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  • Hi David,

    If the Report.PreviewFormSettings.ZoomSetting property is set to
    zsWholePage, the previewer should show the entire page in the window when it
    is loaded. This is the default setting for this property. You can also u…
  • Yes, please see the help topic for the TppPDFDevice object. There is also a
    PDF demo located in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory. Demo 108.

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Export to PDF Comment by nicocizik October 2007
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    Article: Can ReportBuilder output reports in
    XLS, RTF etc.
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    There are multiple ReportBuilder add-on products which su…
  • Hi Ennio,

    Currently the ReportBuilder PDF device converts advanced drawcommands such
    as RTF and BarCodes to bitmaps before they are transferred to the PDF file.
    This can cause a reduction in the quality of these components in …
  • Please do not mulit-post the same question. This has been answered in your
    previous post.

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
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  • The example specifically works with the printer device, you will need to
    also implement the ScreenDevice.ReceivePage event to see the effects on
    screen.

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Bora,

    This can be done by manually adding a drawcommand to each page before it is
    sent to the device. Take a look at the following example of creating a
    unique caption for each copy of an archive file. It uses the
    P…
  • Hi Andre,

    As a test I copied your code below exactly (changing "aReport" to ppReport1)
    and placed it in the BeforePrint event of a test project. This successfully
    changed all fonts in my report to Arial (from Wingdings). Whe…
  • Hi John,

    This issue was fixed for RB 10.07. Please send your serial number and
    purchasing email address to info@digital-metaphors.com for upgrade
    instructions.

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital M…
  • Hi Wim,

    The easiest way to add a watermark to a report is to add it to the PageStyle
    band and toggle its visibility based on where the report is printing.
    Before the report prints, simply create a new TppImage object and assig…
  • Hi Bill,

    You could use the Template.OnLoadEnd event to assign this property to every
    report once it has loaded.

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    Tech Tip: Using Template Events
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  • Hi Bill,

    If you set the Report.PreviewFormSettings.WindowState to wsMaximized you
    will get the preview window in a maximized state when it is loaded.

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Ailton,

    My first suggestion would be to update you version of ReportBuilder to the
    latest available for Delphi 5 (ReportBuilder 7.04). For upgrade
    instructions, please send your serial number and purchasing email address t…
  • Ailton,

    Which exact version of ReportBuilder and Delphi are you using? Where and in
    what component are you displaying the total? As a test, try commenting out
    all event code in your report and see if that solves the problem.…
  • Hi Jim,

    We have not seen this behavior before. ReportBuilder does not communicate
    with the printer directly. It uses standard Windows API commands which are
    interpreted by the printer driver which then prints the report. It…
  • Hi Ian,

    I do not believe there are any third party components that export directly
    to the .doc format. One option would be to export your report to RTF then
    using another separate library or converter, convert that file to .d…
  • Wim,

    1. Inside the beforeprint event you just need to assign the OnPageReceive
    event of the device you are using. Then inside that event you create a
    drawcommand and add it to the page. AddWatermark is not an event, it is <…
  • Hi Michael,

    Try placing a PageBreak component after your second subreport. This should
    send all the components after it in the z-order to the next column. You can
    use the Send To Back/Bring To Front options in the popup menu…
  • Hi Paul,

    Thank you for pointing this out. There is now a patch available for RB
    10.07 that fixes the PDF device leaks when emailing a report. Send an email
    to support@digial-metaphors.com requesting the patch and we'll get i…
  • Hi Jeff,

    ReportBuilder 10.07 still contains the CheckBox and DBCheckBox components
    and is backward compatible with previous versions of RB. My first guess
    would be that either the Sample Components package (dclRBUxx.bpl) did …
  • Hi Bob,

    Ed is correct, there can only be one query (dataset) per datapipeline in
    ReportBuilder. If you need to clear two separate queries (each connected to
    their own pipeline) you will need to create two TdaSQLBuilder object…
  • Hi Jim,

    Unfortunately it is not possible to read from or write data to the
    PR_RTF_COMPRESSED property using Simple MAPI (see the article below). I
    have read a few articles stating that it is possible with the use of the
  • Hi Jim,

    In my testing with Outlook 2007 and 2003, the email client came up with no
    recipients added using the default MAPI plugin. My initial guess would be
    that this is an Outlook 2002 issue. You might try using the Outlook…
  • Hi Larry,

    Vertical alignment is not currently a feature in ReportBuilder however it is
    something we are strongly considering for a later release. As a
    work-around, you could possibly check the width of the text being displaye…
  • Hi Barry,

    Yes, you can set the "Break On" option in the Group dialog to Custom Field,
    and group on your variable. You can also manually control the break value
    using the Group.OnGetBreakValue event. See the help topic for th…
  • Hi Paul,

    Are you able to see this leak with a simple example I could run on my
    machine? If so, please send the example in .zip format to
    support@digital-metaphors.com or let me know the steps I can take to
    reproduce it …
  • Hi Eric,

    Are you able to recreate this with a simple example with local sample data
    or is this only happening when retrieving this data? What happens if you
    let the report keep generating? You might try recreating the report…
  • Hi Eric,

    This is not a known issue. I would first recommend updating your version to
    10.07. Are you able to recreate this with every report or a simple example
    I can run on my machine? As a test, try commenting out all your…
  • Hi David,

    Are the images loosing quality in the preview window, when printed to paper,
    when exported to PDF, or all three? Which version of ReportBuilder and
    Delphi are you currently using? Are you resizing or stretching the…
  • Hi Roger,

    I would recommend looping through all of report components in the
    summaryband (perhaps inside the BeforePrint event) and assigning each of
    their OnDrawCommandCreate events manually. Then inside the
    OnDrawComma…