[fpc-pascal] FPReport: Split text across two or more pages

[Pique7]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:08:16 +0100 (CET)
Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

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> On Mon, 8 Jan 2024, Pique7 via fpc-pascal wrote:
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> >> Disregarding the RTF for a moment, you'd need to save the contents of the
> >> text fields in a TStringlist instance in the 'afterscroll' event of the dataset.
> >>
> >> This instance can then be used to create a data loop for a sub band
> >> (using TFPReportUserData).
> >> The band connected to the dataset (the master band) would not print anything.
> >> Instead, the child band will print the cell content line by line and split it over pages.
> >>
> >> From your drawing, it is not quite clear how you construct your columns,
> >> if you're using columns, I'm not sure how the band will behave.
> >>
> >> Michael.
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> > Thanks again for your suggestions. I haven't tried it yet but now I've got the idea. Your are so optimistic but I still fear all the things which might make troubles in a more complex report with grouping, master/detail data, calculations, layout adjustments, HTML tags, table borders etc.
> >
> > However, finally I've tried to extend/improve the original FPReport classes and now I really have a FPReport version that supports band splitting for simple FPReportMemos.
> > I was not able to implement this using inheritance - I've had to change the original source code in the FPC folder.
> > Without any doubt there are still many bugs in my FPReport. But if you want a copy, let me know! :-)
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> I am always open for improvements.
> Please do send me your sources or a diff...
>
> Michael.

I have just started to resume my work on FPReport. I have found some errors in my first version and currently I am trying to add RTF support. I utilize TRichMemo for this because I think it is sufficient for my case (I only develop and test for Windows 10/11 at the moment). Also SVG support is wanted.
What would be an appropiate way to provide my work and partial results? As I deal with the FPC source code, your opinion and suggestions might be particularly meaningful.


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