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  • Hi Tim,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you currently using? To the best of my
    knowledge the WordWrap feature is working properly (i.e. breaking on the
    word). There is also a CharWrap feature that breaks in the middle of …
  • Hi Phil,

    Out of curiosity, what type of printer are they using? I want to be sure
    never to buy it :).
  • Hi Phil,

    Does this occur when printing copies of the same report or when calling
    Report.Print numerous times? Calling ppPrinter.Refresh may help but I do
    not see how the ppPrinter properties are being altered. You might try …
  • Hi Phil,

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder. The fact that all of your
    clients except one including yourself are unable to recreate this issue
    leads me to believe that it has something to do with your client's setup…
  • Hi Steve,

    Yes that is very strange. If you would like, you can send me a copy of the
    pdf file that shows this behavior and I can look at the PDF code for clues
    to what is happening. Just be sure to export to PDF with the
  • Hi Steve,

    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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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metap…
  • Hi David,

    Thanks for the suggestion :).

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors<…
  • Hi Jorge,

    If you need to format .rtf text manually at runtime, you will need to use
    the SelStart, SelLength, SelText, and SelAttributes properties. These
    properties are similar to the properties given to alter the format of <…
  • Hi Steve,

    You need to be sure you are including the proper files with your RB
    application in order to be able to change the default language on the fly.
    Check out the language section of the ReportBuilder Developer's Guide and…
  • Hi,

    This is not currently possible with the ReportBuilder designer. When you
    copy a number of report components then paste them, they are pasted into
    their original band. All the copies however are automatically selected so …
  • Hi Alex,

    It is possible to create a custom Autosearch dialog in which you could add
    you own custom design as well as other features (to hide a subreport
    perhaps) if you like. Take a look at the example located in the
    \R…
  • Hi Chris,

    For future reference, please send all attachments to
    support@digital-metaphors.com.

    You need to add ppJPEG to your uses clause.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi,

    The Epson LX 300 is a dot-matrix printer so it measures its text output in
    character spaces rather than typical pixel measurement units. Take a look
    at the following article on printing to a dot-matrix printer.

  • Hi,

    Unfortunately there is no built-in way to perform this task. Where would
    you like to display these calculations? You may be able to use some of the
    crosstab events such as the OnGetDimentionValue and OnGetTotalValue to <…
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    Tech Tip: UCC/EAN 128 Barcode Generation
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    ReportBuilder's support for the Code 128 barcode symbology can be used to…
  • Hi Jozua,

    Where are you creating and adding the DBMemo to the Report? Are you loading
    the preview window directly (i.e. calling Report.Print) or are you loading
    the end-user designer and moving to the preview tab? What state…
  • Hi Stan,

    In order to change the format of the text inside a RichText component in RB,
    you will need to use the SelText, SelLength, SelStart, and SelAttributes
    properties. These are all documented in the ReportBuilder help fil…
  • Hi Stan,

    Unfortunately this is not currently a feature of the RichText components in
    ReportBuilder. Transparency is also a complex feature that does not work
    correctly for most printer drivers. Some work-arounds you might tr…
  • Hi Gunther,

    See the following articles below on printing to continuous paper and adding
    ESC codes/commands to your print job. ReportBuilder still does not natively
    support the addition of ESC codes to the print job as it uses…
  • Hi Samuel,

    You need to add ppChrtUI to your uses clause.

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    Article: Controlling the End-User Environment
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  • Hello,

    In other words you would like to place certain data having to do with the
    same order on each of the three pages? If this is the case, you can use the
    TppPageBreak object to manually break a page when you need. Placing…
  • Hi Venu,

    I'm a bit confused by your description below. Would you like each order to
    always contain 3 pages, or do you need 3 copies of each order report?
    Perhaps a better explaination of what you need to happen will allow me …
  • Hi Dmitri,

    ReportBuilder uses the Delphi function FormatMaskText to format it's text
    objects. I do not believe it is possible to perform the task you describe
    below using this function (see the FormatMaskText topic in the Del…
  • Hi Pete,

    Be sure you are using Section style subreports to ensure each subreport gets
    its own page and there will be no conflict between the subreports and the
    main report settings. Take a look at Demo 51 for a good example …
  • Hi Will,

    There no automatic way to change this behavior. ReportBuilder mimics the
    copy-paste behavior of the VCL form designer which I believe is necessary in
    some cases so you can actually see what you have pasted to your fo…
  • Hi Dan,

    Are you certain your dataset is returning any data? If not, and you have
    your Report.NoDataSettings set to EmptyPage, you will not see any other
    components when you view your report. If this is not the case, please g…
  • Hi Anton,

    With the ReportBuilder built in RichText support... yes. You might check
    out using InfoPower or WPTools as they may offer this feature in their
    richtext support which can be added to ReportBuilder.

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  • Hi Anton,

    All ReportBuilder components are initially measured in Report Units (i.e.
    inches, mm, screen pixels, etc.). If you know the offset that the tabs need
    to be in twips, you should be able to easily convert (1 inch = 14…
  • Hi Dan,

    ReportBuilder constructs groups based on a grouping (changing) field in your
    dataset. If you would like to sort your groups, you will need to sort your
    dataset on the grouping field.

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    Regards,
  • Hi,

    We have never encountered this error before but a quick search on google
    revealed the following information...

    http://community.borlan…