ActiveReports provides custom components for several formats, including PDF, HTML, RTF, Excel, TIFF and plain text. For information on using these export filters, see the Exporting Output or Custom Web Exporting walkthrough. Please note the following limitations in use for each ActiveReports export filter.

HTML Legacy

Not 100% WYSIWYG
Does not support:

• Line control
• Control borders
• Shapes (other than filled rectangles)
• Overlapping controls.

HTML DHTML

Not 100% WYSIWYG
Does not support:

• Diagonal line control
• Control borders
• Shapes (other than filled rectangles)

PDF

WYSIWYG as long as you use the correct fonts with foreign text.

• Does not support full justification

Excel

Not 100% WYSIWYG
Does not support:

• Line control
• Shapes (other than filled rectangles)
• Overlapping controls
• Borders on controls with angled text

Tiff

Image of page, so it's 100% WYSIWYG.

RTF

Not WYSIWYG
Does not support:

• Full justification
• Line control
• Backcolors
• Shapes
• Overlapping controls
• Control borders
• Angled text

Text

Not WYSIWYG
Supports plain text only.
Supports encoding for foreign language support.

Custom Web Exporting Walkthroughs

Walkthroughs: Walkthrough: Exporting Output

 

 

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