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  • Hi Ralf,

    This is not a known issue. Where are you making the API call to send the
    WM_CLOSE message? Are you able to trace into the RBuilder source where the
    error is occuring?

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    Regards,

    Nico Ciz…
  • Hi Berndt,

    Image transparency is not supported in the PDF device however the background
    should not be black. If possible, please send a simple example (or just the
    image causing the problem) in .zip format to support@digital-…
  • Upon further research, this is not a trivial enhancement. It requires the
    modification and addition of numerous classes including changing the
    interface section of some.

    The ability to search and extract text from a Unicode e…
  • Hi Steve,

    Thank you for pointing this out. We are able to recreate this issue and are
    currently researching a solution. A quick observation: This seems to only
    affect Unicode enabled PDF files.

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  • Hi Qarl,

    Which version of ReportBuilder and Delphi are you currently using? The only
    reason the code below would print to the default printer would be that the
    printer being assigned does not exist or is in fact the default p…
  • Thanks for the feedback Chris. I will add this as a possible enhancement
    for a later release.

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.…
  • Hi Christian,

    Memos are supported for the Report Emulation Textfile and TextFile devices.
    RichTexts however are not. One option is to create a memo that takes the
    place of the RichText component when it is exported and assign…
  • Hi Alan,

    This would require two print jobs. You can use the
    TppReport.PrinterSetup.BinName property to change bins for each job. It is
    best to use the PrinterSetup.BinNames list to assign the BinName property to
    be sur…
  • Hi Pedro,

    If possible, please send a simple example that demonstrates the issue in
    .zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look at it for
    you.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digita…
  • Hi Laurent,

    Thanks, I received your example and will research the issue and get back to
    via email as soon as possible.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Pb printing to samsung printer very slow Comment by nicocizik September 2010
  • Hi Iguillau,

    This is not a known issue. Does this behavior only occur on one machine or
    are you able to recreate it on multiple? Are you certain you have the
    latest driver installed for this printer? Is this a network print…
  • Hi Phil,

    The fact that you are still seeing text overflow after setting the
    UsePrecisionLines to False means that there is an problem with the device.
    I will research and fix it once I receive your example and get back to you …
  • Hi Phil,

    The DOC/RTF device attempts to convert precise report measurements to a text
    grid. This naturally can cause accuracy issues when exporting text
    intensive reports to RTF. Especially near the bottom of a page.
  • Hi Olaf,

    In my testing with RB 11.08 and Delphi 7, using your exact code below to
    assign a top and bottom border, the PDF output was correct. If possible,
    please send a simple example that demonstrates this issue to
    sup…
  • Hi Olaf,

    For the example, instead of using a TppRasterDevice, use a TppDevice instead
    and change the code to something like the following to include file devices.

    procedure TForm1.ppArchiveReader1BeforePrint(Sender: TObje…
  • Hi Ailton,

    Thanks for the clarification. My first suggestion would be to upgrade to RB
    11.08. This may have been a bug in 11.06 that we fixed. Contact
    info@digital-metaphors.com with your serial number and purchasing email …
  • Hi Ailton,

    I'm a bit unclear about the features you are missing. When you say "2-up"
    printing, do you mean two pages printed side-by-side? If so, this was never
    a feature of ReportBuilder. Also, how are you creating a water…
  • Hi Pedro,

    Try removing the line that assigns the width of the drawcommand. This is
    unnecessary when using AutoSize and seems to confuse the PDF engine.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Pedro,

    There is a patch available that solves some wrapped text issue with the PDF
    device for RB 12.02. Please send an email to support@digital-metaphors.com
    requesting the patch and we'll send it to you as soon as possibl…
  • Hi Chau Chee,

    Which exact version of ReportBuilder are you using? If you are using the
    latest version (12.02), please send a simple example we can run here that
    demonstrates the issue and we'll take a look at it for you. Sen…
  • Hi Bert,

    The PDF Device for RB 11.x did not support Unicode characters however it did
    export RichText components as high quality text rather than a bitmap. If
    you would like all of the characters in your RichText to display c…
  • Hi Silvio,

    The rendering logic for Richtexts in PDF did not change between RB 11 and RB
    12.

    Please send a simple example of this in zip format to
    support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look at it for you.
  • Hello,

    ReportBuilder 10 did not export Barcodes directly. It converted them to
    bitmaps then exported the image to the PDF file. During this process, much
    of the quality is lost making the barcode virtually unusable.
  • Hi Steve,

    If your report is set up to export to a file such as a Report Text File, you
    can directly access that file device by typecasting the TppReport.FileDevice
    property. The BeforePrint event is a suitable event to access…
  • Hi Pedro,

    For future reference please send all attachments to
    support@digital-metaphors.com rather than attach them here.

    If possible, please send me an example I can run on my machine of this
    behavior and I'll take…
  • Hi Gunnar,

    Starting with RB 12, it is now necessary to change the ppFormatSettings
    global property each time you alter the Delphi global FormatSettings
    values. Otherwise there is a possibility of getting empty PDF output.
  • Douglas,

    Please provide more information on the exact errors you are receiving.

    Please send a simple example demonstrating the issue to
    support@digital-metaphors.com in .zip format and I'll take a look at it
    for you…
  • Hi Bernaert,

    Yes, you can send me the archive files of the reports that have the issue
    and I can test them here. Please understand however that if I'm unable to
    recreate the issue here, there is very little chance of tracking…
  • Hello,

    Please send a simple example demonstrating this issue in zip format to
    support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look at it for you.


    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Corrupted pdf-files Comment by nicocizik December 2010
  • Hi Steve,

    Since this only occurs with one printer, it is most likely a printer driver
    issue. For some reason this driver does not like the way ReportBuilder is
    changing the bin (RB uses generic Win API commands to do so which…