Re: Creating PDF with Unicode characters

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Michael Exel

Posted: 04/04/2004 0:09:00

Thank you again very much for your great support!

I will try it as soon as possible and post my experiences

"Sergey Tkachenko" <svt@trichview.com> wrote:

>// internal procedure

>procedure ConvertRVFromUnicode(RVData: TCustomRVData);

>var i,r,c, StyleNo: Integer;

>    table: TRVTableItemInfo;

>begin

>  for i := 0 to RVData.ItemCount-1 do begin

>    StyleNo := RVData.GetItemStyle(i);

>    if StyleNo>=0 then begin

>      if RVData.GetRVStyle.TextStyles[StyleNo].Unicode then begin

>        RVData.SetItemText(i, RVData.GetItemTextA(i));

>        Exclude(RVData.GetItem(i).ItemOptions, rvioUnicode);

>      end;

>      end

>    else if RVData.GetItemStyle(i)=rvsTable then begin

>      table := TRVTableItemInfo(RVData.GetItem(i));

>      for r := 0 to table.Rows.Count-1 do

>        for c := 0 to table.Rows[r].Count-1 do

>          if table.Cells[r,c]<>nil then

>            ConvertRVFromUnicode(table.Cells[r,c].GetRVData);

>    end;

>  end;

>end;

>

>// main procedure

>procedure ConvertFromUnicode(rv: TCustomRichView);

>var i: Integer;

>begin

>  // forcing using the default code page

>  for i := 0 to rv.Style.TextStyles.Count-1 do

>    if rv.Style.TextStyles[i].Unicode then

>      rv.Style.TextStyles[i].Charset := DEFAULT_CHARSET;

>  // converting

>  ConvertRVFromUnicode(rv.RVData);

>  // updating styles

>  for i := 0 to rv.Style.TextStyles.Count-1 do

>    rv.Style.TextStyles[i].Unicode := False;

>end;

>

>Calling for editor:

>RichViewEdit1.ClearUndo;

>ConvertFromUnicode(RichViewEdit1);

>

>>

>> hello,

>>

>> i have some problems creating pdf.

>> Since no tool (TRolePDF, llPDFLib, wPDF, eDocEngine) can handle all

>unicode

>> characters correctly, is it possible to change unicode characters in

>Ansi-characters

>> with corresponding charset in RVReportHelper? (then it would be possible

>> to use wPDF or maybe llPDFLib) i know this would be only a solution for

a

>> few characters, but for the most characters i need.

>>

>> Or has somebody another solution to create PDF that handles unicode

>correctly?

>>

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