WPTools is a native Delphi text control to integrate word processing and reporting into your application. Combined with our PDF creator wPDF and the DocX support units you have a powerful component set to convert RTF, DOCX, HTML, XML to PDF.

The central part of the VCL control WPTools is a complete RTF WYSIWYG word processing control which is surprisingly small. In contrast to similar components, WPTools supports editable headers and footers in its perfect page layout mode. Zooming, split-screen, tables, including the possibility of page breaks inside table rows, and a powerful CSS-like paragraph style concept are supported by the modern architecture. Reporting is done using WPReporter, a powerful add-on which can be understood as a very powerful mailmerge implementation. In contrast to mail merge where fields are replaced with the contents of a database, WPReporter also allows integrated loops in the template to creates lists and tables.

WPTools is a true Delphi VCL. It is a word processing VCL and has been on the market since 15. January 1996. Since then its architecture has been modernized several times, growing to reflect the added capabilities of the Delphi compiler. Now it is the state-of-the-art word processing component VCL for Delphi. Licensing for WPTools is still very affordable and it should be noted that it already integrates many features in the basic edition, which would require expensive add-ons for competing ActiveX components. WPTools handles windows messages to make diction software work.

A VCL Demo for WPTools within (among others) Delphi 10.2 Tokyo has been published here.

How to add word processing to your project:

To create a basic, yet powerful word processer in a project the developer just needs to place a few components on the form. These are the TWPRichText editor, a horizontal and a vertical ruler and the customizable TWPToolbar toolbar. After setting a few properties to connect those elements you’re done. Naturally there are a great number of customization options available. Plus, as a developer you are free to either use the toolbar and dialogue components provided or create your own. It is also possible to mix provided logic with custom logic since multiple events make it easy to change the behaviour of the editor.



WPTools is optimal for Delphi-projects:
100% pascal source code available with some editions
100% WYSIWG editing
Powerful mail merge functionality
Optional DocX reading and writing
Access the paragraph and character attributes directly
Powerful basis for innovative text editing features

Dataforms in WPTools

WPTools can be also used to create forms. These are special texts which are generally protected. The user may only edit the text in the marked areas. We call this areas 'Edit Fields': Using Edit Fields you (or the user of your application) can create forms to view and edit the data in a database.Edit fields work like mail merge fields. Merge fields are fields which can be updated though an event - the only difference is, that the objects ...

Different text attributes

WPTools supports many different text attributes font name, size, character set character styles, such as bold, italic, underlined underline color and modes left, right, center and justify alignment shading text and text background colors indents: left, right and first line tab stops: left, right, centered and decimal. new: fill mode subscripts and superscripts additional spacing before & after the paragraph custom line-height hypertext links (hover effects are also possible) borders (new: different colors, width and mode for each border) hidden ...

Header and Footer texts in WPTools

Not only does WPTools support printing of header and footer texts, these texts can also be edited in page layout mode. WYSIWYG editing of headers and footers in page layout mode. Exclusive editing of a header or footer text in normal layout mode. Different headers and footers for the first page or for odd and even pages. Different set of headers for any section in the text. Event OnGetSpecialText to select a header or footer using your own program logic ...

Happy Birthday WPTools

Happy Birthday WPTools! Did you know that WPTools V1 first became available on January 15, 1996? Originally introduced in 1995 as the successor to TurboPascal, Delphi quickly became a very successful Borland product. Then on January 15, 1996 Julian Ziersch published a new component – WPTools - which allowed programmers to easily add word processing features to their projects. At this time it was available in the CompuServe network (remember that?). In 1997 the renowned ZAC catalog listed WPTools as ...

Mail merge in WPTools

"Mail Merge" means the automatic update of data fields in any document. It can be used to do mass mailing or to create customizable database record views. With WPTools merge fields are not destroyed by the merge process, the field data can be exchanged as soon as it changes. So it is possible to scroll through a database with a merge letter being "attached".
It is also possible to read out the contents of the merge field. So the document ...

Multiview (splitscreen) technology

WPTools strictly separates the text data structures from the output logic. This makes it possible to show the same text using an editor and a preview component. Even more impressive is the possibility to edit the same text using different editors! Text paths The multiview technology cannot only be used to implement a splitscreen feature, it can be the solution edit the a text path: This means that different editors are set up to each edit one part of the ...

Powerful Image Support in WPTools

WPTools allows you to embed images in the text. Once they are selected, the editor will display a frame with sizer markers. The images can be resized and moved. If the image is "free floating" not only the frame, but also the anchor will be drawn when the image is selected. Of course it is possible to disable the resizing or only allow resizing which keeps the aspect ratio. Images which are linked to a paragraph can be placed anywhere ...

Repeated header and footer rows

WPTools has the ability to repeat certain rows of a table at the start and the end of a page. These rows can be used to display sub totals if you use the calculation feature included in the WPReporter addon.The displayed numbers are usually updated at paint time, this means changes in the document (for example the change of the page break) causes also the sub totals to be changed to the correct values. The header and footer rows are ...

RTF reporting

You can enhance WPToools with "WPReporter" to make it easy to create structured documents using a template. WPReporter is easy to use. It is also possible to convert existing documents into WPReporter template. Please check out our step-by-step guide. You can use the standard text editor as editor for the templates. Only one additional, simple dialog has to be displayed. This new band dialog makes it easy to create bands. It is possible to create a new group inside of ...

Section Support in WPTools

Sections make it possible to use many different header and footer texts and different page sizes in one document. The editor will display an arrow in the left margin where a new section starts. The following code can be used to create a new section: var sectionprops : TWPRTFSectionProps; begin // New Page WPRichText1.InputString(#12); // New section properties sectionprops := WPRichText1.ActiveParagraph.StartNewSection; // Now we can do something with sectionprops ... end; Append text from different memos to document The demo ...

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