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  • Hi Cary,

    At the time of our release of RB 9, I do not believe TeeChart 7 for Delphi
    2005 was available yet. I will contact Steema and obtain a copy and should
    have the propert .dcu files available for you sometime early next …
  • Hi Steve,

    The PrinterName property is very "picky" and the printer name must be exact
    for it to work successfully. Try using the Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterNames
    property to define the exact printer name.


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  • Hi Kei,

    If you would like this signiture toward the very bottom of your report, I
    would recomment using the summary band, then adjusting the print position of
    that band so it always prints at the bottom of the last page. If y…
  • Hi Scott,

    I tested form inheritance with RB 9 and was unable to recreate the issue you
    are experiencing. I posted the example I created below. Perhaps you can
    alter it so I can see the errors.

    in Problems new RB9 Comment by nicocizik November 2004
  • Hi Scott,

    Which version of ReportBuilder did you upgrade from? Do you receive this
    error even when creating a new report from scratch?

    I do not believe that Waler has released an official version of
    TExtraDevices f…
  • Hi,

    ReportBuilder does not have a built-in set of available fonts. It gets the
    font list from the Windows API so if you install a valid font into your
    Windows Fonts, it should appear available in ReportBuilder.

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  • Hi Marco,

    We have not had any issues with the current versions of RB and Windows XP
    SP2.

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    Regards,

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

    If you purchase ReportBuilder 9, the best we can offer you for Delphi 5 is
    RB 7.04. Please contact sales@digital-metaphors.com for more information.

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  • Hi Ronny,

    Thanks for the feedback.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

  • Hi Ronny,

    Unfortunately there is no way to define a minimum size of a stretchable
    memo, however many of our customers have used the following technique
    successfully.

    Try placing the memo inside a Stretch enabled Tpp…
  • Hi David,

    You need to set the DataType property of the TppVariable to the type of data
    you are trying to set it as. Are you certain CUSTOMER.DISCOUNT is a string
    type? You also may need to convert this value to a string.
  • Hi Dmitry,

    The DonePrinting property is primarily used internally to let the report
    component know when it needs to cancel the print job. Try using the
    Report.Cancel routine instead and see if that works better for you.
  • Hi Heraldo,

    This is not a bug, simply the way the engine was designed to work :). The
    OnStartPage event fir…
  • Hi Steve,

    I'm sorry, I missed the bottom part of your first post. Yes, if you have
    the RangeBegin and RangeEnd properties set to the same setting (i.e.
    CurrentRecord), only one record should be traversed. I'm a bit unclear <…
  • Hi Steve,

    ReportBuilder will always start from the first record in your dataset when
    you try to print. The only way to control this is to change the SQL or use
    the AutoSearch feature. See the demos located in the \RBuilder\4…
  • Hi David,

    This is a limitation of the DBText component. If you want to use the field
    alias, you will need to manually access the field in the datapipeline and
    insert the record value into a regular text object such as a TppLa…
  • Hi Mike,

    Setting the AllowPrintToFile property (or any other property) will not
    affect the reports you view in the end user demo because they are stored as
    templates on the paradox database. Each template already has its prop…
  • Hi Mike,

    Which Delphi version of ReportBuilder are you using (i.e. RB9 for Delphi 6,
    7, or 2005)? I believe some of the documentation may have been left out for
    some of the versions.

    How is the AllowPrintToFile pro…
  • Hi Mike,

    The ReportBuilder Developer's Guide is meant to give a beginner an idea of
    what ReportBuilder is capable of and familiarize him or her with the main
    features. All the new features included with ReportBuilder 9 have b…
  • Hi Shloma,

    Allowing the developer to "lock" the designer has been on our wish list for
    some time now, but unfortunately it did not make the cut this time. Thanks
    for your feedback.

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    Regards,

    Nico…
  • Hi Shloma,

    Unfortunately, no such event was added for the latest release of
    ReportBuilder.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http…
  • Hi Sean,

    You can alter the display format of a DBText using the DisplayFormat
    property. If this does not give you the correct output, you will need to
    manually alter the appearance of the text inside the Band.BeforePrint even…
  • Please do not cross post.

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder 9. Are you certain you have
    the TppDesigner.Report property assigned to a valid report object? If
    possible, please send a minimal example in .zip format …
  • Hi Austin,

    Using ReportBuilder 9, and the PDF device you will be able to export your
    report directly to PDF and open the generated file in Acrobat all in one
    simple button click.

    Here are the steps you would need to…
  • Hi Austin,

    Unfortunately there is no built in way to "scale" a report before it is
    printed. As I mentioned in our earlier conversation, report anchors should
    make this process much easier. However, there may be some special …
  • Hi Jack,

    Unfortunately, this behavior is not possible using the cross tab component.
    You might try taking a look at Grid Pack for ReportBuilder. I understand it
    contains a very sophisticated crosstab component.
  • Hi Scott,


    Yes, it should be, but unfortunately this is not the case. To give you an
    idea, the Digital Metaphors team spent over 9 months trying to port our
    existing code over to VCL.NET. This was very frustrating due t…
  • Hi Richard,

    The short answer is no. Below is part of an article giving more information
    on this decision.

    A ReportBuilder for VCL.NET product has been shelved, just prior to
    completion. There are no plans to releas…
  • Hi Philo,

    You can install one version of ReportBuilder per version of Delphi you have
    installed on your computer. There should be no problems running RB 7.04 on
    Delphi 7 and RB 9 on Delphi 2005 simultaneously on the same mach…
  • Hi Andre,

    Thanks for your feedback. In the future if we find there is a significant
    demand for EAN128, we will definitely consider adding support for it. As
    for now, below is an article that may help you work around this lim…