Next RBS version with actual version of TExtraDevices?

rbuser

Hi,

as far as I know ReportBuilder Server contains
TExtraDevices for PDF and RTF Export.

Will the next RBS version contain the actual
version of TExtraDevices?

We do have ugly output results with
RTF memos in PDF documents.
It seem that RTF memos are embedded
as graphic instead as text. It is not possible
to search for strings of that memo inside
the acrobat reader and the font quality is bad.

TIA,
Joachim Engel.

nardmoseley

RB Server does NOT contain TExtraDevices.

RB Server includes some adapter classes that enable the TExtraDevices and
the PsRBExportDevices to be used to generate report content on the webtier.
You should be able to use the latest version of TExtraDevices or
PsRBExportDevices.

If you cannot get the rsWebAdapterPDFWaler.pas unit to compile with the
latest Waler release try adding TXOption to the uses clause in the
implementation section as follows:

implementation

uses
TXOption, TXtraDev, ppTypes;


Once you have things working try the following test...

1. Use a TppReport to print to PDF
2. Use a TrsClientReport to print the same report to PDF
3. Use the WebTier to print the same report to PDF

The above should produce equivalent results.

report engine ---> TppPage objects ---> TppDevice --> report format

The above is the same for all three report generation processes. For the
ClientReport and WebTier cases, the report engine is on the report server,
the Page objects are sent across the network to the client/webtier and then
translated by the device. The WebTier internally uses a ClientReport to do
this.

Hope this clarifies things.


--
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nard,


you are right.
The problem is that we have a new developer
managing our ReportBuilder solution now.

We do have a problem with TExtraDevices V2.53,
but we will contact James Waler for support.

Kind regards,
Joachim Engel.