new features request?

rbuser · June 2001

I want to know if there is any chance to have the following new features:

1. search on the preview screen:
I had seen such function in some VB apps. There is a edit box like area,
type a text and press a search button, then the preview screen will go to
the target area. Very powerful.

2. onclick event on the preview screen:
When I saw a detail line on the preview screen, then click a button, so
display the transaction entry screen (or call some program to do
something).

Any comment?

Benson.
Delphi5, win98.

rbuser · June 2001

Preview the report using Acrobat Reader, then you use the Find option in
Acrobat. TExtraDevices is a 3rd party product for RB (waler.com), that will
save the report as PDF, XLS, RTF, HTML, TXT. I save the report as a PDF,
then I ShellExecute AcroRd32.exe. My file format for saving the report is
REPORTNAME_USER_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.PDF. This is a unique file that can be used
later if needed.

The users like previewing in PDF, and I think it adds an extra element of
'pizzaz' in your application.

My only request in TExtraDevices is the capability to create bookmarks in
the PDF. Bookmarks could be group breaks.

HTH,
Patrick

digitalmetaphors · June 2001

There is the OnDrawCommandClick event. The demo below shows a basic
interactive preview.

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

There is an autosearch capability in the previewer. It will generate a
report only for the criteria that is desired. However, there isn't a text
search in the preview at this time. Essentitally, it would involve
generating all of the pages in the report, and then loop through all of the
page object's draw text commands. A search on a previewed report has been
on the todo list, but we can't provide any timeframe in which it will be in
the product.

Thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

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