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  • Hi,

    In order to enable the AutoLink functionality, you need to be sure that you
    are using the Data Dictionary. Check this by selecting File | Data
    Settings... from the Data Tab menu and be sure the Data Dictionary check box <…
  • Hi,

    You are going to want to use a JITPipeline. Using the JITPipeline events
    you have complete control over what type of data is traversed and how.
    Please see demos 136 and 137 located in the RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\...
  • Hi Erwin,

    The catch to setting the Report.CachePages property to True is that every
    page you send to the screen device is cached in memory, taking up more
    resources. For instance, if you have a 200 page report with a 1 mb ima…
  • Hi Alvaro,

    This error could mean a number of things... most likely your application is
    having difficulty finding the printer driver handle or you have a resource
    leak somewhere. I would suggest using a QA tool with your appl…
  • Hi Chris,

    I have received your email and sent you a response.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • Hi Chris,

    Which version of ReportBuilder/Delphi are you using? This is not a known
    issue with ReportBuilder. If possible, please send a small example of this
    behavior that I can run on my machine in .zip format to
    supp…
  • Hi Alan,

    Try setting the Report.NoDataBehaviors to ndBlankReport. By default this
    property is set to ndBlank page which will remove all components from each
    page when no data is encountered. This is a published property and …
  • Hi Gerardo,

    An easy way to change the caption of a value def in the crosstab is to use
    the OnGetCaptionText event. For example, you could do something like the
    following...

    procedure TForm1.ppCrossTab1GetCaptionTex…
  • Hi Gerardo,

    I apologise for not responding to your initial question. As a rule of
    thumb, we try to respond to all questions within 24 hours. We do however
    receive hundreds of e-mails daily (much of it spam) so it is a posibi…
  • Hi Gunter,

    Delphi 5 will not be supported by ReportBuilder 9.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • Hi Bill,

    ReportBuilder 8 would have been ReportBuilder for Delphi VCL .Net (or Delphi
    8). However due to the poor quality of Delphi 8, we made the decision not
    to release it. ReportBuilder 9 is to keep things in a nice seque…
  • Hi Bill,

    ReportBuilder 9 will be the next release available. This release will
    support VCL Win32 for Delphi 2005, Delphi 7, and Delphi 6.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Delphi 2005 with RB 7? Comment by nicocizik November 2004
  • Hi Wim,

    The TeeExport method is available in TeeChart 5 or later and enables the
    export dialog in TeeChart. It is located in the TeExport.pas file. If you
    do not have a copy of TeeChart 5 or later, the ChartExport method mus…
  • Hi Dave,

    Unfortunately, we are not able to provide customers with old patches.
    Regardless, the image patch would not work with RB 6 as it was a patch for
    RB 7.03. When you receive your copy of RB 7.04, you might take a look a…
  • Hi Dave,

    It looks as though upgrading to ReportBuilder 7.04 will solve both of these
    issues. Note that if you upgrade to RB 7.04 now, you will receive a free
    upgrade to ReportBuilder 9 when it is released.

    1. Ther…
  • Hi Nikolai,

    We made the decision to add the designer to the taskbar for RB 7 from the
    many requests of other users. In RB 6, if you minimize the designer window
    with other windows active, it is sometimes difficult to re-locat…
  • Hi Andreas,

    Yes, I believe this will work as well. You could even take it a bit further
    and have your JITPipeline traverse the images in an ImageList and display
    them in the report that way.

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    Regards,
  • Hi Andreas,

    Where are your images stored? If they are stored in file, it would be
    possible to place 20 Section Style Subreports inside the detail band of your
    main report, placing a single image inside each of the subreports.…
  • Hi Steve,

    If you are looking to do the same thing with a multiple line address, check
    out demo 33 located in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory
    (dm0033.pas). This shows how to more or less do the same thing using a…
  • Hi Steve,

    Instead of using three TppDBText components, try using one TppVariable and
    in its OnCalc event, set its value by doing something similar to the
    following...

    var
    lsPrefix: String;
    lsFirstName:…
  • Hi,

    This is not a known issue with RB 6.03. Check your library path to be sure
    you are using the correct dcu files. Also be sure any old versions of
    ReportBuilder are removed from your computer. You may try re-installing
  • Hi Mojoala,

    Please construct a simple example demonstrating this behavior that I can run
    on my machine and send it in .zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com
    and I'll take a look at it for you.

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    Regards…
  • Hi Mojoala,

    I would suggest placing a TppVariable inside your detail band with its
    visibility property set to False and in its OnCalc event, make your
    calculation, updating the value of another visible TppVariable located
  • Hi Mojaola,

    If the question sill pertains to this topic, it would be useful to keep this
    thread going. This however is completely up to you, feel free to start a
    new thread if you like.

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    Regards,

  • Hi Mojoala,

    If you are making calculations inside a report, you need to be sure you are
    using a TppVariable component and performing the calculations inside the
    OnCalc event. See the article below for more information.
    <…
  • Hi Jon,

    I'm unclear about exactly how you are connecting data to your report. There
    are three ways to set up a master/detail relationship in ReportBuilder. See
    the article below for information on the first two. Third, you …
  • Hi Jon,

    Thank you for the explanation.

    Have you considered placing a subreport inside your Group Footer and
    traversing the data again, placing only the memos in the subreports detail
    band? This may make things a bi…
  • Hi Jon,

    1. Is you DBMemo set to stretch? If so, it should overflow correctly to
    the next page. If not, you will need to set the ReprintOnOverflow property
    to True to get this effect.

    2. I'm a bit unclear about w…
  • Hi Jeff,

    The report outline was designed to show only the absolute page numbers when
    previewing a report. This is to make navigation easier to understand when
    looking at a larger report. Thank you for the feedback, I will ma…
  • Hi Alan,

    If the Subreport is the same width of the main report, you can use the Left
    property of the label to line them up. The Left property is available at
    design time in the Delphi Object Inspector or at run time by using …