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Zooming the Reports
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ChrisRChamberlain
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teknik
One alternative to the VFP report preview would be to run the report into a .pdf file and view the .pdf.
faq184-2143 will get you going as far as creating a .pdf from a report is concerned.
You could either use the free Adobe Acrobat Viewer or preferably create a VFP viewer using the ActiveX control version of the Adobe Acrobat Viewer.
You will then be able to preview your report accurately. HTH
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One alternative to the VFP report preview would be to run the report into a .pdf file and view the .pdf.
faq184-2143 will get you going as far as creating a .pdf from a report is concerned.
You could either use the free Adobe Acrobat Viewer or preferably create a VFP viewer using the ActiveX control version of the Adobe Acrobat Viewer.
You will then be able to preview your report accurately. HTH
Chris
ChrisRChamberlain
Programmer
teknik
There is another alternative which I am posting separately to avoid confusion.
This technique is really intended for a single page report.
The methodology is that you create an empty form. The form then "reads" the report and then adds read-only form objects which equal the report objects.
Textboxes simulate labels by property changes and thus you have a scrollable read-only form viewing your report at 100%.
In the .Resize() event of the form, all form objects are scaled in accordance with the form's new dimensions, the width/height being a constant.
You can resize the form by dragging to size, by changing the value of a spinner on a toolbar, or selecting fixed values from a combo box on a toolbar.
What you also have now is the part of the means to allow a user to modify a report without being exposed to the VFP report writer.
Right clicking on a control in the form enables you to modify the control's properties.
To facilitate that you need an appropriate toolbar or custom properties form.
The changes immediately show on the form and are written to the .frx, thus modifying the underlying report.
Typical uses are for any single page document, where a user may want to changes font sizes and styles, graphics, shapes, and lines.
This alternative is not for the faint hearted, but you will find clients appreciate the flexibility it gives them, should user modifyable reports be required. HTH
Chris
There is another alternative which I am posting separately to avoid confusion.
This technique is really intended for a single page report.
The methodology is that you create an empty form. The form then "reads" the report and then adds read-only form objects which equal the report objects.
Textboxes simulate labels by property changes and thus you have a scrollable read-only form viewing your report at 100%.
In the .Resize() event of the form, all form objects are scaled in accordance with the form's new dimensions, the width/height being a constant.
You can resize the form by dragging to size, by changing the value of a spinner on a toolbar, or selecting fixed values from a combo box on a toolbar.
What you also have now is the part of the means to allow a user to modify a report without being exposed to the VFP report writer.
Right clicking on a control in the form enables you to modify the control's properties.
To facilitate that you need an appropriate toolbar or custom properties form.
The changes immediately show on the form and are written to the .frx, thus modifying the underlying report.
Typical uses are for any single page document, where a user may want to changes font sizes and styles, graphics, shapes, and lines.
This alternative is not for the faint hearted, but you will find clients appreciate the flexibility it gives them, should user modifyable reports be required. HTH
Chris
Mike Gagnon
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Teknik
A report preview is just that, "a preview of what is it will look like from the printer", I don't think it was ever meant as anything else. But getting a better video card might help. Reducing the hardware acceleration on the present video also might help.
A report preview is just that, "a preview of what is it will look like from the printer", I don't think it was ever meant as anything else. But getting a better video card might help. Reducing the hardware acceleration on the present video also might help.
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