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Flashing screen while generating the preview

edited February 2007 in General
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?

Gary M.

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  • edited February 2007

    - 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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    Tech Support mailto: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
  • edited February 2007
    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,

    Gary M



  • edited February 2007

    Please create a simple example project using RB and standard Delphi
    components. Send in zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com

    --
    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited February 2007
    Hello Nard,
    I sent the files a few days ago and haven't heard from you yet.
    Could you confirm you've received my email?


  • edited February 2007

    A patch is now available for RB 10.05 that corrects this issue.

    --
    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
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