Hi, FlexReport is not meant to be a replacement for alivePDF (in fact the built-in pdf generation is alivePDF). FlexReport main intent is to ease the creation of templates, reducing the amount of code needed to a minimum, and address all the issues concerning printing in flash.
I could have extended the code base from alivePDF to enable the creation of templates, but another VERY IMPORTANT issue I wanted to address was the print preview. And previewing pdf's in flash is something not to expect soon. I still believe the best way is to preview the printings BEFORE creating the pdf. I'd love to combine FlexReport and alivePDF. If someone has the time and skills to make a parser which converted the reports from FlexReport to alivePDF I'd highly appreciate the contribution :) Regards, Frederico Garcia --- In [email protected], "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For anyone using alivePDF, I think this is a bug in the source. After checking with FPDF > source, I think line 2001 in PDF.as should read: > > } else this.x += pWidth; > > instead of: > > } else this.x += currentPage.w; > > currently this.x is being set to the page width which pushes any second cell you try to add > (on the same line) off the page. > > I have posted the issue on the google code page, but I wanted to post this as well for > anyone else, hitting their head against a wall with this one. > > This class is great. I am just digging in, but I definitely see the potential. It doesn't have > the visual 'ease' of FlexReport (from what I can tell glancing at it today), BUT it allows for a > very flexible PDF with annotations, etc. > > What we BADLY need in flex is a way to view PDF's natively. How about an Acrobat Flex > component? Adobe? It truly boggles my mind that the company that created the PDF > doesn't have a way to display it in Flex (without iFrame or PDF-SWF hacks)... I would love > to understand what the challenge is? > > - Kevin > > > > --- In [email protected], "Kevin" <lists@> wrote: > > > > I am trying to figure out AlivePDF and having some problems which I don't know if they > are > > bugs or user ignorance! Any help would be appreciated from anyone who has more > > experience than I. > > > > I am just trying to lay out cell horizontally. This is how I understand it should be done. > > > > This does NOT work (for me): > > > > var myPDF : PDF = new PDF(Orientation.PORTRAIT,Unit.MM,Size.LETTER); > > myPDF.addPage(Orientation.PORTRAIT); > > myPDF.setFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 'B', 12); > > myPDF.textStyle ( new RGBColor ( 255, 0, 0 ) ); > > myPDF.addCell(50,10,'Some text into a cell !',1,0); > > myPDF.addCell(50,10,'More text into a cell !',1,0); > > myPDF.addCell(50,10,'Last text into a cell !',1,0); > > > > However this works to lay them out vertically: > > > > var myPDF : PDF = new PDF(Orientation.PORTRAIT,Unit.MM,Size.LETTER); > > myPDF.addPage(Orientation.PORTRAIT); > > myPDF.setFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 'B', 12); > > myPDF.textStyle ( new RGBColor ( 255, 0, 0 ) ); > > myPDF.addCell(50,10,'Some text into a cell !',1,1); > > myPDF.addCell(50,10,'More text into a cell !',1,1); > > myPDF.addCell(50,10,'Last text into a cell !',1,1); > > > > What am I doing wrong to create horizontal cells? > > > > - Kevin > > >
