RBuilder 7.03, archive file and copies

rbuser

Hi,

How to produce a report as an archive file (.raf) and set number of copies
for this report ?

Even I set PrinterSetup.Copies, this property is ignored when I print the
report to archive.

Thanks for yor help
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Serge Chelli
www.aceinformatique.com
www.fastmag.fr

nicocizik

Hi Serge,

You need to set the copies property inside the OnInitializePrinterSetup
event of the archive reader. This will ensure the printer setup is applied
to every page in the archive.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

I have a similiar problem like this. If I print a report to an archive file
and try to print with tppArchiveReader the bin settings of the the pages (i
have different bin's in one report) are ignored.

Example
Page 1 - > default bin
Page 2 -> same as Page 1
Page 2 -> manuel feed.
... and so on.

Due the fact that I don't know on which page I have to use which bin (this
is only known in the report), I have no idea how to set the bin...

Can you help?

ReportBuilder 7.04 Enterprise (Still migrating to 10 ;-)

( I have seen a problem reported like this, but the the web based news on
delphi.newswhat.com is (currently?) not available and the google cache is
also not working

Regards
Sven

rbuser

no hint ?

nicocizik

Hi Sven,

Sorry I didn't see you post.

How does the report know which page is sent to a certain bin? Where are you
setting the bin when printing from the archive reader?

--
Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nico,

In the report I have subreports with own printer settings (NewPrintJob=true
on a SubReport). I does not touch the printer settings because I had the
hope that the archivereader is using the settings out of the original
printed report.

Greetings
Sven

nicocizik

Hi Sven,

An archive file is simply a snapshot of a printed report (similar to a PDF
file). This means it just stores the generated drawcommands from each
completed page but does not have any of the underlying generation or
printing information that is kept with the actual Report object. For
instance, an archive has no concept of a subreport.

If you need to print certain pages to different bins from an archive, it
will have to be done page by page.

--
Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nico,

thanks for the help. Now I see the light and I will have to rewrite my
concept..

Greetings from germany

Sven

nicocizik

Hi Sven,

Sorry for the delay, upon further research the complete PrinterSetup is
saved down with each TppPage object in an archive. It may be possible to
access the TppPage's PrinterSetup object from the OnReadPage event. From
here you could make a copy of the PrinterSetup tied to each page and assign
it to the archive reader in the OnInitializePrinterSetup event.

--
Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com