Hide or disable Print button / menu item

rbuser

I want disable printing (allowed to screen but not to printer) in an
evaluation version of my software. I cannot see how to do this - I need to
do it in the Preview form and the Designer form. Any help available on this?
I already have a custom preview form but these objects are not surfaced and
it's complicated to follow through the code and see how they are created and
their events attached.

I am using RB Version 6.

Thank you.

Jonathan Hyams

digitalmetaphors

This can be accomplished through a TppPreview descendent. Here is an
example which hides the print button:
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/HidePrintButtonPlugin.zip

You can disable a designer menu option with an approach given in this demo:
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/HideSave.zip


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thanks. The HidePrintButtonPlugIn works a treat. The HideSave just blows
up - cannot see ToolBarManager as a property of TppDesignerWindow. Remember
I am using RB6. Is that the problem?

Jonathan Hyams

digitalmetaphors

You can also use the merge menu property of the designer component to
control the menu. This topic exists in the installed RBuilder.hlp help file.
Here is an example that should work in RB 6 which shows how to use a merge
menu:

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/MergeMenuWithDesigner.zip


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors