RB18Pro - displaying print preview criteria?

rbuser

Hi

Is there a way in RB18Pro to grab the search values a user enters and
display them on a report *WITHOUT* resorting to code?

What I am trying to do is display the date period a user searches for
on an end user report via ReportExplorer.


I know that there's a way via code to grab these values using
parameters however, for this report, I do not have that option.


Thanks for any assistance.

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Regards,
Will Owyong

nicocizik

I Will,

You can use the TppSystemVariable component with its VarType property
set to vtSearchDesc to display a small description of the search
condition a user enters for the report.

This is currently the only way to show this information without writing
any code.

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rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:



Hi Nico,

Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately vtSearchDesc doesn't have
the output I was hoping for - I need access to each individual search
criteria and a hard-coded report is not on the table in this instance.

E.g. The end user wants to see the date range of the period they
searched for instead of the data range the data returned has given.
From an end user's perspective they do not want their report results to
show missing periods between reports which could be misconstrued as
them not having run a report for a full period.

While vtSearchDesc does show the dates used, which is great for
internal reports and testing, the entire sentence generated may not be
what the end user wants to see, particularly if it is a report designed
to be generated and sent to a customer/client.



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Regards,
Will Owyong

nicocizik

Hi Will,

For the customization you need, your options are to either give your
users access to RAP (which will allow them to write code to display any
value required), or create a custom report component that can perform
the same task.

See the RCL demo in the included RB demos directory for an example on
how to create custom report components.

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