Leban's ReporttoPDF embedded bitmap image support?

[Charlotte]

I just downloaded Leban's ReporttoPDF function for auto PDF printing.
I'm experiencing a problem with embedded bitmap images in the PDF
output. I receive "an error exists on this page" and sometimes
"invalid image", and the bitmap images are either blacked out or only
partially display. One of the DLLs (dynapdf.dll or StrStorage.dll)
seems to cause the issue, because even without using the
ConvertReportToPDF function and manually generating the PDF, it still
errors at the image when the DLLs are in the system32 folder.
However, if I remove the DLLs from my system32 folder and reboot,
manually PDF printing works again with embedded bitmap images. Does
anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks!

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Forget about my code for a moment. Manually export a report to SNapshot
format. Do the errors appear during the generation of the SNapshot file?

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[Charlotte]

Forget about my code for a moment. Manually export a report to SNapshot
format. Do the errors appear during the generation of the SNapshot file?

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The images look perfect when exported to SNapshot and seems to be
unaffected. BTW - These images are diagrams created and copied over
from MS Powerpoint. Perhaps it's an issue of how the image is brought
over from Powerpoint, as other images don't seem to be affected. I can
import the image into Paint, then bring it into Access, but that blurs
the Diagram image. Unfortunately, I do not have any real image
editing software.

 

[Stephen Lebans]

The images look perfect when exported to SNapshot and seems to be
unaffected. BTW - These images are diagrams created and copied over
from MS Powerpoint. Perhaps it's an issue of how the image is brought
over from Powerpoint, as other images don't seem to be affected. I can
import the image into Paint, then bring it into Access, but that blurs
the Diagram image. Unfortunately, I do not have any real image
editing software.

Let's start over again. What do you mean by your statement "because even
without using the ConvertReportToPDF function and manually generating the
PDF, it still errors at the image ".

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[Charlotte]

Let's start over again. What do you mean by your statement "because even
without using the ConvertReportToPDF function and manually generating the
PDF, it still errors at the image ".

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Stephen Lebanshttp://www.lebans.com
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I apologize for that first statement. That was an error. I does work
and print properly without using the ConvertReportToPDF function.

 

[Charlotte]

I apologize for that first statement. That was an error. I does work
and print properly without using the ConvertReportToPDF function.

We just discovered that different laptops have different symptoms.
I'm using a dell D600, in which the image errors on. When we tried it
on a D620 and the image printed. However, some of the MS stencil
images that were filled with red/white brick (to depict a firewall),
turned to yellow. Printing these images manually to PDF from Access
work fine.

 

[Charlotte]

I apologize for that first statement. That was an error. I does work
and print properly without using the ConvertReportToPDF function.

I discovered on my D600 laptop that the errors occur when importing
from Powerpoint to Access a simple rectangle box drawing image with a
fill effect pattern (say brick or horizontal lines inside the
rectangle image), instead of solid color inside the rectangle image.
If the rectangle has solid color, then the ConverttoPDF function
prints the page fine. This problem does not occur when exporting to
Snapshot then manually printing to PDF from Snapshot, nor printing
directly to Adobe (bypassing the ConverttoPDF function). I'm grouping
the image, then cutting and pasting the image from Powerpoint to
Access. The image contains text, circles, lines w/ arrows and the
rectangle boxes. If I removing the rectangle boxes w/ inside brick
pattern (or change the brick pattern to solid color) from the drawing,
then the drawing prints fine w/ ConverttoPDF.

 

[Stephen Lebans]

The latest version of the DynaPDF DLL(library) contains several fixes for
the type of issue you are describing.
Send me an EMail and I will reply with the latest version.
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[Charlotte]

The latest version of the DynaPDF DLL(library) contains several fixes for
the type of issue you are describing.
Send me an EMail and I will reply with the latest version.
(e-mail address removed)

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Stephen Lebanshttp://www.lebans.com
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Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

The new DynaPDF DLL fixed the issue. The diagram is now printing to
PDF. However, the rectangle boxes should overlay 'in front' of the
arrow lines, as it does when printing to PDF or exporting to Snapshot
manually. But using the ConvertReporttoPDF function, the rectangle
boxes overlay 'behind' the arrow lines. Unfortunately, this is
undesirable for our customer. I wonder what would cause this change?

On a different note, do you know if Access supports Wingdings or if
your ConvertReporttoPDF function supports embedded MS Word objects? I
had an MS Word table that I copied over to the Access Report, with
Wingding images in some of the table cells. There was no problem
manually printing the PDF report with the table embedded as OLE Class
'Microsoft Word' (with wingdings displaying). Also, exporting to
Snapshot was good. However, the ConvertReporttoPDF function couldn't
print the table, it was all blacked out. I can convert the table to
an image, but the wingding changes to a question mark (?). I either
need to get the wingding images to print, or get the OLE MS Word
object to print. I promise that these are the only outstanding issues
I've encountered. I thought that the diagram and table images were
related to the same problem, but appears not.

Thank you for your help!

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Unfortuntately there is not much more I can do to resolve your issue. The
latest version of DynaPDF has fixed every single issue related to
transparency, overlap etc. that has been brought to my attention over the
last 6 months. I am disappointed your issues were not completely resolved.

The only recourse left to you is to try modifying your Printer Driver that
is being used to generate the Snapshot for the report.Try different SPOOL
format settings(Raw, EMF, etc). If that does not work then try a different
printer driver just to see if this resolves your issue.

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Stephen Lebans
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Access Code, Tips and Tricks
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