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@Mark56us
I know it!
But if I am not wrong the discussion was about a report engine (with design, preview etc.)
A full reporting tool more or less, like the nxReport

You start with custom code to deliver your different report types. Then after seeing the common pieces, you can pull them into your abstraction layers.
Adding sizing grips for each element within a page or predefined boundary is very similar to the form editor or mind map code in this forum.
Tying it all together is fun, but still a good amount of detail.

If you want to produce your own reports, check out this VecVi module. He is very good.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=69804

holzhacker wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:27 pm If you want to produce your own reports, check out this VecVi module. He is very good.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=69804

It is amazing module!
I didn't knew it.
Thank you very much for the info!

I took to using PurePDF after years of using SROD's excellent Arctic Reports.

Once i'd put the initial effort in on my first report, all my other reports were put together pretty quickly and I haven't looked back since.

That's not to say there are some things in PurePDF that seem to be missing, but it cost me nothing and I work around the minor niggles and there is always some good info and help available of this very forum

captain_skank wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:34 am I took to using PurePDF after years of using SROD's excellent Arctic Reports.

Once i'd put the initial effort in on my first report, all my other reports were put together pretty quickly and I haven't looked back since.

That's not to say there are some things in PurePDF that seem to be missing, but it cost me nothing and I work around the minor niggles and there is always some good info and help available of this very forum

Really interesting.
I am still using the Arctic Reports every day and I am able to create "complex" reports in minutes.
I am not tested the PurePDF until now, but from your post I understood that the library has great abilities

You can use the module version that has been updated at the same time.
(unfortunately the PDF help file is only in one language)
pbPDF-Module
Successfully tested with PB6 B6 Backend C (Windows)
It would be nice to integrate it into PB6 (if the authors agree). PDF generation is a great asset for companies.

@holzhacker pointed out VecVi module, and if you follow the link, the author @Andesdaf added 2 branches one with PurePDF and the other one with pbPDF. Both of these PDF libraries have good features, but I think moving forward pbPDF is a better choice. Since pbPDF is based on PurePDF You can mostly use PurePDF help file. There are some commands that do not work the same like: loading fonts, and using other languages is not fully implemented.

Not to get off the subject but the links on this thread do not work for me. The links go to purebasic.com instead of purebasic.fr and I get an error.

https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 76#p515876 is the link for the VecVi post for me

Norm.