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I updated from TeeChart 7.12 to 8.02.
In TeeChart 8.02 the print margins in the print preview dialog were not shown in the preview dialog and do not work on the printed document.

Test it with TeeChart Office 3.0!

Behalves Bert Kreisel

Hi Bert,

It works fine for us here using latest v8 available. We can see the margins at the chart editor's print tab, they can be changed manually and results can be visualized. Would you be so kind to let us know the exact steps we should follow to reproduce the issue here?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Narcís,

1. I installed TeeChart8.02Delphi2006.
2. I run TeeChartOffice.
3. Open File -> Print preview
4. Margins at the chart editor's print tab can not changed manually and results can not be visualized.

Thanks in advance.
Bert Kreisel

Hi Bert,

Thanks for the information. We have been able to reproduce the problem here with v8.02. However, it works fine using our current v8 sources so you may expect a fix for the next v8 maintenance release. If you are a sourcecode customer we could also send you latest v8 sources.

narcis wrote:...We have been able to reproduce the problem here with v8.02. However, it works fine using our current v8 sources so you may expect a fix for the next v8 maintenance release. If you are a sourcecode customer we could also send you latest v8 sources.

Hi, Narcis,
Is it so that your current sources are different from those available for download in the customer area?

Hi Alexander,

Well yes, we are continuously enhancing and fixing v8 issues so that our internal sources are a little bit different than the latest version available at the client area until the next maintenance release.

narcis wrote:Hi Alexander,

Well yes, we are continuously enhancing and fixing v8 issues so that our internal sources are a little bit different than the latest version available at the client area until the next maintenance release.

Hi, Narcis,
I expect that such enthusiastic source code customers as me would highly appreciate an access under limited Steema liability to "Daily source snapshot" of the current version, you definitely have in your repository, and, of course, to your bug-list.

Hi Alexander,

We trully appreciate your interest and enthusiasm. And yes, we have spoken about that too and I think some proof of concept tests where made. So let's see what the future may bring .

I have to mention that so far with TCP8.02 I have no problem with marging under Delphi5 while do have them under Turbo Delphi. The latter also makes me pain with AV errors at printing.

Hello Alexander,

Let me see if I understood this well. You are having AV problems printing with Turbo Delphi and not having them using Delphi 5? Are you using the very same version of TeeChart in both environments?

This information would be helpful as we are trying to find a consistent way to reproduce the issue described on this thread.

Thanks in advance!

Hello, Narcís!
Sorry - unfortunately, situation happened to be not so straightforward. After couple hours of cross-checks my conclusion is that both Delphi 5 and Turbo Delphi versions of 8.02 suffer from AV (in VLC50.BPL and RTL100.BPL respectively if built with packages) provided View3D is true.
With plain 2D charts printing is OK.
Th difference is that Turbo Delphi version do not support margings modification indeed.
In my tests I used Print_Pages and Chart_PrintPreview forms from Demo and TeePreview procedure with simple line series Chart. Print_Pages and TeePreview failed when View3D was on. Then I made another version of Print_Pages with View3D=False and another copy of the same Chart with View3D=False and invoked printing of 3D and 2D versions from the same application. When applications were built without packages it silently dissapeared, when 3D chart printing was starting, being built with packages they produced error messages.
I used virtual printers Microsoft Office Document Image Driver (MSO2003) and Abby PDX-XChange.

narcis wrote:Hi Bert,

Thanks for the information. We have been able to reproduce the problem here with v8.02. However, it works fine using our current v8 sources so you may expect a fix for the next v8 maintenance release. If you are a sourcecode customer we could also send you latest v8 sources.

I updated to TeeChart 8.03 (TeeChart8.03Delphi2007.exe Jun 02, 2008 23:42). The Error still exist. Starting Tee8New causes AV.

Please correct this before posting the download link here!

Behalves Bert Kreisel

Hi Bert,

Thanks for the information. I have just fixed both issues.

Hi Narcís,

Thanks for the fix, its working much better now. But editing the Margins at the chart editor's print tabs edits or up-downs is not reflected by the preview.

Behalves Bert Kreisel

Hi Bert,

Thanks for reporting. I could reproduce the issue here and added it (TV52013112) to the bug list to be fixed for next releases.