Changing DeviceType & TextFileName

rbuser

Hello,

Is it possible to change DeviceType and TextFileName through RAP?

I have used ReportOnPrintDialogCreate and created a pass-through function
called ChangedPDF with the following procedure

Procedure ExecuteFunction(aParams: TraParamList); override;
begin
GetParamValue(0, lsFilename);
frmEndUserInterbase.ppReport1.TextFileName := lsFileName;
frmEndUserInterbase.ppReport1.DeviceType := 'PDFFile';
end;

but when the printersetupdlg is showed it doesn't change the checkbox
PrintToFile, TextFileName, and PrintToDevice (PDF).

I want that the PrinterSetupDlg show PrintToFile = Yes, PrintToDevice (PDF)
and FileName when the user print a report and it can be changed through RAP.
To generate a PDF file I am evaluating TExtraDevices.

Thanks,

Jose Maria Sanmartin

nardmoseley

Rather than setting the report properties, you need to set the
Report.PrintDialog properties.

Delphi code example:


ppReport1.PrintDialog.AllowPrintToFile := True;

ppReport1.PrintDialog.TextFileName := 'c:\myReport.txt';
ppReport1.PrintDialog.DeviceType := dtReportTextFile;


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
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