ppDBRichText and JITPipeline

rbuser

How would one go about using a ppDBRichText with the JITPipeline? What type
would the field in the JITPipeline be? How would you return the rich text
in the OnGetFieldValue?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

digitalmetaphors

The following function can be used to copy rtf data from a Delphi TRichEd to
a Delphi String. Once you have the rtf data in a string you can return the
value in the JITPipeline.OnGetFieldAsString and JITPipeline.OnGetFieldValue
events.

Note: you can define the JITPipeline's Field.DataType as dtBlob, dtMemo, or
dtString. It really does not matter in this case, because the TppDBRichText
component simply calls DataPipeline.GetFieldAsString which for the
JITPipeline fires the OnGetFieldAsString event.

Here is an example of this appraoch:
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/RTFViaJIT.zip


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

digitalmetaphors

You could also get the rich text by using TppRichText.LoadFromFile, so you
don't have to use dbRichtext and the JIT.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors