TECH TIP: Troubleshooting problem such as “Initialization of the DLL WINNT\..\Drivers\..\HPBFDF0.DLL failed.” This error only occurs when an application is run from within Delphi with the Integrated Debugging option turned on. It is an issue that exists between the Delphi debugger and the HP driver. The solution is to add the directory of the printer driver DLL’s  Full Article…

Question “How do I print my report to the printer and a file device (PDF, Text, etc.) at the same time?” Solution Use the TppReport.OnPrintDialogClose event to create the file device and assign its Publisher and PageRequest property to the report’s. Download: PrintToPrinterAndArchive.zip PrinterToPrinterAndPDF.zip PrintToPrinterAndTextFile.zip Sample Delphi code: uses ppPDFDevice; procedure TForm1.ppReport1PrintDialogClose(Sender: TObject); begin //Create  Full Article…

Question “How do I print my report backwards from last page to first?” Solution Start by caching the pages to memory.  Next rearrange the pages as you need by manually starting and ending the print job using the TppDevice.StartJob and TppDevice.EndJob routines. Download: PrintReportBackwards.zip Sample Delphi code: var liIndex: Integer; lDevice: TppDevice; lPrinterDevice: TppPrinterDevice; lPage:  Full Article…