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Rich Text Editor

edited March 2007 in General
What controls the position of the Rich Text Editor form when used at
runtime? On a 1024x768 screen size the left part of the form is of the
screen.

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  • edited March 2007
    Forgot to say. Version 9 and D7
  • edited March 2007
    Hi,

    One option would be to create a custom RichText Editor that is identical to
    the existing one only the position and size are altered. This would be a
    fairly simple process following the steps outlined in the article below.
    You will want to replace the ppRichEd.pas and .dfm files.

    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Tech Tip: Replacing Built-in Dialogs/Forms in ReportBuilder
    ------------------------------------------------------------

    ReportBuilder has an open architecture for replacing any of the built-in
    dialogs. You can replace any of the built-in dialogs by creating a new form
    that inherits from an abstract ancestor and then registering it as the new
    built-in dialog.

    For example to replace ReportBuilder's print dialog you could

    1. Create a new Print dialog by renaming ReportBuilder's default print
    dialog, then doing a SaveAs to save it under another unit name.

    The default dialog resides in RBuilder\Source\ppPDlg.pas and the form is
    called ppPrintDialog. You should assign your form a unique name, for
    example, myPrintDlg, and save the unit to another name. Also save the unit
    to the directory where your other forms are stored (not RBuilder\Source).

    2. Make desired changes.

    You will notice that the print dialog inherits from an ancestor
    TppCustomPrintDialog - this ancestor resides in ppForms.pas (where all the
    abstract ancestor forms for ReportBuilder are defined).

    3. Register the new form.

    Declare an initializtion section at the bottom of the unit:

    initialization

    ppRegisterForm(TppCustomPrintDialog, TMyPrintDialog);


    4. Add the new unit to your project and compile.

    Now your preview dialog should be automatically created and destroyed by
    ReportBuilder. The two page preview dialog in the
    RBuilder\Demos\Reports\Demo.dpro was created this same way. The only
    difference is the ppRegisterForm call is in then OnClick event of the
    button.


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    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

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