I have a report which uses "FILLSTYLE" and to the screen it happily fills the shape with the appropriate style.

When the same report is sent to a PDF, the PDF file does not include the fill style.

Any ideas?

Colin

Hi Colin,

I was able to reproduce the problem with a simple test on my box with the latest version of the VSPDF.OCX file (7.0.0.93). I am willing to bet that it is a bug in the VSPDF.OCX, which is a component of the printing OCX (VSPRINT.OCX). I did notice that ComponentOne has released a new version of VSPRINT.OCX (the old ActiveX component not the new .NET component), which included PDF export. I bet the bug is fixed in this version, and I do not think ComponentOne will be posting any new fixes for 7.x.

I would check the version of the VSPDF.OCX on your box to make sure it is version 7.0.0.93, because previous versions of this OCX were released and maybe it was not upgraded properly. You might also try a different color or a different fill style.

The only work-around that I can think of is to create an image with the fill style built into it and then use the BMP message to print the RECT, ELLIPSE, etc. If you stretch the image with the BMP message, then the fill style will be distorted. I think a WMF or EMF image (which is vector based) will stretch OK because the fill style is stored as a vector not an absolute position.

Tony

Tony

Its not a critical issue.

My VSPDF.OCX was 7.0.0.27, so I will try the latest just in case it fixes it.

Thanks

Colin

Tony

I have looked everywhere and cannot find the VSPDF.OCX version mentioned. Even ComponentOne on the web dont have it.

Any ideas?

Colin

Go to www.ComponentOne.com, click downloads on top, select ActiveX Legacy, select VSView 7.0 Classic, and then download 7.0.0.93 produce update. The OCX is included in this ZIP file.

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