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Error on showing report in Screen

edited December 2006 in General
Cannot generate report. Canvas does not allow drawing.

Somebody may help me about this error message? What happened?

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  • edited December 2006
    Hi Mauro,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? My first recommendation would
    be to upgrade your version of ReportBuilder and see if the problem still
    exists. The exception 'Canvas does not allow drawing' occurs when RB
    cannont access the printer. Typically this is thrown when there is not a
    default printer installed. Try installing a printer on the machine that has
    the problems (even if there is not one connected to it). As an alternative,
    you can also set the PrinterName property to Screen so ReportBuilder will be
    able to generate reports without the use of a printer driver. As always, be
    sure you have the latest versions of your printer and video drivers
    installed.

    --
    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited December 2006
    Hi Nico!

    I am using the version 6.03 with Delphi5. The application run in MetaFrame
    Citrix and has printer installed.
    This error can be caused by a Windows GDI?

    Thank?s !


  • edited December 2006
    Hi Mauro,

    1. Try downloading a trial edition of ReportBuilder 7.04 for Delphi 5 and
    test with that. There have been numerous enhancements made since RB 6.03.

    2. Be sure the machine you are working on has full access rights to the
    printer driver and video driver. In some cases this has caused errors with
    other users who use Citrix.

    --
    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited December 2006
    > I am using the version 6.03 with Delphi5. The application run in MetaFrame

    that was a long time ago ... AFAICR there was an issue like that way back
    when.

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    Ed Dressel
    Team DM
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