Twips, Pixels, and Inches oh my! #3
@wpsupport: First, please note: DrawTGraphic does NOT draw on the "Canvas" of wPDF. Instead it exports an image directly to PDF. If it is a metafdile…
WPTools Watermark not showing up when going to wPDF #5
@gsaunders: Well... I say I was able to get it to work with DrawTGraphic, but at the moment I can't for the life of me get the DrawTGraphic to put it on t…
WPTools Watermark not showing up when going to wPDF #4
@gsaunders: Julian, Yes I tried this and it didn't make a difference when printing to wPDF. The only way I could get what would look like a watermark on t…
Text Watermark instead of Graphic #1
We are using the OnPaintWatermark in wptools to create a watermark on the screen and printer. This watermark is a BMP image loaded like this: toCanvas.StretchD…
WPTools Watermark not showing up when going to wPDF #3
@wpsupport: Hi, I would first simplyfy the printing rectnagle. Did You use StretchDraw(PageRect, image) ? Julian Julian, Yes I tried this and it didn't ma…
PDF text looks slightly odd... weird spacing. #6
@wpsupport: Hi, please use either the CIdFonts or the "ExactTextPlacement" in Modes. The bad fonmt spacing is usually caused by a too low printing re…
Twips, Pixels, and Inches oh my! #1
Ok... I don't know about you, but when I look at drawing a graphic for a watermark or drawing whatever to the canvas (both wPDF and wpTools) I sometimes j…
How to disable wpToolBar when connected to WPRichText #2
@gsaunders: Using D6, WPTools5.x. I have a WPRichText which is connected to a WPToolBar. In design time I can mark the WPToolBar.Enabled as false and I see tha…
How to disable wpToolBar when connected to WPRichText #1
Using D6, WPTools5.x. I have a WPRichText which is connected to a WPToolBar. In design time I can mark the WPToolBar.Enabled as false and I see that the tool b…
WPTools Watermark not showing up when going to wPDF #1
Currently using WPTools 5.x and wPDF 2.x. I have the following code to generate watermark when printing to printer from wptools 5.x: if (wppOutputToPrinter in …
WPDF - Margins and Page size whacked #3
@wpsupport: Hi, Insetad of your loop You could also call WPDFExport.Export; Did You try? When executed inside of a BeginDoc/EndDoc it will not start a PDF file…
PDF text looks slightly odd... weird spacing. #4
Just checking to see if this post got overlook... hopefully you have some suggestions. Greg
MS SQL - varbinary vs text #3
@wpsupport: Hi, If it works, don't change it. It is a solution which is not required for all database servers. WPTools is quite independent to it, it just…
MS SQL - varbinary vs text #1
According to the following [](http://wpcubed.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4920) we should be using varbinary as the field type for wptools data. From the early da…
PDF text looks slightly odd... weird spacing. #3
I have done further testing and still cannot get this weird spacing to stop. When I print this ace report to PrimoPDF or BlueBeamPDF (PDF Printer drivers) they…
PDF text looks slightly odd... weird spacing. #2
I found the wpDontAdjustTextSpacing mode and turned that on. That made the resulting PDF very, very close to what the original report looks like. Unfortunately…
PDF text looks slightly odd... weird spacing. #1
Delphi 6, WPTools 5.x, WPDF 2.x I didn't notice it originally, but the PDF file we are generating from our ACE Reports using WPDF has some strange looking…
Inject Page n of z at the bottom of every page. #3
@wpsupport: Hi, There is the event OnBeforePrintPage: TWPPDFPrintPageEvent That could be used to print anything before any other wptools output. Unfortunately …
Inject Page n of z at the bottom of every page. #1
Using WPDF 2.x, WPTools 5.x, and Delphi 6.x We are using the WPDFPrinter to print multiple reports into a single PDF utilizing the BeginDoc / EndDoc. Every pag…
WPDF - Margins and Page size whacked #1
Using D6, wPDF 2.x, WPTools 5.x We are creating a PDF file from a TDBWPRichText. I know I can use the WPDFExport and it works fine. The WPRichText is properly …
When to use refresh, reformatall, and changing #5
@wpsupport: - no, not required AsANSIString is a function and takes several parameters. The most important parameter is the "format string" which lat…
twpRichText - Detecting any change as it happens #3
@wpsupport: My version of the WPCtrMemo does this: ChangeApplied is called after a change has made to the text. v5.23.6 is a bit old version, there is a much n…
When to use refresh, reformatall, and changing #3
@wpsupport: Hi, ReformatAll must be called when you changed the character attributes directly (mdoify CharAttr index in paragraphs) or indirectly by changing a…
When to use refresh, reformatall, and changing #1
Using v5.23.6 Here are some properties I have not always been sure when they should be used. When using the TWPRichText or the TDBWPRichText when should one be…
tdbwprichtext - why is it always recommended to not use it. #1
Using v5.23.6. Why do I always see it is NOT recommended to use the TDBWPRichtext with databases? Why even have a DB aware component in the first place? You wo…
twpRichText - Detecting any change as it happens #1
Using v5.23.6. I know I can tell when the contents of the twpRichText has been modified by checking the modified property. BUT how do I detect a change as it h…
TDBWPRichText/TWPToolbar and Spell Check not work - EDSSPELL #6
@wpsupport: Hi, You can of course add a OnIconSelection event and react on the button click BEFORE the internal code takes place. There you can switch the data…
TDBWPRichText/TWPToolbar and Spell Check not work - EDSSPELL #5
EDSSPell can only work if the unit eds_wptools is used. That is what I thought... we just can't find any of our source code that ever had it in there... b…
TDBWPRichText/TWPToolbar and Spell Check not work - EDSSPELL #3
There looks like another way to handle the spell check is assigning a method to the OnStartSpellCheck event, but we have NEVER used this event so I know that i…
TDBWPRichText/TWPToolbar and Spell Check not work - EDSSPELL #2
Further information... from what it looks like you MUST have a spell checking package like WPSpell, EDSSpell, or the AddictSpell to do any spell checking. The …