Hello, After upgrading to 10.05 print preview flashes the screen while the report is being generated. This occures in both Delphi7 and BDS 2006, both on my development machines and end users computers. Anyone else having such issues?
- this is /not/ a known issue, we cannot reproduce it here and no other person has reported it
- try running the RBuilder\Demos, does the preview flash there?
- you may have a corrupt installation, try following the instructions in the arrticle below..
- try updating the video driver and printer for the machine and try testing on a different machine
-------------------------------------------- Article: Cleaning up a Corrupt Installation --------------------------------------------
If you have been advised by Digital Metaphors technical support that you may have a corrupt installation, or if you are having difficulty installing, compiling or running applications after a ReportBuilder install, then it may be necessary to manually remove all ReportBuilder files from your system. Corrupt installations usually result when you are installing over a previous version of ReportBuilder which was not installed into the default directory, which was recompiled from the source, or when ReportBuilder files were manually moved from the default install location. Cleaning up a corrupt installation, consists of locating all ReportBuilder related files, and deleting them from your system. The first step is to use the uninstall program to remove as much of ReportBuilder as possible.
Run the uninstall program
1. Exit Delphi, and all other applications. You should have no applications running except the uninstall, otherwise you may lose some of your work.
2. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel from your Windows desktop.
3. Double-click the Add/Remove programs icon.
4. Locate the version of ReportBuilder you wish uninstall and double-click it.
5. The first page of the Uninstall Wizard allows you to choose between an Automatic or Custom uninstall. Choose Custom and click the Next button.
6. Click the Select All button, then the Next button. Repeat these steps until you reach the last page of the wizard.
7. Click the Finish button. All of the items you selected will be removed from the system.
8. After all the ReportBuilder files are removed, you may be prompted to reboot the system. If this is the case, reboot the system.
Delete the ReportBuilder root directory (and all subdirectories)
1. Using the Windows Explorer, locate the ReportBuilder root directory. The default directory is:
C:\Program Files\Borland\DelphiX\RBuilder
2. Once you have located this directory, inspect it. If you have any custom work in this directory which you would like to keep, move it to another directory.
3. Delete the ReportBuilder root directory.
Delete all remaining ReportBuilder files
1. Using the Windows Explorer, search the entire hard drive for all occurrences of:
dclRB*.bpl dclRB*.dcp rb*.bpl rb*.dcp
2. Delete any occurrences which correspond to the version you are removing. All packages are named with the convention NN, where the first number is the ReportBuilder version and the second number is the Delphi version. Thus, a typical package name for Delphi 5 would be rbRCL45.bpl. The same package for Delphi 4 would be: rbRCL44.bpl. Check Installing ReportBuilder for a list of the packages associated with each version.
3. Using the Windows Explorer, search your hard drive for all occurrences of:
pp*.* da*.* ra*.*
4. These are the prefixes used by individual ReportBuilder units. 'pp' is used for ReportBuilder units, 'da' is used for DADE units, and 'ra' is used for RAP units. Depending on which ReportBuilder you have (Standard, Professional or Enterprise) you may not have all of these unit types.
Additional Notes
1. Never have Delphi running when installing ReportBuilder.
2. All ReportBuilder related files should be stored in the root directory $(DELPHI)\RBuilder.
3. All ReportBuilder run-time packages should be stored in the Windows\System directory.
4. You should never have ReportBuilder files in Delphi\Lib, Delphi\Bin or Delphi\Projects\Bpl.
Hello Nard, RB Demo works fine. I have a single RichText box on my detail band with mail merge checked. The text inside the rich text box takes about 5-20 pages. I noticed only the menus and toolbars sections of RB preview window and BDS are flashing. Everything else seems to look fine. I reinstalled RebortBuilder following the instructions provided below. I'm using DBISAM in the main application but the same occures with Paradox tables as well so I don't think database type has something to do with this. And this occures on other computers as well. Regards,
Comments
- this is /not/ a known issue, we cannot reproduce it here and no other
person has reported it
- try running the RBuilder\Demos, does the preview flash there?
- you may have a corrupt installation, try following the instructions in the
arrticle below..
- try updating the video driver and printer for the machine and try testing
on a different machine
--------------------------------------------
Article: Cleaning up a Corrupt Installation
--------------------------------------------
If you have been advised by Digital Metaphors technical support that you may
have a corrupt installation, or if you are having difficulty installing,
compiling or running applications after a ReportBuilder install, then it may
be necessary to manually remove all ReportBuilder files from your system.
Corrupt installations usually result when you are installing over a previous
version of ReportBuilder which was not installed into the default directory,
which was recompiled from the source, or when ReportBuilder files were
manually moved from the default install location. Cleaning up a corrupt
installation, consists of locating all ReportBuilder related files, and
deleting them from your system. The first step is to use the uninstall
program to remove as much of ReportBuilder as possible.
Run the uninstall program
1. Exit Delphi, and all other applications. You should have no applications
running except the uninstall, otherwise you may lose some of your work.
2. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel from your Windows desktop.
3. Double-click the Add/Remove programs icon.
4. Locate the version of ReportBuilder you wish uninstall and double-click
it.
5. The first page of the Uninstall Wizard allows you to choose between an
Automatic or Custom uninstall. Choose Custom and click the Next button.
6. Click the Select All button, then the Next button. Repeat these steps
until you reach the last page of the wizard.
7. Click the Finish button. All of the items you selected will be removed
from the system.
8. After all the ReportBuilder files are removed, you may be prompted to
reboot the system. If this is the case, reboot the system.
Delete the ReportBuilder root directory (and all subdirectories)
1. Using the Windows Explorer, locate the ReportBuilder root directory. The
default directory is:
C:\Program Files\Borland\DelphiX\RBuilder
2. Once you have located this directory, inspect it. If you have any custom
work in this directory which you would like to keep, move it to another
directory.
3. Delete the ReportBuilder root directory.
Delete all remaining ReportBuilder files
1. Using the Windows Explorer, search the entire hard drive for all
occurrences of:
dclRB*.bpl
dclRB*.dcp
rb*.bpl
rb*.dcp
2. Delete any occurrences which correspond to the version you are removing.
All packages are named with the convention NN, where the first number
is the ReportBuilder version and the second number is the Delphi version.
Thus, a typical package name for Delphi 5 would be rbRCL45.bpl. The same
package for Delphi 4 would be: rbRCL44.bpl. Check Installing ReportBuilder
for a list of the packages associated with each version.
3. Using the Windows Explorer, search your hard drive for all occurrences
of:
pp*.*
da*.*
ra*.*
4. These are the prefixes used by individual ReportBuilder units. 'pp' is
used for ReportBuilder units, 'da' is used for DADE units, and 'ra' is used
for RAP units. Depending on which ReportBuilder you have (Standard,
Professional or Enterprise) you may not have all of these unit types.
Additional Notes
1. Never have Delphi running when installing ReportBuilder.
2. All ReportBuilder related files should be stored in the root directory
$(DELPHI)\RBuilder.
3. All ReportBuilder run-time packages should be stored in the
Windows\System directory.
4. You should never have ReportBuilder files in Delphi\Lib, Delphi\Bin or
Delphi\Projects\Bpl.
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Nard Moseley
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Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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RB Demo works fine. I have a single RichText box on my detail band with mail
merge checked. The text inside the rich text box takes about 5-20 pages.
I noticed only the menus and toolbars sections of RB preview window and BDS
are flashing. Everything else seems to look fine.
I reinstalled RebortBuilder following the instructions provided below.
I'm using DBISAM in the main application but the same occures with Paradox
tables as well so I don't think database type has something to do with this.
And this occures on other computers as well.
Regards,
Gary M
Please create a simple example project using RB and standard Delphi
components. Send in zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
I sent the files a few days ago and haven't heard from you yet.
Could you confirm you've received my email?
A patch is now available for RB 10.05 that corrects this issue.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com