New component release

[Eduardo-]

I'm releasing -link removed- (commercial) component. It provides print preview for VB6, using the Printer object.

It is a beta release. Any feedback is welcome.
Anything related to the component itself or the site.

I will not explain much here because the idea is that it should be understood with the information available at the site.

TIA.

[jedifuk]

will take a look at it, i need one print preview on my application,

but after i checked your web, i couldn't find report designer ?

[Eduardo-]

will take a look at it, i need one print preview on my application,

but after i checked your web, i couldn't find report designer ?

What do you need to print?

This component doesn't work with a "report designer", it prints anything with the Printer object.
Printing flex grids is done with the PrintGrid method.
You can also print any recordset putting them on a flex grid (it does not need to be visible).

[jedifuk]

say..i want to print sales order, invoice, etc ??

[Eduardo-]

say..i want to print sales order, invoice, etc ??

I never cared to make a report designer because there are already many components that offer report designers (or at least some: Crystal Reports, ActiveReports, Datareport), and also because I never used anyone. But I understand, some people like to work that way, it is more "visual".

It is like positioning the controls visually on a form (at desing time) versus placing them with code. I prefer code, it is more powerful, you have full control.

This component offers an alternative method for printing (besides the one that the Printer object already has), instead of Printer.Print if offers a PrintEx method that has some more options, like text positioning and alignment (also Unicode support).

Perhaps if people ask for it I could make a report designer in a future version.

I'm thinking that I could make a program to desing reports visually and to automatically produce the code to paste it into VB, just an idea for now.

[jedifuk]

I never cared to make a report designer because there are already many components that offer report designers (or at least some: Crystal Reports, ActiveReports, Datareport), and also because I never used anyone. But I understand, some people like to work that way, it is more "visual".

It is like positioning the controls visually on a form (at desing time) versus placing them with code. I prefer code, it is more powerful, you have full control.

This component offers an alternative method for printing (besides the one that the Printer object already has), instead of Printer.Print if offers a PrintEx method that has some more options, like text positioning and alignment (also Unicode support).

Perhaps if people ask for it I could make a report designer in a future version.

I'm thinking that I could make a program to desing reports visually and to automatically produce the code to paste it into VB, just an idea for now.

it will the best if you can make report designer (visually of course), where we can put label, datafield, image, etc.
And additional note if you can make it become ocx where we can put designer inside our application.
I am making application inventory, sales management, etc. Try to make it universal where it can be applied to small/medium business

So end-user can design their own report (invoice, order, purchasing, etc)

make it commercially, and....cheap I want to use it..

thanks

[Eduardo-]

Thanks, I'll keep in mind your requests.
Do you know if the other report designers allow the final user to edit reports?

[Thierry69]

In previous time, I was selling PPreview ActiveX.
Now not selling it anymore, but I sell the sources
I shutdown the website last year : here is a copy of the website -link removed-

[jedifuk]

Thanks, I'll keep in mind your requests.
Do you know if the other report designers allow the final user to edit reports?

the activereport (grapecity) the enterprise edition or what is called... have ocx, which user can put the designer inside application, so end-user still able to modify the reports

[jedifuk]

In previous time, I was selling PPreview ActiveX.
Now not selling it anymore, but I sell the sources
I shutdown the website last year : here is a copy of the website -link removed-

well, looks great...if comes with report designer, would be great

[Thierry69]

Here is the install : -link removed-

[labmany]

I tried it and it looks promising.

I got an error with (4 - Print RichTextBox) sample:
Run-time error '440':
Automation error

and it freezes the IDE

I am specifically interested in full support of printing RTF file with Tables!

[gibra]

Here is the install : -link removed-

I not understand... it's a free tools?

Any sample I launch, the ABOUT box appear, before to see the sample.

There is a button REGISTER but the opened link result wrong:
-link removed-

same thing the button WEB:
-link removed-

[Thierry69]

I Shutdown the website, and PPReview was previously olde 99$ (I could still sell it if you want)
But mainly, I sell the whole sources, and if you want, you can contact me by MP

[Eduardo-]

I tried it and it looks promising.

I got an error with (4 - Print RichTextBox) sample:
Run-time error '440':
Automation error

and it freezes the IDE

There was a problem and now it is fixed. Please download it again. And thanks for reporting it.

I am specifically interested in full support of printing RTF file with Tables!

There should be no problem.

[dday9]

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