QuickPDF & Rich Text

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Hi,
I am working with an application that holds user entered text in a SLOB (String Large Object) in Rich Text Format.
Does anyone know how I can get QuickPDF (ActiveX version 5.22) to output RTF text correctly formatted and without the rtf control characters etc?
Thank you in advance.
Charles

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MrPopup Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Dec 05 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote MrPopup Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: QuickPDF & Rich Text Posted: 26 May 07 at 7:22PM
	Hi, I am working with an application that holds user entered text in a SLOB (String Large Object) in Rich Text Format. Does anyone know how I can get QuickPDF (ActiveX version 5.22) to output RTF text correctly formatted and without the rtf control characters etc? Thank you in advance. Charles

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 07 at 7:21AM
	Hi! Are you speaking about pdf-documents with slobs or db-fields in slob-format? There's no automatic function. Without the rtf control characters you can't write formatted text 'cause the rtf control characters are for formatting ... You can extract the text manually and unformatted. Best regards, Ingo

MrPopup Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Dec 05 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote MrPopup Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 07 at 4:09PM
	Good morning Ingo, Thank you for responding. I have a database with slob fields in it. The slobs contain RTF strings which I want to print, in a formatted manner, using QuickPDF. If there is no way I guess I can look for some ActiveX that converts RTF to PDF and then merge the files using QuickPDF. Appreciate the assistance. Cheers - Charles

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 May 07 at 12:55PM
	Hi Charles! Sure you can change rtf-content to pdf. But with QuickPDF this means a lot of manually work... Reading the rtf-control-characters... translate them similar pdf-syntax... Merging the pdf-files you can do with QuickPDF. Best regards, Ingo

MrPopup Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 19 Dec 05 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote MrPopup Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 May 07 at 3:31PM
	Thank you again Ingo. I will look for some way to convert rtf to pdf and do a merge as suggested. Appreciate the assistance. Cheers - Charles