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  • Hi Rudi,

    You now need to register RAP and DADE with ReportBuilder in order to use
    them in the end-user designer. To register RAP (Calc tab) simply add
    "raIDE" to your uses clause. To register DADE (Data tab) add "daIDE". Se…
  • Hi Austin,

    Unfortunately ReportBuilder 9.01 does not currently support Delphi 2005
    Update 1. There are some known issues that we are working on having to do
    with the DBRichText component and the Undo feature and Update 1. Th…
  • Hi George,

    Once you find the correct text, you will need to use the built in RichText
    properties SelText, SelStart, SelLength, and SelAttributes in order to
    manipulate a string within a RichText component. See the ReportBuild…
  • Hi Biju,

    This is a restriction of the demo version of ReportBuilder. Other
    restrictions include a "nag" screen when you load the designer and a
    watermark at the top of each page you generate. If you would like to remove
  • Hi Manual,

    Sorry about the delay, somehow my newsreader lost your reply.

    If I understand correctly you would like each subreport to break to the next
    page every time the groups inside of them break, yet still print the fi…
  • Hi Manual,

    1. Be sure there is enough space on your page to fit both fixed style
    subreports. Remember that a fixed style subreport will display the exact
    size the component apears in the designer.

    2. Be sure the …
  • Hi David,

    There is a patch available for this issue. Please send an email to
    support@digital-metaphors.com requesting this patch and we'll send it right
    out to you.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digi…
  • Hi Paul,

    The latest version of ReportBuilder that is compatable with Delphi 5 is
    ReportBuilder 7.04. All registered RB 9 users are welcome to use this
    version of ReportBuilder however we will no longer update/repair issues
  • Hi Andrew,

    You can use the Report.GroupCount to determine how many groups are in the
    report. If you want count how many times a single group breaks, you could
    place a TppVariable inside the summary band that calculates on gro…
  • Hi Fellipe,

    Please send a simple example of this in .zip format to
    support@digital-metaphors.com (including your database file) and I'll take a
    look at it for you.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digita…
  • Hi Fillipe,

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder. TQuerys should work the exact
    same as TTables.

    As a test, try creating a simple application consisting of a TQuery
    connected to the DBDEMOS database, a TDat…
  • Hi Fillipe,

    ReportBuilder treats Tables and Queries identically. It simply uses the
    DataPipeline to traverse a TDataSet descendent and displays that data on
    your report. Are you certain your query object returns any data? T…
  • Hi Arjen,

    You can set the Report.PageLimit property to the amount of pages you would
    like to print. Note: Setting this property to 0 prints all pages.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
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  • Hi Cobus,

    There is no scaling done when printing a report to a printer. The
    measurements you define are taken literally and transferred to the printer
    driver.

    When ReportBuilder begins generating a report it create…
  • Hi Chris,

    ReportBuilder uses the printer driver when outputing to screen and printer.
    Occationally there can be a small difference between the output of the
    screen and the printer due to the difference between screen pixels an…
  • Hi Chris,

    1. Try setting the Report.CachePages property to True and see if that
    helps.

    2. Most times when the printed output is not the same as the preview
    output, there is some event code somewhere that is being …
  • Hi Snoopy,

    Check out the following example of using the ObjectBinaryToText to convert a
    binary .rtm to text. It may help you convert your files.

  • Hi FM,

    No, you do not need Enterprise to use paramters but this is the most logical
    use of them inside a report.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in passing parameters Comment by nicocizik January 2005
  • Hi F.M.

    Parameters are generally used to get values into RAP from your Delphi app.
    Once you set the parameters in Delphi, you can access them in RAP using the
    Report.Parameters[] property... Something like the following...
  • Hi David,

    Using the AutoSearch feature in ReportBuilder is the exact same as changing
    the Where clause in the sql. In fact, this is how AutoSearch works. See
    the AutoSearch demo located in the \RBuilder\Demos\5. AutoSearch\3…
  • Hi Marc,

    There is no built-in way to merge one template into another. One method you
    might try is to create your "new" template completely in code dynamically on
    your machine. Then, using this code, you could create a simple…
  • Hi Mojoala,

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder. I'm going to need to know a
    little more information about your application's goals, data, RB version,
    Delphi version, and report design to successfully help you with t…
  • Hi Mojoala,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? ReportBuilder 9.01 inculdes a
    page break component that would allow you to break a page before the summary
    band prints. You can also try to use on of the methods desc…
  • Hi Lianfeng,

    There is a patch available for this bug. Please send an e-mail requesting
    this patch to support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll send it right out to
    you.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Di…
  • Hi Steve,

    Though I have never tried it personally, printing rotated text with a dot
    matrix printer could be a little tricky. See the article below for some
    hints on how you might improve your output.

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  • Hi Red,

    You are going to want to check out the AutoSearch feature of ReportBuilder.
    This will allow you to do precisely what you mentioned below. See the
    autosearch demos located in the \RBuilder\Demos\5. AutoSearch\... direc…
  • Hi Joseph,

    Unfortunately there is no way to continue printing a label horizontally in
    ReportBuilder. I'm unsure how exacty you have your report set up but it
    looks as though you may need to have one card per page to get the e…
  • Hi Charley,

    This is not a known issue. Are you able to recreate this behavior using the
    Advantage Database demo located in the \RBuilder\Demos\4. EndUser
    Databases\Advantage\1. Native\... directory?

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    Regard…
  • Hi Charley,

    Yes, see the instructions on installing and using the Advantage plugin for
    ReportBuilder in the \RBuilder\Demos\4. EndUser Databases\Advantage\1.
    Native\... directory.

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    Regards,

    Nico C…
  • Hi Weverton,

    Try placing a TppRegion inside the Detail band with KeepTogether set to
    True. Then anything you want to keep together in that band will go inside
    the region.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik