Quickreport For Delphi 11 Alexandria Upd <2026 Release>

function TQRPrinterHack.GetCanvasHack: TCanvas; begin // Delphi 11 UPD changed TPrinter.Canvas to strict private. // We bypass using the original Win32 DC handle. Result := TCanvas.Create; try Result.Handle := GetDC(Printer.Handle); except Result.Free; raise; end; end;

implementation

He smiled. Delphi wasn't dead. It was just... veteran . And so was he.

uses Winapi.Windows, Vcl.Graphics, Vcl.Printers, QRPrinter; Quickreport For Delphi 11 Alexandria UPD

type TQRPrinterHack = class(TQRPrinter) private function GetCanvasHack: TCanvas; public property CanvasHack: TCanvas read GetCanvasHack; end;

{$IFDEF DELPHI11_UPD} // Use legacy GDI calls for backward compatibility DrawTextA(Canvas.Handle, PAnsiChar(AnsiString(Text)), -1, Rect, DT_LEFT); {$ELSE} // Normal modern code Canvas.TextOut(X, Y, Text); {$ENDIF} At 3:45 AM, the compile succeeded. No errors. No warnings. The EXE was built.

At 1:15 AM, he wrote a dirty, beautiful hack. He created a new unit, QRCompatPatch.pas : function TQRPrinterHack

end.

He commented out the entire DrawText block. He replaced it with TTextMetric calls that were deprecated in Windows 10 but still worked . He added compiler directives:

As he walked to the break room, he passed the whiteboard. Someone had written a question weeks ago: "Can we migrate QuickReport to FireMonkey?" Delphi wasn't dead

The first error hit: E2003 Undeclared identifier: 'Canvas' in QRPrinter.pas . Delphi 11 UPD had changed the accessibility of the TCanvas object in the TPrinter device context. The old code was poking directly at memory handles that UPD had politely locked away for security.

He leaned back, the ergonomic chair groaning in sympathy. The problem wasn't just that QuickReport was broken. The problem was that QuickReport was abandoned . The last official update for Delphi 11 had been a community patch held together with duct tape and anonymous FTP links. The official Qusoft site hadn't been updated since 2015.

Marco exhaled. He saved the modified QuickReport source to a new folder: QuickReport_D11_UPD_Stable . He zipped it. He uploaded it to the company’s internal NuGet-style Delphi repository. He added a single comment in the team’s commit log: Patched QuickReport for Delphi 11 UPD. Replaced direct Canvas access with Win32 DC handle hack. Disabled GDI+ type checking in QRExpImg. Use {$DEFINE DELPHI11_UPD} in project settings. Works on my machine. Don't touch. He closed the IDE. The clock on the wall said 5:14 AM. He had just enough time for a double espresso before the client’s 8:00 AM validation call.

He recompiled the entire QuickReport source with this patch injected. The E2003 vanished. But then came the avalanche: E2010 Incompatible types: 'HPEN' and 'TFont' in QRExpImg.pas . The image exporter was trying to use GDI pens on GDI+ fonts. UPD’s updated TMetafile handling had stricter type checking.

He ran the application. He clicked "Print Preview."