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  • Hi,

    DADE does not support parameter queries like the Delphi TQuery. You will
    need to use the AutoSearch feature to specify search conditions. A dialog
    can then be optionally be shown to the end user and the DADE SQL is
  • Hello,

    ReportBuilder uses the same Windows API commands to talk to every printer
    driver it tries to print to therefor having no real contact with the actual
    printer driver that you are using. If you are able to print to diffe…
  • Hi Shane,

    If you set the Group.ResetPageNo to True, you can then use the Report.PageNo
    property to find the page number relative to the last group break. Then
    inside the GroupHeaderBand.BeforePrint, you can check this value a…
  • Hi David,

    During the first pass, ReportBuilder only calculates the pagination, object
    placement, and variable calcs. None of the drawcommands are actually
    created at this time so there is no report to view until the second pa…
  • Hi David,

    I'm a bit unclear about when you would like to browse your report. If you
    would like to browse it while it is printing, you can use the
    Report.BackgroundPrintSettings to generate and print the report in the
    ba…
  • Hi Filip,

    Sorry, we do not have any example code of this, however you can completely
    replace the TppTextSearchPreview class much like replacing the preview
    dialog or print dialog in ReportBuilder and add in your own buttons an…
  • Hi Filip,

    I'm still a bit unclear about what you are trying to accomplish. How does
    the AutoSearchDialog fit into what you are trying to do? It is possible to
    create a custom textsearchdialog by creating a descendent to the …
  • Hi Filip,

    Take a look at the following example. It shows how to add text search to a
    custom preview.

    http://www.digital-metaphors…
  • Hi Achim,

    Not all printers support generating multiple copies so by default,
    ReportBuilder handles this process. If you would like to give your printer
    driver control of printing copies of a report, you can set DelegateCopies…
  • Hi Wayne,

    The PageBreak component works according to the z-order of the components in
    the band it is placed. You can use the "Send to Back" and "Bring to Front"
    commands from each component's popup menu to adjust the z-order …
  • Hi Uwe,

    1. At the end of each page (perhaps in the OnEndPage event) try storing the
    total page value in a separate private field. Then in the next page, set
    the carried over amount equal to that saved value. This way you ca…
  • Hi,

    You will need to create a custom preview to add this functionality. See the
    following articles for more information.

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    Tech Tip: Replacing Built-in Dial…
  • Hi Wayne,

    You can toggle the visibility of the GroupHeader using the
    TppGroupHeaderBand.Visible property. Perhaps you can use the
    TppGroupFooterBand.AfterPrint event to toggle this property?

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    Regards,
  • Hi Tom,

    I would recommend creating a small template contianing all the static header
    information then loading it into a dynamically created subreport on each one
    of your existing templates when they are viewed. You will need …
  • Hi John,

    Sorry for the inconvience, we have not experienced this behavior with our
    installations of RB 9.02. Take a look at the following article and see if
    it can help restore your Help 2 system.

    ARTICLE: ReportBu…
  • Hi,

    I believe this issue was fixed for RB 9.02. Please upgrade to the latest
    version of ReportBuilder and re-test your application.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in WebTier MailMerge and text rotation problem Comment by nicocizik May 2005
  • Hello,

    The reason you are not seeing the label is either that its bounds are off
    the page or your NoDataBehaviors are set to blank page. I would suggest
    spending some time reading the ReportBuilder Developer's guide and going…
  • Hi Goran,

    There is a patch avaiable that fixes the image problem when exporting to PDF
    in RB 9.02. Please send a small e-mail to support@digital-metaphors.com
    requesting this patch and we'll send it out to you asap.

  • Hi Steffen,

    This is a little bit tricky. Each type of file (.rtm, .dtm, .ctm) contians
    its own template object. You can get access to the dade and rap templates
    using the DataModule and CodeModule objects. Get access to tho…
  • Hi Kevin,

    Thanks for the info. We will look into updating this for a later release.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digit…
  • Hi Carlson,

    Which database are you connecting to? Some databases do not support this
    type of operation.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in True Left Outer Join on DADE Comment by nicocizik May 2005
  • Hi Carlson,

    ReportBuilder 9.02 includes the new SQLBuilder object which makes the tast
    of creating and altering the SQL object in DADE much easier at runtime in
    code. Take a look at the TdaSQLBuilder topic in the ReportBuilde…
  • Hi Janex,


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    Tech Tip: Detecting whether Report was
    Printed to the Printer
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    The Report.AfterPrint event can be u…
  • Hi Matt,

    I apoligise for the mistake, this must be a different issue however we have
    not had any reports of this behavior nor am I able to recreate it myself
    with RB 9.02. If you trace into the OnCalc event, is the code even …
  • Hi Matt,

    There is a patch available that should solve this issue. Please send a
    small email requesting this patch to support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll
    send it to you as soon as possible.

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    Regards,
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    Article: End-User Tech Support
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    Please understand that Digital Metaphors can only provide tech support to
    the Delphi developers that purcha…
  • Hi Fabio,

    Are you a developer who has purchased ReportBuilder or are you using an
    application that has ReportBuilder built into it?

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Report Performance Comment by nicocizik May 2005
  • Hi Vincent,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you currently using? There was a
    limitation in versions of RB earlier than 9.0 with calculating a page total
    inside the page footer with a dynamic detail band. This limitation w…
  • Hi Peter,

    Thanks for the suggestions. The ability to copy report components from one
    report object to another seems to be working fine in my testing. Which
    version of Delphi are you using?

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    Regards,
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  • Hi Ronald,

    There is no built in feature to "only" print the footer band on the last
    page. Instead of using the header and footer bands, try using the title and
    summary bands. The title band will only print at the top of the …