nardmoseley
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- for RB 10.05, we updated TppDuplexType enum to be dpNone, dpVertical,
dpHorizontal because the ordinal values need to translate to the Windows
DevMode dmDuplex value.
- I did some research and looks like the PageSetupD… -
I did not see this post before. In my newsreader it shows up on an old
thread from 2004.
Please update to RB 10.05 - it contains the correct DuplexType declaration
and other bug fixes reported by customers. If you did no… -
This same question was sent to support@, please send questions to only a
single destination.
Try using the TppDataDictionary component and set
DataDictionary.UseTableOwner to True.
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Use TdaSQLBuilder to manipulate the TdaSQL associated with a
QueryDataView/DataPipeline
TdaSQLBuilder is documented in the RBuilder.hlp. Access the help topic for
TdaSQLBuilder and then naviate to the related subtopics which i… -
- in the OnCreate event of the form, add some code to save the report
definition to a memory stream.
example:
FReportStream := TMemroyStream.Create;
myReport.Template.SaveToStream(FReportStream);
Are you using the latest release, ReportBuilder 10.05? (Check the Help |
About box of the report designer to determine the version number). If not
download a trial version and perform the same test.
We have customers usi…
Yes, there will be a new dtElevateDB database type.
The DADE plug-in for ElevateDB can be downloaded from
http://www.digital-metaphors.c…
Yes, we will have an RB 10.x release for D2007 available soon. We will post
an announcement here and all registered RB 10 developers will be notified
via email.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
The Calc expression you enter is dependant upon what expressions are
supported by the database product you are using.
In the prior thread you mentioned you are using Advantage. The RB DADE
plug-in for Advantage internall…
- to analyze performance I recommend using a profiler, such as AQTime
- for the first report that is generated in the application, ReportBuilder
will query the printer driver to determine the printer capabilities:
resolu…
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Tech Tip: Printing Copies
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By default ReportBuilder processes requests to print copies …
Try...
uses
ppPrintr;
myReport.PrinterSetup.DelegateCopies := True; //delegate copy generation to
the printer
myReport.Print;
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.…You can use the report designer to create an empty report and then save the
empty report to the database. (An "empty report" will be a report with at
least a detail band. It will contain all of the published properties of a
TppRepo…
Are you using the report explorer elsewhere in the application? Below are
two tech tips. The first discusses using the report explorer database tables
(rbFolder, rbItems). The second discusses defining a simple database that
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- The main project that you build into the .exe needs to have the 'build
with runtime packages' option turned on. In the packages list, you need to
include the list of RB run-time packages.
- Each of your packages, needs…
The object inspector categories can be configured easily, here is an example
of removing the Name property from the Ignore category and adding it to the
Identity category.
uses
ppInspector;
proced…
By design, at run-time the user can only change the UserName property.
Throughout the report designer the UserName is displayed, rather than the
name. Run-time code, RAP, uses the UserName to refere to objects instead of
the …
- one option would to be to look for a driver that supports the timeout
feature that you were using before. You do not specify what database product
you are using. ((The ADO components support TimeOut I'm do not know why the
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Please download again.
I just put a new build of the RB Server Trial for D2006 on our web site -
the new build should work properly.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphor…We sent out an email blast last night.
RB 10 registered users that did not receive notification can send an email
to info@digital-metaphors.com and request it. Please include your serial
number and registration info.
Internally ReportBuilder calls Delphi's FormatDateTime function to format
TDateTime data. See the Delphi online help for the FormatDateTime for
details.
I do not think there is a display format that will convert the days…
Unicode support is something that we would like to add to a future release.
We are researching what is required to add it.
We had hoped that by now, the VCL would be Unicode based, but that has not
happened. Though Codege…
As noted in the post by Cary Moore, for RB 10 the constants such as
cLineThickness were moved to ppToolResources.
As noted in the RB 10.06 release notes, we removed some units that were no
longer used - this should have …
My guess is that the ppDummyVar.DataType is set to dtString. Try modifying
the DataType to be a numeric type such as dtInteger, dtDouble and then
re-test.
When set to dtString, the Variable.OnCalc will fire more frequent…- SysUtils.LoadPackage calls SysUtils.InitializePackage, your code should
never call it.
- I have never seen a case in which unit Initializations did not fire,
unless an exception occurs in a prior Initialization section, in w…Please post using your full name and not Pucko.
Thanks in advance.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
Correct. For the applications that you build, you can use the
Designer.IniStorageType and IniStorageName to control how and where ini
settings are stored.
At Delphi design-time, its a different story. The default of RBuilder.i…Did not know that.
Thanks for the tip!
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
It is my understanding that Unicode is not required to display a language
properly. Any language can be displayed properly by configuring the Windows
regional settings. However, if an application needs to display multiple
languages…
- One option is to use RB Server Edition which includes ClientReport and
ClientReport Explorer components that can be used to build a Windows
thin-client app that can preview and print reports that are generated on the
server…