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Overview
Printing a programmed print
Printing a WLanguage print in PDF format
Remarks
Examples
Printing a PDF from the report viewer
Principle
Event "Before printing the report again"
Notes and limitations
General advice
Availability of controls in the reports
Control in RTF

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Printing in PDF

Overview

WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create a PDF file during a print.

This PDF file can be created:

from a print performed with the WLanguage functions.
by the end user via the report viewer

Printing a programmed print

Printing a WLanguage print in PDF format

To perform a WLanguage print in PDF format:

Define the destination of the print and the parameters of the PDF file to generate with:
- iDestination to define the print in PDF format (iPDF or iGenericPDF constant).
- iParameterPDF to configure the options for printing in PDF format. You can define:
  - the password used to open the file.
  - the options for compressing images.
  - the options for the presence of bookmarks.
  - the options for protecting the PDF file. You also have the ability to define the password used to modify these protection options.
Use the print functions to define the content of the print.
Start the print job with iEndPrinting.

Remarks

The order in which iDestination and iParameterPDF are used is not important.

Examples

// Create the PDF file
iDestination(iPDF, "C:\Temp\MyPDF.PDF")
// Print code
iCreateFont(1, 16, iBold, iRoman)
//Call to procedures used to print the content
PrintTitle()
PrintText()
// End of print and close the created PDF file
iEndPrinting()

Printing a PDF from the report viewer

Principle

In the WINDEV applications, the end user can choose the print mode from the report viewer. They can choose to print in PDF format if the "PDF" option is available in the "Export" pane of the report viewer.

In this case, the options defined by iParameterPDF are automatically taken into account.

Event "Before printing the report again"

The event "Before printing the report again" allows you to know the report print mode chosen by the user. In this event, you can configure the PDF file generation options according to the choices made by the user.

Example: When printing via the report viewer, the following code opens a window to request the password of the PDF file to be generated:

// -- Event Before printing the report again
IF iDestination = iPDF THEN
sPassword is string = Open(WIN_PDFSetting)
iParameterPDF(sPassword)
END

Notes and limitations

General advice

For a better rendering, use TrueType or OpenType fonts.

Caution: the OpenType fonts are not incorporated in the generated PDF. These fonts must be installed on the user computer to get a correct rendering.

Availability of controls in the reports

The following controls are not available:

Chart control: Only the Chart controls created from version 17 are available.

Control in RTF

General limitations:

The static control in RTF format may be truncated during a page break.
The arrays found in an RTF control are not printed.
The images used in the RTF controls are not printed.

iParameter associated with the "RTFWINDOWS=NO" parameter or with the iRTFWithImagesAndTables constant is used to properly print the tables and images found in RTF controls.