DBRichText, Color Problem

rbuser

Hi,

I'm using Delphi Pro 6.0 (update1)
Reportbuilder Std 6.01

I'm using a DBRichText within a region and am would like the background
colour of the DBRichText to match that of the region.

I have tried making the DBRichText transparent. this works in preview
but not on the printer. (I gather this is a common printer driver problem)

If I set Transparent =false & set the color of the DBRichText at design
time to match that of the region, a small amount at the start of the
DBRichText changes colour, but the majority is always white.

I'm guessing that the brush of the font is always white, but I can't find
out how to acces this property to change it!.

I realise this is easy with a non-richtext component , but i need richtext

Any ideas appreciated
Thanks

Paul Green

digitalmetaphors

Transparency is not supported on most printers. Don't know of any other way
to do this with rich text in RB. I tried using Infopower rich edit support
but the transparency still wasn't coming through on our Lexmark(it never has
worked in the past). Our HP Laserjet 5 prints just fine(has always worked in
the past). Seems as if we're at the mercy of the printer driver writers.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the reply.

If I abandon transparency and set it to false ,how can I set the color
of the background of a DBRichtext? No matter what colour I choose,
It only seems to colour a small portion of the control at the beginning.
Everwhere else is always white. Any Ideas?

Cheers
Paul



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