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I'm maintaining an aged legacy application written in Delphi. I'm experiencing something weird in a report made by Fastreport (ver 5.5.6) and Delphi (XE5). There is a situation in which the exe will be triggered with some input parameters to export the expected document to PDF or Image to be used on a website or somewhere. The specific report that I'm talking about has some fields that are formatted by Pascal script to 24-Hour format or AM/PM to meet each customer's needs. (Dynamic report). Everything is perfect in the report preview, the printed report, and export to PDF, image, or Excel in the visible mode of the application(normal usage of the application). but those formats don't apply in invisible mode, those fields come up with the default format of the server. I checked the SQL Server result and the application report preview in visible mode and everything is fine but on the same machine when it executes in invisible mode it doesn't work. I doubted those Pascal scripts (OnAfterData event has been used), so I put some log functions and I realized those Pascal scripts are running, I can verify they are running each time but don't affect the final exported file. Does anybody have the same experience, Any advice?

Any recommendations for Delphi library for PDF handling? I'm currently working on merging multiple files into 1 pdf file. Fast-reports said it handle this, any thoughts?

ImageEn, image editing and display library for Delphi/BCB, v10.2.0 is now generally available.This update is free if you purchased a license or extension after 15 September 2020: http://www.imageen.com/support/download/ Other users can extend their registration for 12 months at: http://www.imageen.com/order/ More info and a free trial of ImageEn are available at: http://www.imageen.com Top Ten Enhancements in ImageEn 10.2.0 ImageEn now uses a DLL for localization support. If you do not need localization it reduces your the EXE size by 780KB. If you use localization it adds support for eight more languages: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Slovenian The ImageEnViewToolbar can now be used to view and edit PDF files Now supports high quality PDF printing, including via ImageEn TAction classes Various improves to measurement, including new interactions to measure areas and lengths with a polyline and more detail in hover hints, e.g. perimeters when measuring by rectangular or circular areas Masks can now be applied to non-image layers, like text and shapes TIERichEdit adds support for all RichEdit 8.0 features, including spell checking All ImageEn keyboard shortcuts can now be easily customized or disabled New mouse interaction allows selection of text or images in a PDF files (with automatic detection based on what is under cursor), plus it is much easier to switch to pan and zoom mode Many other improvements for PDF file viewing, including new options for selection, highlight and form field colors, and performance enhancements Now supports Delphi 11

Hey guys, I need to allow users to view PDF's in my Win32, Delphi 11 VCL app which could be installed on anything from Windows 7 onwards. Exe size is important as I'm pushing updates out several times per week. This rules Chromium embedded out for me. I'd also like it to not require any dependencies and be fully embedded in the *.exe. I've looked at TEdgeBrowser, this would work fine for Win10, where edge has PDF support but will cause support issues with earlier versions of Windows. So, I'm kinda left with options of either Gnostice or DevExpress. I've installed the DevExpress trial and the PDF viewer works great but the trial will only work with runtime packages enabled. Therefore I have no idea of the overhead it will add to my *.exe. So, (finally) to my question... does anyone have a DevExpress subscription? If you do, please could you add a PDF viewer to a blank app, compile it and let me know the increase in *.exe size? In the meantime, I'll see if I can try the Gnostice offering. Thanks, Graham

Greetings! Gnostice is pleased to announce the release of Gnostice Document Studio Delphi v19.2. In v19.2, we have added support for RAD Studio 10.3 Rio Release 3, introduced new DocumentConverter component for FMX, redesigned VCL DocumentConverter component, added support for Android 64-bit and OSX 64-bit targets, introduced several new functions on the Framework class to ease getting file dialog filter strings, supported formats, etc. For the full list of improvements, please log on to the History page. To download trial versions and EXE demos, please go to the Downloads page. To purchase royalty-free licenses of Gnostice Document Studio Delphi, please go to the Buy Now page. Please mail us on support@gnostice.com if you have any questions on the products. Happy coding! -- The Gnostice Team www.gnostice.com

I have a requirement to encrypt a PDF file with password. Does anyone have experience doing this with any libraries? (I am looking for a free library at this moment.)

Gnostice is pleased to announce the release of Gnostice Document Studio Delphi 19.1.2875. This version includes the Bookmarks Navigation Pane, improved document printing features, and various bug fixes for FMX and VCL Document Viewers. This version also includes fixes for Report Export Interfaces. To know more about Gnostice Document Studio Delphi, please browse to: https://bit.ly/2nKIeDl For the full release notes, please have a look at the following page: https://bit.ly/2vRt2sq To download the trial version, please browse to: https://bit.ly/2zz06Xn Please mail us at support@gnostice.com, if you have any questions. Thank you, The Gnostice DevTools Team https://www.gnostice.com

Gnostice Document Studio Delphi version 2018 R2 Build 18.2.2831 released with C++Builder support, new SKUs and more. Highlights in this release: - Marketing name changed to Gnostice Document Studio Delphi. This has no impact on code. - SKUs have been reorganized to cater to popular demands. SKUs based on popular demand. - Essential [$250], Professional [$450], and Ultimate [$600] are the new SKUs. - Essential edition replaces ReportExport edition. Customers of ReportExport edition with an active subscription get a free upgrade to Essential. - Ultimate edition includes all features of Professional + 1 full license of Gnostice StarDocs Document Server Viewer edition. - Support for C++Builder. - PDF rendering enhancements and much more. For the full release notes, please have a look at the following page: https://bit.ly/2vRt2sq To know more about Gnostice Document Studio Delphi, please browse to:https://bit.ly/2nKIeDl https://bit.ly/2nKIeDl To download the trial version, please browse to: https://bit.ly/2zz06Xn Please mail us at support@gnostice.com, if you have any questions. Thank you, The Gnostice DevTools Team https://www.gnostice.com #PDF #Delphi #FireMonkey #DocumentStudio #Windows #macOS #iOS #Android