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Hi Maximum,
Next test
Use Delphi 5 to save the report to file. Save to file as binary and … -
Hi Maximum,
Try a test in Delphi 5 and Delphi 10.3. Connect a DBMemo to the rbItem table. Does the Template field contain text or binary. (RB can store templates as binary or text).
SQL Server docs specify NText is Unicode Str… -
Hi Maxim,
What data access components are you using - BDE, ADO, other?
What database engine?
What is the rbItem template field data type as defined in the database table?
For the TDataSet descendant ac… -
Hi Gilles,
There is a patch available for RB 20.04 which resolves an issue with toolbar/menus being double-scaled in some cases. This is perhaps what is happening in the first case above. It looks like in the screen shot either the button… -
Hi Dirk,
Check Report.PrinterSetup.Duplex is dpDefault. This should use the printer's default setting as defined in the Windows printer panel. If you're loading report templates, set this property in Report.Template.OnLoadEnd.
Hi Emile,
I emailed you a patch for RB 20.04 that resolves the issue. (It was previously reported by another RB developer).
Hi Erik,
I sent you an email with a couple of test to try.
Hi Luis,
To implement that SQL in the query designer
- Table page - choose customers table
- Fields page - choose ID, Name
- Search page - choose ID, operator: Not In List, Value: (Select CustomID from Sales)
Hi Tom,
I sent you simple example that shows how to
- create a custom ImagePopupMenu menu descendant that hides the Picture item
- hide Picture property from the object inspector
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for providing the example. I researched it and created a patch for RB 20.03 that improves the font scaling so the text does not exceed the bounds width. I emailed the patch to you.
RB developers with an act…Hi Yusuf,
Please provide steps to reproduce/test this behavior. I tried setting to 125% and calling Report.Print, but the preview form shoes correctly.
Hi Fabio,
Create a TStringList and call Report.GetSubReports(aReportList: TStrings). The caption is the string and the TppChildReport is the aReportList.Objects[ ] property. This method returns all nested ChildReports.
Hi Fabio,
- RB supports two types of linking, here's a link to an rbWiki article with details. For DataPipeline linking the detail data must be ordered by the linking field(s)
in add pipeline at runtime Comment by nardmoseley September 2020Hi Fabio,
- The Report and DataPipelines should have the same Owner. The Owner is typically a Form or DataModule.
example: myDBPipeline := TppDBPipeline.Create(myReport.Owner)
- Create the DataPipelines first, then …Hi Utzel,
I just emailed RB 20.03 info.
We sent email notification upon release, please configure email to accept digital-metaphors.com as a safe sender and check the spam/junk folder.
Hi Jim,
1. Use the Delphi Search | Find in Files dialog to search for 'ppRegisterDevice' against the RBuilder\Source directory. This will will find all units/occurrences.
2. It appears you have an old 3rd party library somewhe…Hi Marcio,
It appears GMail has a bug in the latest version. All other PDF readers work. We have researched and were able to create a patch for RB 20.03 that resolves the issue. Registered RB 20 users with a valid software subscription c…Hi Vaughn,
I recommend upgrading to RB 20.03.
Starting with Windows Server 2016, MS broke some API compatibility for getting the default printer. This is likely the issue you are encountering. RB 20.03 does not have this iss…Hi Arnaud,
XlsxData/XlsData by default export only detail band elements. You can use Report.XlsSettings.DefaultBands to specify which band types to includes in the export. If you are loading report templates, you can use Report.Template.…Hi Dusten,
For the test app, try adding
ppReport.PreviewFormSettings.SinglePageOnly := True;
ppReport.Print;
Does that resolve the issue?
Hi Emile,
The most likely cause of the issue is the Windows machine has some virus software that is locking the files. The virus software needs to be configured to allow local app data files.
You can set Report.PreviewFormSett…Hi Frank,
I'm testing with Delphi 10.4 and RB 20.03 and the preview toolbar is scaling correctly.
Hi Carsten,
i looked over the latest Delphi feature matrix, the XML to/from DataSet features require Delphi Enterprise.
I found another Stack Overflow example that uses XML Parser to parse the XML, define ClientDataSet fields,…Hi Carsten,
One solution is to use Delphi's XMLMapper to create an XML transformation file. Then connect a ClientDataSet to an XMLTransformProvider component that uses the Xml transformation file to map the XML data to the ClientDataSet. …Hi Tom,
This is still on the 'To Do' list.
I don't think removing the positioning will help - I'm guessing the results will be random.Hi Ajay,
We only have resources to provide tech support to Delphi developers with an active RB license. Your license has expired. I recommend purchasing an upgrade and going forward participating in the RB subscription.
Hi Oliver,
We only have resources to provide tech support to Delphi developers with an active RB license. I cannot verify your name and email.
If you have an active license, please send details to support@
Company<…Hi David,
I created a simple test and the email address was exported as the first column.
Try checking the File | PrintToFile Setup dialog. This dialog can be used to specify which elements should be exported and in what order…Hi Mark,
This is not a known issue.
I'm using Delphi 10.4 and RB 20.03 daily and have not encountered this, and we've had no reports from other RB developers..
As a test, try running of the RB demos installed to Pu…Hi Daniel,
There is no issue - the data connection parameters are not stored as part of the report definitions.
I recommend downloading the RB Enterprise trial and check out the demos installed to Public\Documents\RBuilder\Del…