Page Scaling Like Adobe???

rbuser

Is there anyway to print a report from RB, designed for Legal size paper, to
an arbitrary paper size with automatically scaling like Adobe reader does??
My application users are all over the world and most have US paper, but some
only have A4 or 81/2 by 11 and want to print all reports on that one size
paper, scaled down as necessary.


Thanks,

Austin

nicocizik

Hi Austin,

Unfortunately there is no built in way to "scale" a report before it is
printed. As I mentioned in our earlier conversation, report anchors should
make this process much easier. However, there may be some special issues
that your could come across. I would suggest trying to print your report on
both types of paper and seeing exactly what needs to be done. If a certain
component is not positioned correctly, you may need to move it manually
based on the paper size being used.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico,

Thanks for then help, unfortunately your suggestion does not work. My
reports are fully utilizing every mm of control width and I can not
reposition them with out overlapping controls.

I have purchased one of your recommended add on products that prints to PDF
and automatically opens it in Adobe after print. This is close to what I
want.

I see that the new version of RB also prints to PDF. Does it allow me to pre
specify the adobe PDF file name and directly print the file and load Adobe
with out any end user dialogs. So the end user just clicks the button to
print and sees the report in Adobe Reader??? Is it possible to pre specify
default printer setup when loading Adobe so the desired paper size is
automatically pre selected??

Thanks,

Austin

nicocizik

Hi Austin,

Using ReportBuilder 9, and the PDF device you will be able to export your
report directly to PDF and open the generated file in Acrobat all in one
simple button click.

Here are the steps you would need to take to accomplish this using RB 9.

1. Set the Report.AllowPrintToFile property to True.
2. Set the Report.DeviceType property to PDF.
3. Set the Report.PDFSettings.OpenPDFFile property to True.
4. Set the Report.ShowPrintDialog property to False.
5. Set the Report.TextFileName property to the path and file name you want
to create.

6. Call Report.Print.... Done...

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico,

Thanks, that looks like the way to go!!

Austin