[Lazarus] fpReport - can not render pagefooter

[Andreas Frieß]

THX Graeme

In windows this is possible and running: -> I have my sample extended

procedure TForm1.FormActivate(Sender: TObject);
begin
   if not FInit then begin
     gTTFontCache.ReadStandardFonts;
     gTTFontCache.BuildFontCache;
     if PaperManager.PaperCount=0 then
       PaperManager.RegisterStandardSizes;
     FInit:= true;
   end;
end;

The problem with fontcache, is not (maybe direct) visible in the demo on 
FPReport Usage.

BTW: point 3 -> the code is copied direct from the 'designer' :-) not 
made on my own - lol.

Bugreport for the designer problem with orientation is 32470, i will 
check this and close if running.

Andreas


Am 27.09.2017 um 12:50 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus:
> On 2017-09-27 09:38, Andreas Frieß via Lazarus wrote:
>> What is my mistake of understanding ?
>
> You made a couple of mistakes and highlighted a bug in the PDF exporter.
>
> Mistakes:
>
> 1.  You never registered the standard page sizes with:
>          PaperManager.RegisterStandardSizes;
>
> 2.  Your report used LiberationSans font. Make sure you added
>     the search paths to the font cache. eg:
>
>           {$IFDEF UNIX}
>             gTTFontCache.SearchPath.Add(GetUserDir + '.fonts/');
>
> gTTFontCache.SearchPath.Add('/data/devel/Wisa/fonts/Liberation/');
>           {$ENDIF}
>
> 3.  You positioned a lot of reporting elements overlapping each
>     other. Correct positioning will help you see things better. ;-)
>
>
> Bug:
>
>    The PDF exporter didn't handle Page.Orientation of Landscape
>    correctly, and rendered such pages from the bottom upwards.
>    I supplied a patch to FPC's Mantis so hopefully Michael or
>    somebody could commit that soon.
>
>       https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=32478
>
>
> After all that, the report renders just fine.
>
>
> ps:
>   Note that I compiled your project using the latest fpReport from
>   FPC Trunk. I simply set the correct Unit Source Path in the project.
>   You don't need to use FPC Trunk compiler - I used FPC 2.6.4.
>
>
> Regards,
>   Graeme
>