[RBASE-L] - Re: Printing RTF in a report

[Ted Lienhard]

Thanks Mike, it turns out that my report has some sort of anomaly.  A freshly made report works fine! I appreciate the input on RTF's...it will come in handy.   Best Regards, Ted >>> MikeB<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/11/2008 3:01 PM >>> RBase has no control over what you put in an RichText control. How is displays is how it is marked up. Write your Varchar Data to a diskFile then open it with Wordpad (not Word) so you only get the minimalist RTF markup.  If your Varchar/RTF data displays in Wordpad correctly, then it is likely something on your end in the report.  If it is cut off in Wordpad as in RBase, then the markup is screwy. Here's everything you were afraid to know about RTF: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140277(office.10).aspx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Lienhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <rbase-l@rbase.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:19 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printing RTF in a report I am attempting to print RTF data with control codes (font, color, size, etc.) which is stored in a VARCHAR column.  The field I am trying to use is located on a report main page, which is followed by a sub-report in chld mode, displaying a second table.  I am using 7.6.3.30116, but I had the same problem in earlier versions. I have tried a DBMemo field, which does not print RTF formatted text (only control codes), but does print all the data; and I have also tried using a DB Rich Text field, which displays the text correctly, but does not always print all the data in some rows.  The data which is partially printed is of various lengths and does not seem to be connected to any control codes (the text ends right after normal text characters, never right after control codes). Shift with parent and the other properties do not seem to have any effect on this problem. I do not think this is an RBase problem, but is a Ted problem...but I seem to be stuck.  Any ideas are appreciated! Thanks! Ted Ted Lienhard CNE NCT Golden Valley Consulting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am attempting to print RTF data with control codes (font, color, size, etc.) which is stored in a VARCHAR column.  The field I am trying to use is located on a report main page, which is followed by a sub-report in chld mode, displaying a second table.  I am using 7.6.3.30116, but I had the same problem in earlier versions. I have tried a DBMemo field, which does not print RTF formatted text (only control codes), but does print all the data; and I have also tried using a DB Rich Text field, which displays the text correctly, but does not always print all the data in some rows.  The data which is partially printed is of various lengths and does not seem to be connected to any control codes (the text ends right after normal text characters, never right after control codes). Shift with parent and the other properties do not seem to have any effect on this problem. I do not think this is an RBase problem, but is a Ted problem...but I seem to be stuck.  Any ideas are appreciated! Thanks! Ted Ted Lienhard CNE NCT Golden Valley Consulting