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rbuserrbuser
edited November 2016 in General
Hi,

we are seeing a very strange behavior:

When our Delphi app with RB is printing to a PDF file from the Windows
Task Scheduler and the option "Run whether user is logged on or not" is
checked for the task, the font of all the controls changes to an
enormous size (Arial 11 suddenly gets Arial 69).

What could cause this? What can we do about it?

PS: When set to "Run only when user is logged on" the exact same task
works fine.

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Regards,
Jens Mühlenhoff - ACCURATA Informationssysteme GmbH

Comments

  • nicociziknicocizik
    edited November 2016
    Hi Jens,

    In my quick testing with a simple console app and the task scheduler, I
    was unable to recreate this with RB 17.03, Delphi 10.1 Berlin, and
    Windows 10.

    1. Which version of ReportBuilder and Delphi are you using?

    2. How are you detecting the font size during the generation of the report?

    3. From your description, it appears all fonts are being scaled roughly
    six times or the difference between screen pixels (96 ppi) and a common
    printer resolution of 600 dpi. Is the default printer for your account
    a 600 dpi printer? Does the account used when you are logged out have a
    printer installed?

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • rbuserrbuser
    edited November 2016
    Hello Nico,

    thanks for the quick response.

    The problem is actually caused by a third party component (WPTools RB
    plugin), so I will take the problem to the third party vendor.

    Just for the record, I will still answer your questions:

    Am 09.11.2016 um 18:42 schrieb Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors):

    We are currently using RB 16.01 and Delphi XE7.

    report?

    We looked at the PDF with Adobe PDF Reader.


    The problem is independent of the account default printer resolution.

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    Regards,
    Jens Mühlenhoff - ACCURATA Informationssysteme GmbH
  • rbuserrbuser
    edited January 2017
    Jens Mühlenhoff wrote:


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    Hello Jens,

    we're also using WPTools Richtext and his wPDF. Currently with RB 18
    ent and latest updates from WPTools we have compareable problems, but
    only if we export it to PDF. On the screen and on the printout
    everything is ok.

    Have you solved your problems? Do you have an updated ppWpTools working
    better?

    Brgds, Yusuf
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