Section Reports - Linux - RDF - Compatibility between AR 11.2 and AR 15

Section Reports - Linux - RDF - Compatibility between AR 11.2 and AR 15

Posted by: mlk20 on 9 August 2024, 6:53 am EST

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  mlk20

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  Posted 9 August 2024, 6:53 am EST

  Hi,

  I can get byte array from sectionReportOriginal.Document.Content property (using getter) and then set it into sectionReportCopy.Document.Content property (using setter) to get a new instance/copy of the report that is exactly the same (e.g. to transfer a final generated report between separate Windows processes). It works with no problems, but… How far can I move forward with this approach?

  1. Is RDF format forward-compatible between AR 11.2 on Windows and AR 15 on Windows?
     
     (so I can get byte array from a final report created in the Windows process which uses AR 11.2 and then restore the report, by setting transferred byte array into a new section report document, in some other Windows process which uses AR 15?)

  2. Is RDF format forward-compatible between AR 11.2 on Windows and AR 15 on Linux?
     
     (so I can get byte array from a final report created in the Windows process which uses AR 11.2 and then restore the report, by setting transferred byte array into a new section report document, in some other Linux process which uses AR 15?)

  Thank you.

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  katyayny.raghuvanshi

  

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  Posted 12 August 2024, 5:01 am EST

  Hi,

  RDF (Report Document Format) is the standard format defined and used by ActiveReports to load and save reports in binary format. It is surely compatible with v15 and also with the latest version, i.e., v18. You can save your section document in RDF format and also load it to the Viewer. Further, let us know what exactly is your use-case so that we can assist you further with the type of report format that you should be using to fulfill your requirements.

  You may refer to the attached documentation link about saving and loading RDF files: Save and Load RDF Files

  We hope this helps!

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  mlk20

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  Posted 12 August 2024, 10:59 am EST

  My use-case is as I specified it in my other topic: “ActiveReports - Section Reports - Linux - Printing”. I would like to transfer the RDF document from Windows process running AR 11.2 to Linux process running AR 15 in order to print the document on Linux host (but I would have to additionally export the document to PDF in order to print it on Linux as you mentioned in “ActiveReports - Section Reports - Linux - Printing” topic)

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  Posted 12 August 2024, 9:55 pm EST

  Hi,

  We would request that you continue the discussion over the case CAS-51487-H9D7R4 in order to avoid confusion.