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  • Ok, you want them to print all the way down. To get the labels to reprint,
    you could create a group around the main report detail band so that it
    prints once a week. Maybe a master-detail configuration linking on a
    calculated "day o…
  • You can set Subreport.ParentWidth := false. Resize it in the main report so
    that you can place the labels in the main report next to the subreport.

    If this doesn't work out, you can try adding a column and updating the draw
    com…
  • You can set the DetailBand.ColumnTraversal property to ctLeftToRight. There
    is one problem though, the subreport LeftToRight traversal setting in a
    detail subreport is broken but has been fixed for the next release. It
    should work i…
  • BorCon ended about 2.5 weeks ago, so it is still safe to say that the time
    frame for release is still 2-3 months away:)


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
    Digital Metaphors

  • We were successful in showing the server edition in action. We didn't have
    any slides, as we coded the server application, thin client application and
    web application on the fly. It only takes a few lines of code, because you
    just d…
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  • Look in TppCustomPrinter class in ppPrintr.pas. It has some read-only
    properties to see what the dimensions of the paper and printable area is.

    property PrintableHeight: Longint read GetPrintableHeight;
    property Pri…
  • Thanks for pointing this out. I am sorry you are having such difficulty
    with our demos.

    I installed IBO 4.2 into Delphi 6. Copied the latest daIBO.pas (IBO plugin)
    from the IBOPipeline download which is available from IBO's web…
  • A patch is available to fix the problem. Contact
    support@digital-metaphors.com if you would like to receive the patch for
    this issue.


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
    Digital Metaphors

  • Is the text alignment set to left justified? If you shift the headings to
    the left, does the problem go away?

    I just created and printed a report to report text file with different
    columns and different fonts and it works fine:…
  • Please see demo #107 in the main report demo project in your RBuilder
    installation. You need to use a fixed width font just like the dmeo does,
    and space the controls to mapo to the character grid in the text file.

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    Chee…
  • What hardware was this on? Are you using a different printer, printer
    driver? Download the latest printer driver. The disk probably was really
    out of memory. You can try to print the jobs in batches, instead of sending
    them all on…
  • Yes, you have to rebuild the IBO DADE plugin package with the latest
    daIBO.pas from IBO. I can email you the DADE plugin Delphi package with
    daIBO.pas if you don't have it working yet.


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
  • Soon, we should have the Developer's Guide, 3rd Edition, in PDF format which
    you can download from our website.

    We did test our demos before releasing RB 6.03. If the component/product
    changes which these demos rely upon, then…
  • Here are the new demos which should work. Thanks for reporting the issues.

    The updated IBX 6.03 Enduser demo project:
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com…
  • Yes, we have researched going to HTML newsgroup forums so that more
    customers can access the newsgroups, but haven't made any decisions to
    switch yet.

    Our records indicate that you ordered when we were away at BorCon. We first<…
  • Lauchlan,

    I spent a couple of hours today, out of my development time, downloading and
    installing IBX 6.03 and IBO and figuring out why they didn't work with the
    RB 6.03 demos. Now, the demos are working here on my machine and …
  • I just downloaded and installed IBX 6.03. The auto incremented values
    weren't coming back after we posted a new record for the new report
    template. It would come back as NULL when we tried to query it and this
    would blow up in the r…
  • Are you using Teechart? Contact www.Teemach.com for info on building
    charts. We support TeeChart 5.02a and also the default version of Teechart
    which ships with Delphi.


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
    Digital Metapho…
  • 1. You can use the DetailBeforePrint event to check the number of records
    and print a message label if a condition is met. There is also a
    NoDataBehavior property for the entire report.

    2. RB is completely driven by events which…
  • Drop a DBGrid on the form and connect it to the dataset to which the
    ADOQuery is connected. Does the first record show up in the grid?

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    Cheers,

    Alexander Kramnik
    Digital Metaphors

  • I have D5 (UP #1), IBX 5.03, RB 6.03 end user example working with the
    TIBTables, not TIBDatasets. In the meantime you can use the TIBTables.
    What does your SQL look like for the TIBDatasets? The problem is that the
    autoincrement val…
  • There is also property setting change you need to make on the TIBTable
    components. TIBTable.ForcedRefresh should be set to true and it will begin
    working with IBX 6.03.


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
    Digital Metaphor…
  • There is a known issue and a patch is available to address this. Please send
    an email to support@digital-metaphors.com to request it.

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    Cheers,

    Alexander Kramnik
    Digital Metaphors

  • Check into the Pragnaan (www.pragnaan.com) and the Waler (www.waler.com)
    device for PDF output. There are two options for printing multiple report
    into one PDF. The first is to create a single report and insert the multiple
    report int…
  • If the printer driver doesn't support transparency, then you could send the
    output pages to an RB addon image device. They are available from
    www.waler.com or www.pragnaan.com and then send the image to the printer.


    Cheer…
  • It sounds like a printer driver problem, since it works in some and not
    others. Upgrade to the latest printer driver from the manufacturer for the
    problematic pritners.


    Cheers,

    Jim Bennett
    Digital Metaphor…
  • This is happening because the second time the designer runs it doesn't know
    that settings have changed and that it need to reinitialize itself. Add the
    following line to the each of the two methods below before calling ShowModal
    to fo…
  • Try changing the line

    Pct := (Amt / Tot) * 100;

    to

    Pct := (Double(Amt) /(Double( Tot)) * 100.0;

    because it is probably performing integer division.


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    Cheers,

    Alexander Kra…
  • Since the calculation work for most of the record it isn't likely that that
    is where the problem lies. One thing to check would be the DisplayFormat of
    the variable. It is possible that the percentages are coming out small
    enough that…