Rave Reports Developer Guide

Render to PDF with NO Setup .

QUESTION:

How do I go directly to a PDF file without displaying the setup dialog box?

SOLUTION:

Starting with Rave 4, you have the ability to save reports in a PDF file. To accomplish this without any user intervention via the setup dialog, drop a RvRenderPDF component on your form along with your RvSystem component. Make sure the RvRenderPDF "Active" property is set to true. Then execute the following code in your Button / Menu OnClick event:

Delphi Example:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);

begin

RvSystem1.DefaultDest := rdFile;

RvSystem1.DoNativeOutput := false;

RvSystem1.RenderObject := RvRenderPDF1;

RvSystem1.OutputFileName := 'test1.pdf';

RvSystem1.SystemSetups := RvSystem1.SystemSetups - [ssAllowSetup];

RvSystem1.Execute;

end;

C++Builder Example

void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)

{

RvSystem1->DefaultDest = rdFile;

RvSystem1->DoNativeOutput = false;

RvSystem1->RenderObject = RvRenderPDF1;

RvSystem1->OutputFileName = "test.pdf";

RvSystem1->SystemSetups = RvSystem1->SystemSetups >> ssAllowSetup;

RvSystem1->Execute();

}