Hi everyone,
I want to print a chart to a FastReport.
Is there a better way to do it than by saving the panes to a bitmap file and then again reading them from the file into a TfrxPictureView inside the Report's OnBeforePrint event? (Which works, but results in a somewhat lo-res print quality.)
I noticed there is a CreateMetafile method in the TAdvGdipChartView, but I get a linker error when I try to use it. Has this method not been implemented yet?
(I am using C++Builder XE3.)
Thanks in advance,
Elmar
Using a bitmap is one way and creating a metafile is also available.
We're not aware of issues with this. What exact linker error do you get?
Bruno,
thanks for your quick reply.
The error I get is:
[ilink32 Error] Error: Nicht auflösbares externes '__fastcall Advchartview::TAdvChartView::CreateMetaFileW(int, int)' referenziert von C:\USERS\BIHLER\DOCUMENTS\RAD STUDIO\PROJECTS\FRTESTS\WIN32\RELEASE\UNIT1.OBJ
which sould translate to something like:
cannot resolve external '__fastcall Advchartview::TAdvChartView::CreateMetaFileW(int, int)' referenced by...
(Note that the linker error says "CreateMetaFileW" regardless of if i write CreateMetaFileW() or CreateMetaFile() in my code.)
Here's my code:
void __fastcall TForm1::frxReport1BeforePrintUsingMetafile(TfrxReportComponent Sender)
{
if( Sender->Name == "Picture1" ) {
TfrxPictureView PV = dynamic_cast<TfrxPictureView>(Sender);
TMetafile MF = Chart->CreateMetaFile( PV->Width, PV->Height );
PV->Picture->Assign( MF );
}
}
where Chart is an TAdvGDIPChartView object on Form1.
My TMS Advanced Charts is the newest version 3.8.1.3.
Regards,
Elmar
Hi,
Pieter,
thank you very much for your quick response to this. I am eagerly looking forward to the next version!
Kind Regards,
Elmar