nardmoseley
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- try a creating simple test project with a query dataset on a form (i.e. a
test with just a dataset and no RB). Place the long running SQL statement in
the query dataset. Put a button on the form and in the button OnClick call
- ok thanks for the feedback
- note that when you zoom in on preview or print the report, the text is
indented a bit from the border edge, but I do understand that you might want
to specify it
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Nard Mo…
- Simplest way to set the BorderPositions is via the FormatToolbar's Border
toolbutton which displays an easy to use palette. Setting the border
positions from the palette results in all selected components being updated.
You can try RB 7.04, but I checked the release notes and it only mentions
improvements for linking on null values and lnking LargeInt fied type. (If
you are using RB 7.x, I do recommend updating to RB 7.04 as it contained an
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- use the Query Designer to order the query by property id
- for the report layout, add a group and place the property information in
the group header
- place the image information in the detail band
The other option…
The report explorer should be doing what you describe automatically. It
should not display the designer if the template does not load successfully.
I researched this further and the TppReportExplorer.LoadReport method has a
t…
Try using the Report.Template.OnLoadEnd event. You could inspect the
template and try to fix anything that you can detect is wrong or raise an
exception.
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Nard Moseley
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You can replace the existing report explorer form, by creating a custom
report explorer form descendant class and registering it with ReportBuilder.
The report explorer has a treeview and listview that are used to display the
A couple of options:
- Set TppDesigner.AllowSaveToFile to true, then run the Report Explorer
application. Access the Report Designer and use the File | Load From File
option to load the file. Then you can save it to data…
This is a Delphi language behavior, the = operator performs a case sensitive
comparision of two strings.
Try this example in a button OnClick event...
if ('Invnumb' = 'INVNUMB') then
ShowMessage('Using the =…
- I will add this to the list of requested features
- An alternative is to load the report and use File |…
- check out the thread in general 'Change Location of RBuilder.ini without
Designer' posted 7/29/2006.
- update to RB 10.04 (if you did not receive notification about RB 10.04,
send your serial number and registeration i…
I do not understand. Please create a simple example and send to
support@digital-metaphors.com in zip format. Include a description of what
result you are trying to achieve and the issue with the layout. We can look
at it here…
- Select the Shape and then use the Draw toolbar to set the FillColor to 'No
Fill'
- Send to Back can also be used to layer objects (i.e. z-order)
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Nard Moseley
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Here are a couple of examples that use the TdaSQLBuilder class introduced in
RB 9...
www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/ApplyAutoSearchValue2ndQuery.zip
Same example as above, but implemented in RAP code
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- RBuilder\Demos\EndUser\ReportExplorer shows an example of a basic end-user
application. The report explorer interface provides for the interface to
manage and organize reports stored to a database. The Data workspace enables
Thanks for the feedback. I will put this on the request list..
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Nard Moseley
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Check out RBuilder\Demos\AutoSearch\Build Description of AutoSearch Settings
The example shows Delphi code, but similar code will work in RAP.
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Nard Moseley
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Excellent
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- I researched this, the syntax you are using is databasename..tablename,
which is an abbreviation for databasename.owner.tablename in which the owner
is dbo (the default owner).
- The RB Query Tools and daQueryDataView,…
Do you have one ADOConnection that your application is using? Or do you have
three?
I think that perhaps you are trying to so something that RB was not designed
to do. ReportBuilder is designed to be used with a single d…
I misunderstood your original question.
Try using the DataDictionary with UseTableOwner set to true. Then the SQL
query that is generated will include owner.tablename type of syntax for the
different schemas.
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- Internally RB calls ADOConnection.GetTableNames to build the list of
available table names. You can modify the DADE plug-in for ADO, it is
contained in daADO.pas, check out the method TdaADOSession.GetTableNames.
- You…
Check out the RBuilder\Demos\AutoSearch\Custom AutoSearch dialog. This
example shows how to create custom autosearch panel classes. The approach
would be to create custom autosearch panel classes for specific autosearch
field…
- please do not post attachments to the newsgroups. Attachments can be sent
to support@digital-metaphors.com
- I cannot emphasize this enough - please read it again. "If you modify the
source code, restrict the modifcati…
- If it were me, I would use the newer SQL2 syntax
- If you modify the source code, restrict the modifcations to the
implementation section of daSQL. You should not need to modify anything
else.
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- Try configuring the Designer.DataSettings.SQLType to use the SQL2 syntax
instead. According to this information I found, Oracle 9i supports this
newer ANSI standard syntax
in [RAP] - Recompiler Comment by nardmoseley September 2006
Not much info to go on here...
- Is this a behavior that you create in your testing? If the user is at
another site, have them export the report definition to an .rtm file and
email it to you.
- Does it happen…
- one option is to use the Report.Template.OnLoadEvent and
Report.Template.OnNew events to configure the default properties for the
report
- the other option is to load the report definition, use the Designer object
There are two approaches.
1. Configure the CalcOrder for the Variables.
Position the mouse over the band and press the right mouse button to display
the context menu, then select Calc Order... to display the Calc Or…