Best practices for size & speed

rbuser

I have a 2 page report as follows:

Size A5 duplex print.

side1 has 2 X ppDBRichedit 1 X ppDBImage
side2 has 2 X ppDBRichedit 1 X ppDBImage

I print out 10 reports. I have to move the layout of each component on side
2 (the client writes on the paper and carbons through) to accommodate this.

I have a button that runs ppReport_ticket that loads Ticket1 then prints
load ticket2 then prints etc.

The problem is the print files are 17 meg each and ties the computer up
until all 10 have been sent.
If I click the button again I get a general protection error.

The images stored in the database are approx 300K each.

Any info appreciated

Cheers

SteveW

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

One option might be to try compressing the images you are loading from the
DB. This would decrease the size of the report and perhaps speed up the
process. Another would be to consider using Background Printing. This
feature will allow you to regain control over your computer as your
report(s) print in a background thread. Take a look at the
TppProducer.BackgroundPrintSettings topic in the RBuilder help for more
information about this feature.

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Regards,

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