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  • Hi Alex,

    I have never seen this behavior before. If possible, please send a small
    example demonstrating this behavior in .zip format to
    support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look at it for you.

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    Reg…
  • Hi Alex,

    If you simply remove the Page Style, does the extra page go away? How large
    is the Page Style band that you are using? Note that if the PageStyle is
    larger than the actual subreport itself, the subreport will stretc…
  • Hi Gerhard,

    Yes, thanks for bringing this to our attention. It appears we removed it
    from the popup menu but not from the Object Inspector at design time. This
    will be fixed for the next release.

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    Regards,…
  • Hi Gerhard,

    Thanks for the feedback. Currently the TppDBImage component does not
    contain an autosize feature. This is on our todo list for the next release.
    As a workaround you could load your images manually into a TppImage…
  • Hi Donato,

    ReportBuilder uses the StrToDateTime to convert the user input into a
    TDateTime. The StrToDateTime converts the string based on the local
    settings of the computer you are using. If you would like to customize
  • Hi Filip,

    ReportBuilder uses the FormatFloat procedure to format these type of
    numerical values. If you would like to have your thousands separator be a
    '.', you will need to define the Delphi global variable ThousandSeparato…
  • Hi,

    ReportBuilder gets the available fonts from a list of installed fonts in
    Windows. You will need to install these fonts into Windows for
    ReportBuilder to pick them up and be able to use them.

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    Regards,
  • Hi Stefan,

    At design time, when you preview the report, if you load up the AutoSearch
    dialog and right click over the tabs, you are given the ability to move them
    to the specific order you would like to see in you application.…
  • Hi Shura,

    There is no built-in way to print two report to a single PCL file, however
    it is possible to merge two reports either using section style subreports or
    using the Archive Merge Utility available to download from our w…
  • Hi Shura,

    I've spent a little bit of time with this one. One way you could get this
    effect would be to place two Section style subreports inside the detail band
    of your main report (this would be the only band in your main re…
  • Hi Shura,

    First try making your first subreport a Section style subreport. This will
    cause the subreport to always break a page after it has printed. If this
    does not give you the effect you are after, try using the
    Ti…
  • Hi Roberto,

    I'm a bit unclear about what is happening. Is ReportBuilder printing
    multiple copies of your report automatically, or would you just like the
    spooler file to be smaller?

    Copies can be handled in two way…
  • Hi Gaetano,

    Depending on which version of Delphi you are using, I believe the latest
    version of TeeChart that was supported by RB 6.03 was TeeChart 5.02a for
    Delphi 5. If you navigate to the section in the ReportBuilder help …
  • Hi Gaetano,

    The only version of ReportBuilder that officially supports TeeChart 7 is RB
    7.04. If you would like to use TeeChart 7, I recomend upgrading to RB 7.04
    as well. You may try recompiling the RB/TeeChart packages wit…
  • Hi Ryan,

    Depending on how large you would like the region to be if there is no data
    inside the memo, you can place an invisible shape (i.e. white pen, white
    brush) inside the region so that when the memo contains no data, the …
  • Hi Filip,

    The TppVariable component will cache it's current value across page breaks
    so this should work for your needs. One thing to keep in mind is that there
    is a limitation with respect to calculating a total iniside the …
  • Hi Filip,

    Of course the easiest (fastest/most robust) way to get a report like this
    working properly is to do all the calculations and data processing for the
    temp table before the report is even run. Then you would have two …
  • Hi Steffen,

    Unfortunately a dynamic height detail band is not supported when using left
    to right columns in ReportBuilder. When using left to right columns, all
    detail bands need to be the same height across the page. If you…
  • Hi Regine,

    By "Blank Line" do you mean a blank space below each dbText component? If
    so, you can try placing a TppRegion or TppShape below the dbtext component
    inside the detail band. This will give the effect of a blank lin…
  • Hi Norma,

    When you load Delphi 5 in the new user profile, are the ReportBuilder
    packages installed into the IDE? Or are they even present to install? In a
    new user profile, the default Delphi settings might exclude the
  • Hi John,

    In my testing, setting this property to false does not show the "Accessing
    Data" dialog. If you are loading from template, you need to be sure you
    save the template down with this property set to False in order to ge…
  • Hi John,

    Setting the Report.ShowCancelDialog to False should remove this dialog for
    you.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http:/…
  • Hi Steve,

    There are a couple ways to add charts to your reports created in
    ReportBuilder.

    1. ReportBuilder 7.04 is fully compatable with TeeChart 5, 6 and 7 (from
    Steema). in Charts into reports Comment by nicocizik October 2004
  • Hi Ismet,

    What specific report objects are you trying to print? I downloaded Adobe
    Reader 6 and was able to open a PDF file created with Pragnaan PDF export
    device successfully.

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    Regards,

    Nico Ci…
  • Hi Alessandro,

    It is usually not a good idea to place a DBPipeline inside a form ancestor.
    This is because the DBPipeline contains the AutoCreateFields property which
    will not sync when using the descendent. You might try set…
  • Hi Alessandro,

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder. See the article below on
    cleaning a corrupt installation of ReportBuilder so you can be sure no old
    RB file are being used. I would also recommend upgrading to RB …
  • Hi,

    There was an issue in RB 6.03 where the "Canvas does not allow drawing"
    exception was raised when an application did not have security access to
    print. The issue was resolved for ReportBuilder 7. Unfortunately we cannot …
  • Hi,

    It looks like you need to assign the FSession.DataOwner property to "Self".
    This may fix the issue. Below is an example that may help...

  • Hi Ali,

    You need to add raIDE to your uses clause. See the article below on the
    registration of RB components.

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    Article: Controlling the End-User Environme…
  • Hi Paul,

    When developing ReportBuilder we decided to include the image capabilities
    with the Report Designer at Delphi Design time automatically without the
    need to register a separate package. If you are building with packag…