Storing a PDF in a Database

rbuser

I need to store letters generated via RBuilder in a database...currently,
within my program I'm writing a pdf file to disk and then reading that file
and loading it into the database... see below. My question... is there a
better way to do this? I would like to be able to write it to a
memorystream and then read that memorystream directly into the database. Is
there a way to do this? Any suggestions are welcome.
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ppLtrReport.DeviceType := 'PDF';
ppLtrReport.TextFileName := 'C:\Ltrtemp.pdf';
ppLtrReport.ModalPreview := false;
ppLtrReport.ShowPrintDialog := false;
ppLtrReport.ShowCancelDialog := false;
ppLtrReport.Print;

TestTable.Insert;
TBlobField(TestTable.FieldByName('Test_Blob')).LoadFromFile('C:\Ltrtemp.pdf');
TestTable.Post;
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Thank you for any help.

Joe Hutchins

nicocizik

Hi Joe,

Take a look at the following rbWiki article, as well as demo 109 located in
the main demos directory.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com:8080/Output/PDF/PDF_Fundamentals

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Regards,

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