How to save the report as PDF

rbuser

How do I export the output of the report as PDF or other format in code ?

nicocizik

Hi,

ReportBuilder 9 or higher includes built in support for the export to PDF.
For help and examples, please see the "ppPDFDevice" topic in the
RBuilder.hlp file and check out demos 108 and 109 located in the
\RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory.

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Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
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rbuser

I am using version 7.03 and have installed the third party TExtraDevice.

Now I can print the report to a file in PDF format.
However, there is a pop up box showing the progress. How do I suppress or
hide this progress box ?

nicocizik

TppReport.ShowCancelDialog := False;

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Nico Cizik
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rbuser

Thanks. Yes, it works.
BTW, if my report has many pages, it may take a while to print as .pdf file,
how do I know it is finished if I suppress the dialog ?

nicocizik

Hi,

Well, that's what the cancel dialog is for .

The TppReport.AfterPrint event will fire when the report has finished
exporting.

There is a property in the TppReport.PDFSettings named OpenPDFFile that will
automatically open the generated PDF file using your default viewer once it
has finished. This could also be used to tell when the file is ready for
viewing.

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Nico Cizik
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rbuser

What I want to do is I will email the report as attachment after the export
of the report:

ppReport.Print;
// do the email settings and attachment here
...
....
// then do the Emailing here

I am afraid of the Delphi statement of emailing will be executed before the
report is actually finished exported.
Will the ppReport.Print statement stay there before the whole report is
exported ? Or continue executing statements while exporting ?

nicocizik

Hello,

ReportBuilder will complete printing before any Delphi code after the
Report.Print command is executed. The setup you describe below should work
correctly.

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Nico Cizik
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rbuser

I now can export the report as PDF but I found a strange thing in the
exported PDF file is
I put some labels in the summary band and assign strings to these labels,
they did not show up in the exported PDF.

BUT they do show up in the report if I preview by running my application.

nicocizik

Hello,

This is not a known issue with the ReportBuilder PDF export feature. If you
are using a third party export utility such as TExtraDevices, you will need
to contact their support directly (support@waler.com). I believe
TExtraDevices gives the ability to toggle the visibility of each type of
report component when exported to PDF. Be sure all text components are
enabled.

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