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  • Hi Karen,

    My first suggestion regarding the use of DBMemos would be to test with
    ReportBuilder 9.03. There have been many changes to ReportBuilder since
    version 6.03 inclucing some dealing with memo spacing and pagination. I…
  • Hi Karen,

    What would you like to happen when you run out of space? You can replace
    each DBText with a DBMemo so that if the width gets too long it will wrap to
    the next line. You could also manually measure each DBText in th…
  • Hi Steve,

    Sorry, I'm not sure. Perhaps there is an .ini file that works with the
    printer driver and stores all this information? I would suggest searching
    the internet (Google) for more information on this topic.

  • Hi Andy,

    My first suggestion would be to completely upgrade your applications to use
    RB 9.03. This would make things a lot easier (especially when more issues
    such as this one come up in the future).

    If you must re…
  • Hi Paul,

    If you set the Anchors property of the logo to anchor to the bottom and
    right corner, the logo will remain in that position regardless the size of
    the report or band.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik…
  • Hi Alex,

    Below is a list of the major enhancements for ReportBuilder 9. If you take
    a look at the Announcements newsgroup you can find lists of all the
    enhancements that have been made since RB 5.

    Digital Metaphors…
  • Hi Jeremy,

    If you are separating your invoices by groups, take a look at the following
    article. This may be the way you would prefer designing your report.

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    Arti…
  • Hi Carlos,

    The TitleBand by definition will only print on the first page of the report.
    The HeaderBand however will print on every page of your report unless
    otherwise instructed. I would recommend using the HeaderBand instea…
  • Hi Jairzinhio,

    ReportBuilder does not interact with the printer driver directly. It simply
    makes generic Windows API calls that in turn communicate with your printer
    driver and then to your printer.

    Are you saving …
  • Hi Jairzinhio,

    If possible, please send a small example demonstrating the problem along
    with step-by-step instructions on how to recreate it on my machine. Send
    the example in .zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com.
  • Hi Jairzinhio,

    We have not seen this behavior before directly related to ReportBuilder. It
    seems as though some of the resourses created in your first application are
    not being propertly disposed of when the application is cl…
  • Hi Bob,

    I do not know of any major changes with the Left to Right traversal behavior
    between RB 6.03 and RB 9.03 however there may have been something added to
    cause this. If possible, please send a small example of this beha…
  • Hi Adam,

    Yes, we will look into this for a later release of ReportBuilder.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metapho…
  • Hi Adam,

    Thanks for the suggestions.


    Unfortunately there is currently not a way to define the default paper size.
    ReportBuilder looks at your regional settings (i.e. the DecimalSeparator) to
    determine which pa…
  • Hi Mark,

    The current release of ReportBuilder is 9.03. RB 9.03 is available for
    Delphi 2005, Delphi 7, and Delphi 6. There is no official "roadmap" for
    future releses of ReportBuilder however we welcome any suggestions you m…
  • Hello,

    For future reference, we prefer you use your real name when posting to these
    newsgroups.

    The reason you are getting the following behavior is probably from the fact
    that you are running out of space on the fi…
  • Hi Ian,

    In order to track this down I'm going to need a working example. Is is
    possible to send me an example I can run on my machine does demonstrate the
    issue? If so, please send it and I'll take a look at it.

    -…
  • Hi Ian,

    Which version of ReportBuilder 9 are you using (i.e. 9.01, 9.02, 9.03)? Are
    you able to recreate this issue with a simple example I can run on my
    machine? If so, please send this example in .zip format to
    suppo…
  • Hi Steve,

    The easiest way would be to send a smaller version of your app with limited
    data and components other than native Delphi and ReportBuilder.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Steve,

    Sorry, I'm sort of taking shots in the dark here. Please understand that it
    is virtually impossible for us to provide help with an unknown problem if we
    are unable to recreate it on our machines. The only real way …
  • Hi Steve,

    Are your customers able to successfully run the report without receiving
    these errors? What items have you changed/added in your custom preview?
    You may try sending them a version that uses the original preview and …
  • Hi Steve,

    1. Try to find out the differences between your customer's setup and yours.
    There has to be something different going on with their machine that is
    causing this behavior. Are their regional settings the same? Whic…
  • Hi Peter,

    If you set your Detail Band's PrintHeight to phDynamic, you can get the
    following effect simply by toggling the visibility of a text component at
    the bottom of the band. For instance, place your extra text inside yo…
  • Hi Craig,

    Try adding it to the OnGetText event.

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    Regards,

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

  • Hi Craig,

    1. No, unfortunately there is no built-in functionality to shrink the font
    of a DBText or Label in ReportBuilder.

    2. I strongly recommend that you do not try to alter the ReportBuilder
    source to add this…
  • Hi Peter,

    Yes, if the propery language files have been installed during the
    ReportBuilder installations process, you can use the TppReport.Language
    property to select the language you would like to use.

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    Reg…
  • Hi Eric,

    I do not believe the OnClose event of the TppPreview has the ability to
    differentiate beween these two methods of closing the form. This can be
    done by creating a custom preview dialog. From there you could take con…
  • Hi Mauro,

    The only event in ReportBuilder that is guaranteed to only fire once per
    record is the TppVariable.OnCalc event. Try placing a TppVariable inside a
    band above the Detail Band set to calculate on Traversal. You can …
  • Hi Eric,

    How are you separating the summary page from the rest of the report? You
    may try adding a subreport to the end of your report and keep the summary
    information in there with the ResetPageNo property set to True.
  • Thanks Steffen,

    This is a good suggestion. When the designer closes, it writes its settings
    down to the RBuilder.ini file unless otherwise instructed. Setting the
    TppDesigner.IniStorageType to Registry could speed up the pro…