Generating PDF File

rbuser

We are using ReportBuilder 7 with Delphi 5.
Herein we are creating divers reports. Then the user creates manually PDF.
Is it possible to generate PDF files directly without the preview?
Thankyou for hints and tips
Regards
Nicolas

nicocizik

Hi Nicolas,

You can silently export to file by selecting the correct
Report.DeviceType, setting Report.ShowPrintDialog to False, and
assigning the file name to Report.TextFileName.

Moving forward, we hope you will consider upgrading your version of
ReportBuilder (and Delphi) to the latest version. ReportBuilder 12
contains hundreds of new and exciting features including built-in file
export for over 14 file types. See what's new at the following web site.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/General/What's_New


Regards,

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

rbuser

> You can silently export to file by selecting the correct
Thank you We will try this.

Switching to the newer release is already on work.but it is a longer term
project.
Regards
Nicolas

rbuser

> You can silently export to file by selecting the correct
I find some code like

ppReportEU.ShowPrintDialog := False;
// ppReportEU.DeviceType := dtPDF;
// ppReportEU.PDFSettings.Author := 'ReportBuilder';
// ppReportEU.PDFSettings.Title := 'Export to PDF Demo';
// ppReportEU.PDFSettings.OpenPDFFile := True;
ppReportEU.TextFileName := 'C:\TEMP\MyPDFFile.pdf';

but it seems, that the remarked lines are not for RB7?

Thanks for any hint.
Nicolas

rbuser

> I find some code like
I tried it with

ppReportEU.ShowPrintDialog := False;
ppReportEU.DeviceType := dtReportTextFile;
ppReportEU.TextFileType := ftComma;
ppReportEU.TextFileName := 'C:\TEMP\MyPDFFile.pdf';
ppReportEU.print;

This works but it creates a text file. In your help and inside of the source
code TppFileType is defined as
TppFileType = (ftComma, ftTab, ftFixedLength, ftCustom);
But what parameters does I have to use for PDF?

Regards
Nicolas

nicocizik

Hi Nicolas,

PDF was not supported for RB 7. The feature was added for RB 9 and
later. Up until this point, users needed to purchase an add-on utility
that exported reports to PDF and other file formats.


Regards,

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