Print To File - Text File - wrong newsgroup

rbuser

I accidentally posted an issue with the subject "Print To File - Text File"
to digital-metaphors.public.reportbuilder.tech-tips instead of
digital-metaphors.public.reportbuilder.general. Not surprisingly, I haven't
received a response. Can someone help me straighten this out?

nicocizik

Hi Tyler,

I do not see your original post on our server. It may have been deleted.
Please repost the question here in the General newsgroup.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Thanks Nico. Here is my original question:

I'm having a problem printing to a text file. On the Print dialog, I check
"Print to File", for "Type:" I specify "Text File" and for "Where:" I put
"c:\test.txt". After clicking "OK", I see another dialog that says
"Printing page xx of yy for report Report on the c:\test.txt". After this
screen disappears, I inspect the new text file and it is always empty.
Other export formats provided by the TPsRBExportMasterControl class (like
"Excel Document", "HTML Document", "Adobe Acrobat Document", etc.) are
working. The "Report Emulation Text File" is also working. Why might this
file always be empty? Additionally, how could I prevent "Text File" from
showing up in the list?

nicocizik

Hi Tyler,

In order to successfully export text objects to a text file, you will need
to set the Save property of each text object to True. This will let the
text device know to export that specific text object. You can also use the
Print to File dialog by selecting File | Print To File Setup from the
designer menu.

If you would like to remove the Text File option from the list, you can
unregister the device before calling Report.Print like so...

uses
ppDevice,
ppFilDev;

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ppUnRegisterDevice(TppTextFileDevice);
ppReport1.Print;

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Worked! Thanks.