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  • Hi Rob,

    How is the LaserJet connected to your computer? If it is perhaps a network
    printer, it could be possible that your machine has not yet found or
    initialized the printer over the network before you are running your
  • Hi Jose,

    The TPrinter object does not contain the same information as the TppPrinter
    object used in ReportBuilder (it is much more advanced). You will need to
    use the Windows API to obtain the values you are after. Take a lo…
  • Hi Massimiliano,

    Is there a certain component on this report that is causing the error? Do
    all your reports show this error when printing with this driver? Try to
    isolate the type of report that is causing the problem.
  • Hi Massimiliano,

    This is not a known issue with RB 10.09.

    Have you tried running your application through a memory manager? As I
    mentioned before, a memory or resource leak is most likely the issue.

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    R…
  • Hi Massimiliano,

    This is most likely a memory or resource leak issue. Try running your
    application through a memory manager such as AQTime or FastMM and see if you
    can track down any problem areas in your code.

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  • Hi Massimiliano,

    Does this happen with both RB 10.06 and RB 10.09? Are you able to print to
    other printers successfully? Try setting your library path to
    \RBuilder\Source rather than \Lib and see if you can trace into the RB…
  • Hi Pazzaz,

    Inside the OnPrint event of a text object, something like the following will
    work...

    if then
    ppLabel1.Font.Color := clRed
    else
    ppLabel1.Font.Color := clBlack;

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    Regards,
  • Horizontal traversal is somewhat limited in ReportBuilder. You can set the
    columns of a subreport to print with horizontal columns if you would like to
    separate how the master and detail records display.

    If you need a band to…
  • Hi Pazzaz,

    Printing data horizontally can be done using horizontal columns. Set the
    Report.Columns property to the number of records you would like to see
    horizontally and set the DetailBand.ColumnTraversal property to
  • For future reference, please send all attachments to
    support@digital-metaphors.com.

    I tried exporting your template using the latest version of RB and it
    exported successfully.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizi…
  • Hi Steve,

    I have run through as many tests as I can and am certain that this is
    functioning correctly for the current version of ReportBuilder. Looking at
    some of the past bug fixes, it looks as though this bug was found and …
  • Hi Steve,

    Which actual version of ReportBuilder are you using? In my testing with the
    latest version (RB 11.01) the issue does not seem to be present.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
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  • Hi Barry,

    There is a patch available that may fix this issue. Please send a small
    email to support@digital-metaphors.com requesting the patch and we'll send
    it to you asap.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
  • The message pages hold the status information while a report is printing.
    For instance, when you see a message saying "accessing data" or "printing
    page x of x".

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Alex,

    Sorry about that. I hadn't taken a look at this example in a while. For
    each page, a "message" page is sent with preliminary information. This was
    causing the StartJob for page 3 to be called twice which caused the…
  • Hi Alex,

    Take a look at the following rbWiki article on sending each page as a new
    PDF file. With some simple alterations, you should be able to get the
    result you are after.

    in PDF - Printing just certain pages to PDF without user input Comment by nicocizik January 2009
  • I am unsure how extradevices worked for RB 6.03 however it should just be a
    matter of placing a TppArchiveReader on a form, assigning the file name and
    DeviceType, then calling Print. Examples of exporting reports to file are
    loca…
  • Hi Tom,

    ReportBuilder 6.03 did not include native PDF export so you must be using a
    third party addon. In any case, exporting an Archive to a PDF should be the
    same as exporting a report to PDF, just using the ArchiveReader r…
  • Hi Olaf,

    It looks as though you are setting the page list of the PrinterDevice rather
    than the PDF device. Try using the FileDevice property rather than the
    PrinterDevice property.

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    Regards,

    Nico…
  • Steve,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? The latest version contains
    built-in PDF and Email support so there is no need to use third party tools
    and there is a feature to specifically send a PDF and save to file <…
  • Hi Phil,

    We have not seen this issue before. The native PDF device included with
    ReportBuilder creates version 1.3 PDF files which should be compatible all
    the way back to Acrobat Reader 4. It is however always good practice…
  • Hi Jim,

    Which version of ReportBuilder and Delphi are you using?

    Does the report contain images other advanced components such as richtexts
    or barcodes on every page?

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
  • Hi Karen,

    For future reference, please send all attachments to
    support@digital-metaphors.com.

    Does this occur with every report? Are there certain components that shift
    or is the entire report always shifting? If …
  • Hi Antonio,

    We do not currently have any issues with exporting full justified text to
    PDF in RB 11.03. The bug you are seeing was however fixed for 10.08 so
    upgrading to the latest RB 10 version (10.09) will fix the problem.<…
  • Hi Antonio,

    Are you using the built-in PDF device or a third party device? Is there
    anywhere in your code you could be unregistering a file device?

    In my testing with the latest version of ReportBuilder and Delphi 2006, …
  • Hi Herman,

    Which version of ReportBuilder and Delphi are you using?

    You need to be absolutely sure you have the PDFSettings.ScaleImages property
    set to False. Are you loading templates? If so, you need to set this
  • Hi Geoff,

    If possible please send a simple example application that demonstrates this
    behavior to support@digital-metaphors.com in .zip format and I'll take a
    look at it for you.

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    Regards,

    Nico Ci…
  • Hi Geoff,

    I'm very sorry, I was under the impression that you were using the built-in
    PDF device. We are unable to give support for any third party addons. You
    will need to contact their support (support@waler.com).
  • Hi Geoff,

    Thanks for the clarification.

    Images that are "shrunk" are automatically scaled in PDF to save space. You
    can override this feature by setting the PDFSettings.ScaleImages property to
    False.

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  • Hi Geoff,

    If you are stretching an image to fit into a space larger than its actual
    size, you are going to loose some fidelity no matter what resolution you
    use. One option you might try is setting Stretch and MaintainAspectR…