Uwe Habermann Venelina Jordanova Converting reports to Silverswitch and running VFP reports in Silverswitch

Silverlight Printing API * Similar to Reportbehavior 90 in VFP * Whole page gets printed as an image * Resolution 600 dpi * Page description in XAML

Silverlight Printing API * Example * Drag Button from Visual Studio Toolbox * Add event handler to Click event

Silverlight Printing API * Class PrintDocument using System.Windows.Printing; PrintDocument PrintObject = new PrintDocument(); PrintObject.Print("my print job");

Silverlight Printing API PrintObject.PrintPage += new System.EventHandler ( PrintObject_PrintPage); void PrintObject_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e) { e.PageVisual = this.LayoutRoot; }

Silverlight Printing API * Print must be started by a user interaction * Printer selection dialog is shown in any case * So always similar to … TO PRINTER PROMPT * Migration of VFP reports possible

Silverswitch reports * ProductsTemplate.frx * Migrated to: * ProductTemplate.xaml * DataGrid reports

FRX with VFP COM server * Print processing at the server side * FRX execution in VFP COM server * Creation of a PDF file * Using reportlistener * Create PDF with freeware DLL Libhpdf.dll

FRX with VFP COM server * PDF output at the client side * Output in text mode like Reportbehavior 80 or as image like Reportbehavior 90

FRX with VFP COM server * VFP COM server must be EXE file * DLL does not work!

FRX with VFP COM server * Registration at target server * ComPdfCreator.exe /regserver * Un- Registration at target server * ComPdfCreator.exe /unregserver

FRX with VFP COM server * Bericht should work autonomously * Tables in dataenvironment * Private data session

FRX with VFP COM server * Function returns PDF file name

FRX with VFP COM server * Call from ActionButton Name="vfxCreatePDFActionButton" ProcedureName="cexample.createpdf" ProcedureParameter="customers.frx" OperationName="CreatePDFFromFRX" OperationResultLoaded= "vfxCreatePDFActionButton_ OperationResultLoaded"

FRX with VFP COM server * Determine URL of running application private void vfxCreatePDFActionButton_OperationResultLoaded (object sender, EventArgs e) { string applicationUrl = string.Format("{0}/", Application.Current.Host.Source.AbsoluteUri. Replace("/ClientBin/VfxLoader.xap", ""));

FRX with VFP COM server * Create URL of PDF file string pdfPageURL = applicationUrl + "UploadedFiles/" + vfxCreatePDFActionButton.OperationResult.result;

FRX with VFP COM server * Open PDF in new browser window System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Navigate( new Uri(pdfPageURL, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute), "_blank", "toolbar=no, location=no, status=no, menubar=no, resizable=yes"); }

Comparison SilverlightFRX ImageXX TextX * Silverlight * 600 DPI * Text cannot be copied * FRX * Output in text mode like Reportbehavior 80 or as image like Reportbehavior 90

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Thank you very much and have fun with Silverswitch Venelina & Uwe