Wierd Bug?

rbuser

Hello All, I am programming with Delphi 7, RB 10.06. I have an intraweb
application in which I have a TppReport component on one of the forms,
hooked to a JITPipeline. I have code in place that prints the report to the
PDF device native to RB. This setup works great on my laptop, but I have an
issue when I run it on my webserver running Windows 2003 Server. The first
time the report is run it looks great, but every time after the first it
does not display any of the label or memo components. I have checked and
visible is set to true on all of the labels. I also have a TppTeeChart on
the report that prints correctly every time. It just seems like the
TppLabel and TppMemo components are not being rendered. Also, it works fine
when the device type is dtScreen instead of dtPDF, it just isn't a PDF like
I need it to be.

So in summary, everything works great on my laptop, but, on my server
computer, rendering to a PDF results in "invisible"/missing TppLabel and
TppMemo information.

rbuser

I got it working by adding a TExtraOptions component on the form and
switching the device type from the native RB "PDF" to the Waler "PDF File"
and it works. So the problem appaently has something to do with the native
PDF device and 2003 server (possibly in conjunction with a multithreaded
app, but it is multithreaded on my laptop and works fine, but I'm running
XP). Please let me know if this is a known bug and if/when you have a fix
for this.

Thank you,
Branden Johnson

nicocizik

Hi Branden,

There is a known issue with multithreaded applications and the native PDF
device. The issue has been addressed however we are unable to provide a
patch due to the fact that it required some interface changes. The fix will
be included in the next release of ReportBuilder. I'm sorry for the
inconvenience.
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Regards,

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

rbuser

Where would I go in the future to look for a "known bug list"?

nicocizik

We do not currently provide a public list of known issues for ReportBuilder.
Once we find there are a substantial amount of fixes, we try to provide a
mantainance release. The best place to find any known issues with RBuilder
would be to search these newsgroups (or ask us).

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Regards,

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