TXTextControl for RichEdit support

rbuser

The current version of ReportBuilder has a ReadMe file that explains how to
install InfoPower's RichEdit control (www.woll2woll.com) so that
ReportBuilder uses it to display RTF.

TXTextControl (www.textcontrol.com) is also an RTF viewer, but it's an
ActiveX control. Has anybody succeeded in installing it so that
ReportBuilder uses it? Any reason why it wouldn't work?

Mike Carroll
mcarroll@gosigma.com

digitalmetaphors

The best way would be to code an RCL component. The RCL component would be
a wrapper around the TXTextControl. You then would have to create a new rich
text draw command which could render on the output device context. Your draw
command will use the ActiveX control to do this. See the current RichText
draw command source code in your installed ../RBuilder/Source/ppDrwCmd.pas,
as your code will have to be similar. You'll then have to register the new
RCL component. There is an example of creating a custom RB component (the
check box) in../RBuilder/Demos/RCL


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors