Degraded render quality AR7 vs AR17, Active Reports viewer for Windows Form

Degraded render quality AR7 vs AR17, Active Reports viewer for Windows Form

Posted by: bagattini on 18 September 2023, 9:26 pm EST

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  bagattini

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  Posted 18 September 2023, 9:26 pm EST - Updated 18 September 2023, 9:31 pm EST

  While migrating from Active Reports 7 to Active Reports 17, inside a Windows Forms project, I’m noticing a much less visually pleasing appearance of the report when displayed within an Active Reports viewer.

  With Active Reports 7 the report looks crisp:

  

  851×1186 62.2 KB

  With Active Reports 17 the report looks badly anti-aliased and some lines aren’t even visible:

  

  858×1188 73 KB

  Screenshots are taken at the same resolution and zoom level. I’m referring to the text and lines.

  Is there anything I can set to make it closer to how it was before?

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  bagattini

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  Posted 18 September 2023, 9:27 pm EST

  Links to the two images:

  https://gccontent.blob.core.windows.net/discourse-forum-uploads/file-620a8cd4-42d3-46d9-a6d7-e547e8af30fe.PNG

  https://gccontent.blob.core.windows.net/discourse-forum-uploads/file-1bffd3cd-425c-41d7-b0fd-679873cf7ea2.PNG

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  anand.sinha

  

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  Posted 19 September 2023, 8:52 pm EST

  Hi Matteo,

  If you are working with a SectionReport please try changing the Report’s ‘CompatablityMode’ property to ‘CrossPlatform’.

  If the issue persists please try sharing the sample of your ActiveReports 17 report so we can test the issue on our end and further investigate the same.

  Regards,
  
  Anand

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  bagattini

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  Posted 24 September 2023, 7:06 pm EST

  Dear Anand,
  
  thanks for the heads-up, that was the right direction. However, it worked for me by setting it to GDI as opposite to CrossPlatform. Seems fine, as my application only runs on Windows.

  Kind regards,
  
  Matteo

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  Posted 25 September 2023, 2:57 pm EST

  Hi Matteo,

  We’re glad your issue has been resolved! Thanks for sharing the resolution as it may help others facing a similar issue.

  Regards,
  
  Anand