Rich Text issue

rbuser

Hi,

The RTF component support teechart?
I'll explain myself better. I use InfoPower and RB. With TwwDBRichEdit I
can add (with copy and paste) TeeCharts and OLE objects. But when I try to
render a report with this data it doesn't show this data at all.

Any tips?

Thanks
Ricardo

nicocizik

Hi Ricardo,

It is possible to add InfoPower support to the RB RichText component.

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Article: ReportBuilder's RichText Architecture
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The RichText in ReportBuilder is a wrapper around Delphi's TRichEdit
which
in turn relies on Windows. There are two versions of Windows richedit -
RichEd32.dll is the older one and RichEd20.dll is a newer one (RichEd32
is being phased out). Delphi by default relies on RichEd32 - the older
version. To use some of the more advanced features of Windows RichEdit,
see the topic on InfoPower RichEdit Support below.

In general Windows RichEdit supports the type of formatting that you can
do using WordPad.



InfoPower RichEdit Support
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InfoPower from Woll2Woll Software is a popular database add-on product
for Delphi. InfoPower's TwwRichEdit components support the Windows
RichEdit2 format. This format allows the rich text data to contain
embedded bitmaps and OLE objects. For more information please see
http:\\www.Woll2Woll.com.

ReportBuilder includes a component that enables the TppRichText and
TppDBRichText controls in ReportBuilder to use the formatting
capabilities of InfoPower's TwwRichEdit when rendering RTF data. The
ppWWRichEd.pas unit located in the ..\RBuilder\InfoPower directory
defines a TwwDBRichEdit descendant and then registers the class with
ReportBuilder. This enables the TppRichText and TppDBRichText controls
in ReportBuilder to use the formatting capabilities of TwwDBRichEidt
when rendering data.


WPTools Support
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WPTools is a collection of components used to edit and print
formatted text. With its own RTF engine, WPTools offers
numerous features not supported by the standard Windows
RichEd20.dll. This control lets you use tables, paragraph
frames, headers and footers etc. Using the optional
ReportBuilder support units for WPTools 2.x, you can print
the enhanced WPTools features (justified text, tables, graphics
...) within your ReportBuilder reports.
For more information please see http:\\www.wptools.de.


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Regards,

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

rbuser

The other approach (though it sounds like you may not need this) is to
create an image with a TChart object and replace the image in a RichEdit
with the TChart's image.

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Ed Dressel
Team DM

rbuser

Hi Nico,

I almost worked. :-)
At design-time, OK, if I load a RTF file into a richEdit all components
appear. But at runtime it seems that the component used is still the
TRichEdit.
I don't know if I installed OK, the steps I did to install follows:

1) Open rbIP97 package
2) Substitute ip3000v6 for ip4000v7 in the uses clause
3) Install

[]'s
Ricardo

nicocizik

Hi Ricardo,

Did you copy the ppWWRichEd.pas file into your RB library path? This file
is necessary in order to use the InfoPower rich text component at run time.
See the ReadeMe.doc file located in the \RBuilder\InfoPower\... directory
for more information and detailed steps for installation.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Worked fine. Thank you very much.
I'm quite sure this new related issue must be considered by pragnaan people,
but just in case I'm posting here.
After installing the IP support I reinstalled pragnaan export devices and
made a test. With the very same report containing a RTF component with
"special contents" like TeeChart I commanded a simple print and an
exportToPDF. The screen print shows all the content, but the exportToPDF
only exports items supported by TRichEdit.

Am I right that I have to consider this issue with pragnaan people?

thanks
Ricardo

nicocizik

Hi Ricardo,

Yes, this is a Pragnaan issue. I would recommend contacting Pragnaan
support about this issue for a quicker response.

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Regards,

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