Rectangle, use the FillColor, LineColor buttons on the Draw Toolbar to specify the color. Alternatively can use the Object Inspector Brush and Pen properties (make sure Brush.St… -
Hi Javierus,
Please generate the report to Archive File (.raf). Send the file to support@ and I will test it.
I tested exporting 80k rows to Xlsx and did not encounter an issues. So perhaps it depends on the report content.Hi Thomas,
RB 22.04 contains mods to use Excel's 8 built-in color values for the basic 8 color palette Excel defines. This solution provides a work around for the Excel limitation with the old XLS format.
Hi Tommy,
The RB Preview ThumbNailViewer includes built-in support for mouse wheel scrolling. Testing with RB 22.03 and Delphi 12 it is working. Also when the PageView is set to Continuous, the mouse wheel can be used to scroll the pages.…Hi Thomas,
I tested with D2007 and RB 12.
1. The Xls file when opened, results in Excel defaulting to read-only mode and warning about the file's validity. I recall that MS introduced a XLS (BIF) validator to increase securit…Hi Thomas,
I researched this.
Exporting to XlsxData - the test works.
Exporting to XlsData. Select the cell, right mouse and select Format Cells... to display the dialog. Then select the Fill page. The color is bla…Hi Lawrence,
Load the report definition (if stored in file or database).
Try setting Report.PreviewFormSettings.SinglePageOnly to True and Report.ThumbnailSettings.Enabled to False and Report.CachePages to False.
S…Hi Goran,
Please create a simple example project I can build and run in the debugger. Use standard Delphi components + RB (no DevExpress). Send in zip format to support@. Include steps to recreate the issue. I have duel monitor setup I c…Hi Jon,
I researched this and for the next release will add TppExportFileDialog properties
protected
property AdvancedFileOptionsPDF: TppAdvancedFileOptionsPDF r…Hi Jan,
We just released RB 22.03 Build 2 to resolve this issue. The relevant code has been in place for many years, seems like a bug in D12.Hi Jan,
I'm researching and will post a follow up when I know more. Looks to be an issue with D12 only. Delphi 11.x with RB 22.03 does not have the issue.
Hi John,
I'll make those mods for the next release.
Thanks for the feedback.
Hi Mike,
The solution above, called at app startup will result in RB saving reports in the old format. RB will still be able to read reports in both old and new formats.
RAP is run-time code - executes when the report is gene…Hi Ruvim,
I performed some tests:
- print to preview, toolbar buttons are disabled
- print to printer, no print job is sent to printer
- export to file, no file created
- print to MS Print to PDF driver, em…Hi Ruvim,
The Preview toolbar buttons should be disabled when there are no pages for [ndBlankPage].
In testing I found the Export button is not being disabled and the Viewer PopupMenu is still visible. I created a patch for RB…Hi Tania,
A Windows Service has different requirements than a VCL app.
A couple of basic things to check
- typically runs under a different windows user account. You may want to create a special account for the wind…Hi Kennedy,
For details check out RBuilder Help topics for TppXlsxReportDevice and TppXlsxDataDevice.
Hi Jurgen,
There is a public class method TraCodeModule.SetLegacyStorage. Call at app startup.
uses
raCodMod;
TraCodeModule.SetLegacyStorage(True);Hi Guillermo,
The demo requires running IIS and configuring it to read the pages from the cache. The WebTier is running in Delphi, the generated pages contain http links to images and other pages residing in the cache directory and are re…