Embedded images in reports saved in DFM

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• Peta

  February 2019 edited 1:28AM

  I think it's better to put the report as file in project resources and load with TResourceStream into the FastReport.
  Add the report file into resources from IDE menu Project->Resources and Images.
  Then:

    strm := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, 'Report.fr3', RT_RCDATA);
    try
      frxReport1.LoadFromStream(strm);
    finally
      strm.Free;
    end;
  
• Polomint Australia

  February 2019 edited February 2019

  LurkingKiwi wrote: »

  Is anybody using FR6 VCL in the same way? Can you confirm whether the same unexpected changes occur?

  G'day K1w1,
  
  We are not doing exactly what I understand you require, but...
  
  We have a number of FRv6.2.16 Reports that indirectly display TeeChart graphics through the device of a "Picture" Component that is populated in code. They all follow the same Template: the FR3 includes a graphic element called Icon.Data, and the FR3 is saved in the DFM file.
  
  And that graphic element in multiple Reports does inexplicably change when the Form is saved, for any reason, even though the Icon "placeholder", for the Chart Picture, itself should not have changed. A BCompare of a number of Form DFM and their earlier versions shows considerable difference although "eyeballing" the Icons suggests they are identical.
  
  I hadn't noticed this behaviour before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention(!)
  
  Cheers, Paul
• LurkingKiwi Wellington, New Zealand

  February 2019 edited 1:28AM

  Peta wrote: »

  I think it's better to put the report as file in project resources and load with TResourceStream into the FastReport.
  Add the report file into resources from IDE menu Project->Resources and Images.

  
  Thanks Peta, I had been considering doing that, but hoped the behaviour was fixed in V6!
  I use UserDataSets, so I can't preview the reports in the IDE anyway therefore an external editor isn't a big hit.
  It's just inertia :-)