PaperBins ignored when printing from archive file

rbuser

Hi,

When I load a previously generated RAF file into a TppArchiveReader
component and print it, all settings for Printersetup.BinName are
ignored. I want to change the bins between different pages in my report
(empty main report with 3 subreports each for a different bin)

When I print the report directly every thinks works as
expected (TppReport.Print).
I converted the binary raf file to a text representation.
All settings in the embedded TppPages.Printersetup objects are
correct (3 Pages with 3 different Printersetup settings).

The selected printer is in both cases the same.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Frank

rbuser

I forgot:

We are using Delphi 6 and RB 7.04 Enterprise Edition.

Thanks
Frank

nicocizik

Hi Frank,

There is no event currently available on the Archive Reader allowing you to
change the printer settings for each page. This is something we will
consider adding for a later release of ReportBuilder. As a work-around you
can access the Device.OnPageReceive event to gain access to the TppPage
object and alter the printer setup from there. Below is an example that
shows how this can be done.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/ChangePrinterBinArchive.zip

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hi Nico,

thanks for your solution. It works for me.
In the meantime I found an equivalent solution
which also works well:

1) create a TppPrinterDevice in code

2) call TppPrinterDevice.StartJob

3) extract every single TppPage-Objekt from the
RAF file

4) call TppPrinterDevice.ReceivePage(aPage) for every
extracted page

5) call TppPrinterDevice.EndJob

Regards
Frank

nicocizik

Hi Frank,

Excellent, glad you got it working.

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Regards,

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