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From: john.roe on 3 Jul 2008 18:43 Hi I'm using the PDF export feature included in Report Pro with VO2.8 but the lack of support for images and special fonts is very disappointing, and restricts it's use for commercial output. Does anyone know of any workarounds or if PDF support is likely to be improved in the near future? I've played around with PDF995 - an excellent product - but a professional integrated solution for Report Pro is what's long been required. Thanks John
From: Geoff Schaller on 3 Jul 2008 18:47 Use MS Reporting Services instead. Far superior on all fronts. "john.roe(a)roeville.com" <john.roe(a)roeville.com> wrote in message news:af24e8fe-b052-47b5-99fe-c5bbadc16fb7(a)2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com: > Hi > > I'm using the PDF export feature included in Report Pro with VO2.8 but > the lack of support for images and special fonts is very > disappointing, and restricts it's use for commercial output. > > Does anyone know of any workarounds or if PDF support is likely to be > improved in the near future? > > I've played around with PDF995 - an excellent product - but a > professional integrated solution for Report Pro is what's long been > required. > > Thanks > > John
From: john.roe on 3 Jul 2008 18:58 On 3 Jul, 23:47, "Geoff Schaller" <geo...(a)softxwareobjectives.com.au> wrote: > Use MS Reporting Services instead. > Far superior on all fronts. > > "john....(a)roeville.com" <john....(a)roeville.com> wrote in message > > news:af24e8fe-b052-47b5-99fe-c5bbadc16fb7(a)2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com: > > > > > Hi > > > I'm using the PDF export feature included in Report Pro with VO2.8 but > > the lack of support for images and special fonts is very > > disappointing, and restricts it's use for commercial output. > > > Does anyone know of any workarounds or if PDF support is likely to be > > improved in the near future? > > > I've played around with PDF995 - an excellent product - but a > > professional integrated solution for Report Pro is what's long been > > required. > > > Thanks > > > John- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hi Geoff We're using Reporting Services in some of our C#/M$ SQL apps and it's brilliant - but a tad heavyweight for the desktop apps. I still think Report Pro has its place and just wish someone would take it forward. KR John
From: Geoff Schaller on 3 Jul 2008 19:37 But seriously John, it isn't going to happen. As it stands we've altered RP2 to work with our SQL classes and VO2Ado quite nicely but as for extending it, it is just a VO app and will therefore do what a VO app can and can't. I am much more comfortable with RS in a local report viewer. What do you mean by heavy? There are less DLLs to distribute than with RP! RP3, though, was a disaster. I've got no idea what went through Larry's head when he did this. He killed off all the good features of RP2 without making any substantial performance improvements. It just became a mess to integrate with existing VO because now it revolves being an OCX and being based on Classmate. Both were serious mistakes and I guess he paid for it with the loss of business. Geoff "john.roe(a)roeville.com" <john.roe(a)roeville.com> wrote in message news:915b5ebe-2824-4227-8d6b-8fcb634528e5(a)k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com: > On 3 Jul, 23:47, "Geoff Schaller" <geo...(a)softxwareobjectives.com.au> > wrote: > > > Use MS Reporting Services instead. > > Far superior on all fronts. > > > > "john....(a)roeville.com" <john....(a)roeville.com> wrote in message > > > > news:af24e8fe-b052-47b5-99fe-c5bbadc16fb7(a)2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com: > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > I'm using the PDF export feature included in Report Pro with VO2.8 but > > > the lack of support for images and special fonts is very > > > disappointing, and restricts it's use for commercial output. > > > > > Does anyone know of any workarounds or if PDF support is likely to be > > > improved in the near future? > > > > > I've played around with PDF995 - an excellent product - but a > > > professional integrated solution for Report Pro is what's long been > > > required. > > > > > Thanks > > > > > John- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > Hi Geoff > > We're using Reporting Services in some of our C#/M$ SQL apps and it's > brilliant - but a tad heavyweight for the desktop apps. I still think > Report Pro has its place and just wish someone would take it forward. > > KR > > John
From: K Yorke on 3 Jul 2008 20:37
I am using an even earlier version of ReportPro and what I do is send the report output to a PDF converter program which is installed as a Windows Printer driver. I use PDF Creator http://www.pdfcreator.de.vu/ , and its free. No alterations to your VO application, you simply print the document to the PDFCreator "printer" instead of a real physical printer selected from the normal Windows printer dialog. The output file created by PDFCreator is a perfect copy of the ReportPro report including all formatting, fonts, graphics etc. This file can be viewed, printed etc in any PDF reader program. Ken Yorke <john.roe(a)roeville.com> wrote in message news:af24e8fe-b052-47b5-99fe-c5bbadc16fb7(a)2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com... > Hi > > I'm using the PDF export feature included in Report Pro with VO2.8 but > the lack of support for images and special fonts is very > disappointing, and restricts it's use for commercial output. > > Does anyone know of any workarounds or if PDF support is likely to be > improved in the near future? > > I've played around with PDF995 - an excellent product - but a > professional integrated solution for Report Pro is what's long been > required. > > Thanks > > John |