• from a report created in the report editor.
• from a print performed with the WLanguage functions.
• by the end user via the report viewer

Remarks:

• Only the prints performed through programming and in PDF format are available. No print can be performed via the report editor.
• Only the prints in PDF format are available (report print or print performed through programming).

Printing a WLanguage print in PDF format

1. Define the destination of the print and the parameters of the PDF file to be generated with:
   • iDestination to define the print in PDF format (iPDF or iGenericPDF constant).
   • iParameterPDF to configure the options for printing in PDF format. You can define:
     • the password used to open the file.
     • the options for compressing images.
     • the options for the presence of bookmarks.
     • the options for protecting the PDF file. You also have the ability to define the password used to modify these protection options.
     • the use of the PDF/A format (the generated version is PDF/A-1b).
2. Use the print functions to define the content of the print.
3. Start the print job with iEndPrinting.

Remarks

• The order in which iDestination and iParameterPDF are used is not important.
• You have the ability to sign the generated PDF file with iPrintSignature. This function must be used at the same time as the print functions.
• If necessary, the created PDF file can be printed from the device by iPrintPDF.
  • This function allows you to use the native system window to configure the file print.
  • This function allows you to print the file by using the Cloud Print service of Google.
• The generated PDF file can be directly opened by ShellExecute.
• PDF printouts support only standard Adobe fonts (not Unicode): Courrier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol and ZapFDingbats.

Examples

// Protect the PDF against printing
// and against selection and copy/paste
// No password for opening the PDF file
// Password for modifying the protection settings
iParameterPDF(iProtectionPrinting + iProtectionSelection, "", "Protection")
// Create the PDF file
iDestination(iPDF, "C:\Temp\MyPDF.PDF")
// Print code
iCreateFont(1, 16, iBold, iRoman)
//Call to procedures used to print the content
PrintTitle()
PrintText()
// End of print and close the created PDF file
iEndPrinting()

General advice

Availability of controls in the reports

• RTF control
• Edit control
• Signature control
• Organizer control
• Scheduler control
• Gantt Chart control
• Pivot Table control
• Spreadsheet control
• HTML control
• Chart control: Only Chart controls created from version 17 onwards are available..

Control in RTF

• The static control in RTF may be truncated during a page break.
• The arrays found in an RTF control are not printed.
• The images used in the RTF controls are not printed.

The RTF controls and the RTF options are not available.