Display Richt Text Format

cdk2008

Hi Alex,

we need to display rtf which is stored in the DB.

We tried "RichObject" but it didn't work properly, because it inserts additional rtf-tags.
Are there other means?

Best Regards
Claus

AlexTZ

Hello,

Connect RichObject to the data using the "DataColumn" property. It should work.

cdk2008

Hi Alex,

thanks for quick answer.

Unfortunatly it doesnt work. Please have a look at the pictures.
Picture 1 shows the Attributes of "RichObject".
Picture 2 shows the rtf info from the DB column.
Picture 3 shows the output from FR.

Best Regards
Claus

AlexTZ

Claus,

Could you create a simple test case for me? I've tried to reproduce this error, but with no success.

cdk2008

Hi Alex,

our sample works !? But the rtf info comes from a in memory DataTable.

Did you see it in our picture:
RichObject of the report shows exactly our rtf-info from the DB, but as plain text.
The surrounding rtf-tags "{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1031\f0\fs17" and "\par }" are not shown.

Do you have any advice how we can obtain diagnostics info from our application?
Does the DB Datatype matter? We declared the rtf field as VARCHAR(...).

Best Regards
Claus

AlexTZ

I've tried to make a simple test, it works. I've changed the nwind.xml database which comes with FRNetDemo:

...
  <Employees>
    <EmployeeID>1</EmployeeID>
    <LastName>Davolio</LastName>
    <FirstName>Nancy</FirstName>
    <Notes>{\rtf1 \ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1031{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 This is some "rich text". \par }</Notes>
  </Employees>

Then I've added RichObject and connected it to the "Notes" column. It prints the following:

This is some "rich text".

Important note: rtf string must begin with "{\rtf". If it does not (for example, " {\rtf"), you will see all rtf tags as is.

AlexTZ

If you still have problems with rtf, do the following:

- create a simple report that demonstrates this error;
- in the "Data" window, select the data source;
- press "View Data" button on the toolbar. This will load data into the table;
- close the data view window;
- go "Properties" window and set the StoreData property to true;
- save your report and send it to me (tz@fast-report.com). The report will contain data from data source and may be big.

cdk2008

Hi Alex,

many thanks for your patience!

We're about to prepare the example.
In step "- go "Properties" window and set the StoreData property to true;".
From wich object? We do not find an object which exposes such an attribute.

Best Regards
Claus

AlexTZ

Hello Claus,

This property belongs to TableDataSource object. When you select the data source in the "Data" window, you will see its properties in the "Properties" window.

cdk2008

Alex, I'm sorry but I can't see it. Please have a look at the screenshots.

AlexTZ

Seems you have old version of FastReport.Net, download new one.

cdk2008

... now it works, FR.NET version 1.0.117.

Thanks for your assistence
Claus