ppDBRichText text background color

rbuser

I want to set the ppDBRichText background color based on a condition. In
the detail band before print procedure I do:

if something then
ppDBRichText.Color := clRed
else
ppDBRichText.Color := clWhite;

On report preview, this works except that the actual text background is
still the original color (white). The transparent property of the
ppDBRichText component was set to false. When the transparent property is
set to true, the background color of the text is correct, but there are two
major unacceptable problems. One, the text quality becomes unreadable and
two, the time to draw the page doubles. Is there any way to get this work
correctly? I hate to say it but using transparent = true works fine with
Quick Report, which I'm trying to replace. (Delphi 7, ReportBuilder7.02).
Thanks for any suggestions.

nicocizik

Hi Stan,

Unfortunately this is not currently a feature of the RichText components in
ReportBuilder. Transparency is also a complex feature that does not work
correctly for most printer drivers. Some work-arounds you might try are
using the TppRTFEngine.ChangeBackgroundColor class function located in the
ppRichTxDrwCmd.pas file, or using the Transparent property with larger font
or zooming in on the Preview to see the text better. The printer output
should be correct.

--
Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico,
Thanks for the quick replies to my 2 questions. I have decided to change the
report and put the component inside a shape. Then I can just change the
shape's color when I need to.