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  • Hi Debbie,

    Try placing a break point on this line and find out if the AddressBox
    component is actually being cleared. If not, try using a different event
    such as the BeforePrint event. Are you trying to clear the memo after …
  • Hi Dave,

    If for instance you would like to show this value inside the footer or
    summary band of your report, you could place a TppVariable inside this band
    and in its OnCalc event, check the Dealership record value and increas…
    in Count if Comment by nicocizik June 2006
  • Hi John,

    Thanks for the additional information. Sorry I misspoke in my last
    response. In order for a Master/Detail report to function correctly, both
    detail datasets need to be ordered on the linking field. The linking fiel…
  • Hi John,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? Be sure that the second
    subreport is set to ShiftRelativeTo the first subreport. Also be sure you
    are linking and ordering on the same field in both datasets. Setting th…
  • Hi Peter,

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder 10.x. Please try
    re-downloading and reinstalling your version of ReportBuilder. Also, be
    sure you are using the latest version, RB 10.03.

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    Regards,
  • Hi Gunter,

    Take a look at the following example of moving a dynamic summary band and
    all of its drawcommands to the bottom of the last page. This should get you
    on the right track.

    in Dynamic Summary-band always on bottom .. Comment by nicocizik June 2006
  • Hi George,


    You can use the TppDesigner.Menu property to gain full access to the main
    menu of the designer. In RB 9, this property is a TMainMenu Delphi object.
    What functionality are you interested in?

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  • Hi Petter,

    Yes, this is an interesting issue. My first suggestion would be to update
    your version to RB 10.03. If this does not help the problem, try recreating
    some of the report in question from scratch and see if perhaps …
  • Hi Petter,

    Which version of ReportBuilder/Delphi are you using. Does this occur with
    every project? Are you certain you are saving the project before you close
    it? Are you by chance loading a template in this project?
  • Hi Marcos,

    ReportBuilder does not natively export to .xls. I would suggest contacting
    the support department for the third party export device you are using for a
    quicker response about this issue.

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    Regards…
  • Hi Jan,

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

    Try using the PageStyle band to display this line. The PageStyle will print
    behind the report but can be sized to the page…
  • Hi Bob,

    ReportBuilder does not have any built-in features to do this however you
    might explore possibly using one of the Delphi objects such as TPrinter or
    TRichEdit to print your .rtf file after a report has been printed. (p…
  • Hi Bob,

    Unfortunately it is not currently possible to add a URL link to specific
    text in a memo object. It is possible to assign the OnDrawCommandClick
    event to the entire memo object (or any other object) and make it clickab…
  • Hi David,

    Unfortunately there is no built-in feature to render a report read only
    inside the designer. One option would be to implement the OnCustomSaveDoc
    event of the designer to prevent your users from saving their changes…
  • Hi Vassilis,

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    Tech Tip: Printing a Unique Caption for each copy of
    of a multi-copy report sent to the printer.
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  • Hi Alvin,

    If you have access to the text before the label is resized, you can use the
    TCanvas.TextWidth routine to find the width. For instance, you could create
    a TBitmap and use its Canvas to do this.

    lBitmap := …
  • Hi Goran,

    Are you looking for an events tab on the object inspector included in the
    designer workspace or in the Delphi object inspector? The events are
    unfortunately not available in the built-in object inspector.

  • Hi Goran,

    Perhaps I'm a bit unclear about your reqirements with saving and loading the
    printer setup. Do you mean to save the printer setup between executions of
    your application? If so, this would entail saving the printer …
  • Hi Goran,

    1. There should be an events tab for all the report components in the
    Delphi Object Inspector. If this is not present you may have a corrupt
    installation. Please try reinstalling ReportBuilder and see if it appear…
  • Hi Philip,

    Since you are using your own TppViewer object, you will need to implement
    its ScreenDevice.OnPageReceive event instead of the previewer's. For
    instance, in the example, you would say...

    ppViewer1.ScreenD…
  • Hi Philip,

    As you probably noticed in the example I only implemented the OnPageReceive
    event of the printer device and screen device. This is the reason the text
    does not show up when using the PDF or Archive devices. You wi…
  • Hi Philip,

    Take a look at the following example that adds a drawtext command to an
    archive file.

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

    An archive file is meant to be a snapshot of a report that has already been
    generated. It is possible to manually add a drawcommand into the page
    object before the page is generated using the Device.OnPageReceive e…
  • Hi Al,

    Unfortunately we do not have an automatic way to convert multiple reports at
    once. The first thing I would try is load an old report into the newer
    version of ReportBuilder. I'd be willing to bet that the time differe…
  • Hi Al,

    The upgrade process is automatic. Your report templates will be upgraded to
    the new format when they are loaded into RB 10. This is usually very prompt
    and you will probably not notice a difference in performance. Yo…
  • Hi Bernhard,

    This is not a known issue with RB 7.04. If you add \RBuilder\Source to your
    library path and trace the AV, where is it occurring? What is different
    about this machine than others that function correctly? Are th…
  • Hi Rick,

    You can safely remove any criteria you create using the
    TdaSQLBuilder.SearchCriteria.Remove routine. This would essentially restore
    the original TdaSQL object for you. Take a look a the TdaSQLCriteriaList
    topi…
  • Hi,

    Thanks for the feedback. We will look into possibly adding this for a later
    release.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http:…
  • Hi Alex,

    Background printing was introduced for RB 7.02.

    You can use the Report.BackgroundPrintSettings to enable a report to print
    in a background thread. To use this option, you must ensure that the report
    contain…
  • Hello,

    I am not sure this is caused by ReportBuilder. Have you tried removing RB
    from your application and seeing if the error still occurs?

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Win98 ?!?! Comment by nicocizik July 2006