InfoPower Rich Text Support

rbuser

I am trying to add support for doing mail merges to rich text and
incorporating the extra features of the InfoPower rtf component (bitmap
images, specifically). I've followed the instructions in readme in the
\infopower folder, the package "ReportBuilder wwwRichEdit" shows as a
design package (rbIP114.bpl), and I've included ppwwriched in my uses
statement.

(Delphi Rad Studio 2010 Update1, RB Pro 11.08, IP 2010 release version.)

But when I print, I don't get formatted rich text, just the actual text eg

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Lucida
Calligraphy;}}
{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue255;\red0\green0\blue0;}
{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.21.2509;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\lang3081
\par
of\par
\par

I se this if I preview the report at design time, or when I print it
from the program.

If I leave out the ppwwriched unit it prints fine, but without any
images. If I remove the package from my design time packages the rtf
also shows correctly at design time.

Can anyone point me at what I'm missing?

Thanks
Rob

nardmoseley

I just emailed you an updated ppWWRichEd.pas. Looks like our installation
for Delphi 2010 is currently using an older version of this source file.
This will be corrected going forward.

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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

On 6/04/2010 5:59 AM, Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors) wrote:
Hi Nard

There still seems to be an issue with mailmerge. It actually works if
the fields are inserted with just <> around them, but with
it doesn't. You end up with a truncated version of the
field name - missing the first letter. Editing a report in designer, if
I insert the following fields into an rtf component

entry_date
family_code
student_code




I get the following in preview:
ntry_date
amily_code
tudent_code
8/04/2010
ABCDEF
UVWXYZ

Same thing happens when running the report from a compiled program.

Rob

nicocizik

Hi Robert,

I sent you another patch that should fix this issue. If anyone else would
like this patch, please send a short email to support@digital-metaphors.com.

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Regards,

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