Margin Problem

rbuser

I seem to have the same problem that a lot of others in this forum have,
namely how to get a report to print to the bottom of a page. I have reports
that print a colored border 1/2 inch inside of each margin, all is well on
laser printers but on the several inkjets (HP and Epson) that I have tested
the bottom 5/8 inch will not print. I also have this problem when I print
postcards in landscape mode, then the right side of the cards (bottom
margin) will not print. I have tried all the suggested remedies put forth in
this forum but nothing works. Why can't we have uniform printing across all
print platforms?

Bob Parrish

nicocizik

Hi Bob,

ReportBuilder uses the printer specific drivers to make report measurements
and define each printer's unprintable area. Since each printer is
mechanically different (ie. print resolution, unprintable area, etc), it
would be impossible to have uniform printing for every printer. The reason
you are unable to print within the bottom 5/8 inch is that this area lies
inside the unprintable area for the printer you are using. You will
probably find that you are unable to print inside this area using other
programs such as MS Word or Publisher as well.

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rbuser

Nico,

You are correct, however Word and Publisher both warn you that the margins
are set outside the printable area before printing. Is that printdriver
information available before printing. Also I have another question, how can
the user save the report to an rtm file so that it is transportable for him.
There is no savetofile/loadtofile method as far as I know. Thanks.


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Bob Parrish

nicocizik

Hi Bob,

At runtime you can use the following code to save a template to file:

Report.Template.FileName := 'C:\MyReport.rtm';
Report.Template.SaveToFile;

And this code to load the template from file:

Report.Template.FileName := 'C:\MyReport.rtm';
Report.Template.LoadFromFile;

Check out the ReportBuilder help for TppTemplate for more information on
these properties and methods. Most of the Template properties can be
accessed from the Object Inspector as well.

It is also possible to save an rtm file directly from the Report Designer by
selecting the File | Save As menu option.

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rbuser

Thanks Nico, that's what I needed.

Bob