SerieRegion with pattern - PDF export

[athely]

Hi,

I have some problems when i want to print (in pdf throught PDFCreator in attachement) a chart with a serie region using a pattern.

1- Pattern seems to be zoomed and streched when canvas size is changed before print. The rendering is really not acceptable
2- Contrary to old version (Delphi 9 & Teechat v8.08), filled area seems to be a picture and not vectorial. Besides, pdf file size is very larger!

I use Delphi XE10.1 and TeeChart Pro VCL FMX Source Code 2017.20.

Thanks for your help

Anthony

[Yeray]

Hello,

This is what I'm getting with a new simple example using RAD 10.2 Tokyo, TeeChart v2017.22 and PdfCreator 2.5:

Chart1.zip

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If you still find problems with it, please try to arrange a simple example project we can run as-is to reproduce the problem here.
Thanks in advance.

[athely]

I'm sorry, i forgot attachement in previous post...

Please find attached small project with serie region using pattern.
Pattern plotting is very important for me because it is representing geology.

Regards

[Yeray]

Hello,

Here it is a screenshot comparing the chart and the pdf your project generates for me with v2017.22:

AcroRd32_2017-12-19_09-38-43.png (238.98 KiB) Viewed 25785 times

I'm trying to compare the result with TeeChart v8 but I'm getting an "29100 - Internal GhostScript Error" with GDI and I get a blank pattern in GDIPlus.

[athely]

Hi,

"29100 - Internal GhostScript Error" from PDFCreator is one of some reasons i decided to update my RAD & Teechart version.
Effectivelly, I'm getting this error with certain pattern and not with other.

Please find attached, small project (D9 & Teechat v8.08) using working pattern:

D9Pattern.png (65.14 KiB) Viewed 25781 times

As you can see, quality of pdf export is very well!

[athely]

Below same example as previous with Delphi XE10.1 & TeeChart 2017.10:

TChartSerieRegionPattern.png (79.22 KiB) Viewed 25782 times

Pattern seems to be streched!
Any idea or workarround?

Anthony

[Marc]

Hello Anthony,

Any image pattern is likely to be stretched for a different output width/height ratio to the original Chart. I tried with a smaller image as brush pattern and note that it tiles so that may be a workaround. An alternative would be to use hatchstyle.

Regards,
Marc Meumann

[athely]

Hi Marc!

HashStyle is not a good alternative for me, because user can choose its own geological pattern which is a bitmap.
To avoid stretch problem, i resize chart canvas to have exactly the same output width/height ratio (as you could have seen in my example). That's why I don't understand where the problem comes from! Besides, in previous TeeChart version, it works fine...

I really need to have this print feature working and so need your help.

Regards,
Anthony

[Yeray]

Hello Anthony,

I've restored the technique that was used in AssignBrush in previous versions. Could you please tell us if this test version gives you the expected result?

TestTChartSerieRegionPattern.zip

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[athely]

Hi Yeray,

This is exactly what i want!
How can I restore "the technique that was used in AssignBrush in previous versions" in my side?

Thanks a lot for your help!!!

Anthony

[Yeray]

Hello Anthony,

Since you have the sources, you can just open TeCanvas.pas, backup it, replace the TTeeCanvas.AssignBrush that matches the signature of the method below, and recompile.

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Procedure TTeeCanvas.AssignBrush(const ABrush:TTeeBrush; AColor,ABackColor:TColor);

  procedure SetBrushBitmap(ABitmap:{$IFDEF LCL}TCustomBitmap{$ELSE}TBitmap{$ENDIF});
  begin
    Brush.Bitmap{$IFDEF FMX}.Bitmap{$ENDIF}:=ABitmap;

    {$IFNDEF FMX}
    {$IFDEF TEEWINDOWS}
    SetTextColor(Handle,ColorToRGB(AColor));
    {$ENDIF}
    {$ENDIF}

    BackMode:=cbmOpaque;
    BackColor:=ABackColor;
  end;

var tmp: TBitmap;
begin
  FBrush.OnChange:=nil;

  if Assigned(ABrush.FImage) and Assigned(ABrush.FImage.Graphic)
     {$IFDEF FMX}and (not ABrush.FImage.Graphic.IsEmpty) {$ENDIF} then
  begin
    Brush.Style:=bsClear;

    if not (ABrush.FImage.Graphic is TBitmap) then
    begin
      {$IFDEF FMX}
      tmp:=TBitmap.Create(ABrush.FImage.Width, ABrush.FImage.Height);
      tmp.Canvas.DrawBitmap(ABrush.FImage, TRectF.Create(0,0,tmp.Width,tmp.Height),
        TRectF.Create(0,0,tmp.Width, tmp.Height),
        1);
      {$ELSE}

      tmp:=TBitmap.Create;
      TeeSetBitmapSize(tmp,ABrush.FImage.Width,ABrush.FImage.Height);
      tmp.Canvas.Draw(0,0,ABrush.FImage.Graphic);
      {$ENDIF}

      ABrush.FImage.Bitmap:=tmp;
      tmp.Free;
    end;

    SetBrushBitmap(ABrush.FImage.Bitmap);
  end
  else
  if Assigned(ABrush.Bitmap)
     {$IFDEF FMX}and Assigned(ABrush.Bitmap.Bitmap) and (not ABrush.Bitmap.Bitmap.IsEmpty){$ENDIF}
     {$IFDEF CLX}and (not ABrush.Bitmap.Empty){$ENDIF}
     then
  begin
    Brush.Style:=bsClear;
    SetBrushBitmap(ABrush.Bitmap{$IFDEF FMX}.Bitmap{$ENDIF});
  end
  else
  begin
    {$IFDEF FMX}
    Brush.Assign(ABrush);
    {$ELSE}
    Brush.Bitmap:=nil;
    {$ENDIF}

    if Monochrome then
       AColor:=clWhite;


    FBrush.BackColor:=ABackColor;

    FCanvas.Brush.Assign(ABrush); // <-- redundant for GDI+ etc
  end;

  if Assigned(ABrush.FGradient) then
     Gradient.Assign(ABrush.Gradient)
  else
     Gradient.Visible:=False;

  FBrush.OnChange:=ChangedBrush;
  DoChangedBrush(FBrush);
end;

[athely]

Hi Yeray,

Thank you a lot for your workarround, it is working very well!!!
Is it planned to fix this issue in futur release?

Again, thank you for your excellent support!
Anthony