Rich Text Cannot show picture

rbuser

Hi All,

I am using report builder version 4.21 Pro.When I insert a DBRich text
Component and if this has a picture I cannot see it in the report.
Kindly advise if I need to change any option for the picture to appear or RB
does not allow the pic to appear in the DB rich text.
Thanks!!

Regards,
Leena.
Software Developer
Creative-Singapore.

digitalmetaphors

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Article: ReportBuilder's RichText Architecture
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The RichText in ReportBuilder is a wrapper around Delphi's TRichEdit
which
in turn relies on Windows. There are two versions of Windows richedit -
RichEd32.dll is the older one and RichEd20.dll is a newer one (RichEd32
is being phased out). Delphi by default relies on RichEd32 - the older
version. To use some of the more advanced features of Windows RichEdit,
see the topic on InfoPower RichEdit Support below.

In general Windows RichEdit supports the type of formatting that you can
do using WordPad.



InfoPower RichEdit Support
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InfoPower from Woll2Woll Software is a popular database add-on product
for Delphi. InfoPower's TwwRichEdit components support the Windows
RichEdit2 format. This format allows the rich text data to contain
embedded bitmaps and OLE objects. For more information please see
http:\\www.Woll2Woll.com.

ReportBuilder includes a component that enables the TppRichText and
TppDBRichText controls in ReportBuilder to use the formatting
capabilities of InfoPower's TwwRichEdit when rendering RTF data. The
ppWWRichEd.pas unit located in the ..\RBuilder\InfoPower directory
defines a TwwDBRichEdit descendant and then registers the class with
ReportBuilder. This enables the TppRichText and TppDBRichText controls
in ReportBuilder to use the formatting capabilities of TwwDBRichEidt
when rendering data.


WPTools Support
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WPTools is a collection of components used to edit and print
formatted text. With its own RTF engine, WPTools offers
numerous features not supported by the standard Windows
RichEd20.dll. This control lets you use tables, paragraph
frames, headers and footers etc. Using the optional
ReportBuilder support units for WPTools 2.x, you can print
the enhanced WPTools features (justified text, tables, graphics
...) within your ReportBuilder reports.
For more information please see http:\\www.wptools.de.






Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Jim,

So what conclusion do I come from this is.Can I see the pic or not.

Thanx,
Leena.

digitalmetaphors

Sorry, I should have been more clear. You will need to use a 3rd party rich
text engine if you want to print images inside of the rich text.


In general Windows RichEdit supports the type of formatting that you can
do using WordPad.

InfoPower RichEdit Support
...
InfoPower's TwwRichEdit components support the Windows RichEdit2 format.
This format allows the rich text data to contain embedded bitmaps and OLE
objects.


You should be able to use WPTools also.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors