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  • Hi Trevor,

    How large are the 3 images before they are added to the PDF file?
    ReportBuilder has the ability to scale images that have been resized
    (smaller) by setting the PDFSettings.ScaleImages property to True. If you
  • -------------------------------------------------
    Tech Tip: Date formats used by DADE
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    DADE handles in two phases:


    1. User entry

    This occurs when the u…
  • Hi Thomas,

    ReportBuilder has the ability to add TeeChart support to its reports. I
    would suggest first being sure you have TeeChart installed on your machine.
    If not, you can obtain it from
  • Hi Mervin,

    I am not aware of any such component. You might try contacting the WPTools
    support for a more definite answer.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in HTML formatted DB field Comment by nicocizik May 2007
  • Trevor,

    ReportBuilder 10.06 fully supports TeeChart just as the older versions of
    ReportBuilder have. Is there a specific problem you are having getting
    TeeChart working with RB?

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    Regards,

    Nico C…
  • Hi John,

    There are no known issues with upgrading templates from RB 7 to RB 10. Yes,
    all 7.02 templates loaded into RB 10.06 will automatically be converted into
    a new version. I would recommend backing up all your templates…
  • Hi Imam,

    If you are trying to combine two datafields into a single component, you can
    try using a TppVariable and the OnCalc event to do so. For instance if you
    have two fields: "FirstName" and "LastName", you could place the…
  • Hi Steve,

    If you check the position of the actual drawcommand (aDrawCommand) object,
    you will receive the page position in microns. You can then use the
    ppFromMMThousandths utility routine to convert these numbers into any re…
  • Hi Ian,

    RAP does not natively include routines that return the size of the screen.
    In order to get the screen size from RAP, you will need to create a pass
    thru function that gives you this value from Delphi.

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  • Hi Jim,

    Thanks for pointing this out. Our testing machines usually have multiple
    versions of Delphi on them so this issue was overlooked. I'll fix the
    install script for the next version of ReportBuilder. As a workaround, t…
  • Hi Jim,

    Be sure you have TeeChart installed on your machine. The install program
    looks for the TeeChart designtime packages located in your WinSys directory
    and if they are not present assumes you do not have TeeChart install…
  • The Name property is not available in the end-user inspector attached to the
    Report Designer. You will need to use the Delphi Object Inspector to alter
    the name of a report component.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
  • Hi Pentti,

    You will need to change the Name property to see the name change reflected
    in the Delphi source.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Pentti,

    You can access the report events from the Delphi Object Inspector by
    selecting the report object on the form and then clicking the Events tab.
    We have had no other users mention a problem accessing report events at …
  • Hi Dominic,

    Is this in the designer or preview window? In my testing, the
    preview/printed output placed an autosized DBText vertically centered
    between the top and bottom borders.

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    Regards,

    Nico …
  • Hi Mervin,

    Yes, ReportBuilder Professional or greater includes DADE which allows the
    creation and manipulation of queries from the end-user designer.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Eric,

    I'm a bit unclear about your question. Do you mean multiple nested groups
    with KeepTogether set to True. I believe this is a limitation in some cases
    with using Groups in ReportBuilder. Is there a specific problem …
  • Hi Marek,

    You can create stand alone routines in RAP using the Module | Programs
    option. Take a look at the RAP demos located in the \RBuilder\Demos\0.
    RAP\Main... directory for an example of this. Check out demo #23.
    <…
  • Lainkes,

    Report components can be rendered invisible either by setting their Visible
    property to False before the print or by setting the property to False at
    design time in Delphi.

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    Regards,

    Nico…
  • Hi Frank,

    Does this only occur with subreports? Are you able to load this template
    into an empty report object from database? What does the template consist
    of?

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital…
  • Hi Frank,

    Try creating a simple application that just loads the coversheet into a
    subreport and nothing else and see if that works correctly. If not, you may
    have database issues.

    One other item to note is that chi…
  • Hi Patrick,

    Take a look at the TdaSQLBuilder object. This gives you complete control
    over the TdaSQL object in DADE and allows you to manually minuplate your
    queries created in DADE in code. The TdaSQLBuilder topic in the RB…
  • Hi Ian,

    Are you coding this in RAP? If so, I would recommend first getting this
    working in Delphi so you can determine which events you should use etc. and
    so you can trace your event code to see exactly what is happening. T…
  • Hi Ian,

    You will need to check the memo text manually to see if there is a duplicate
    entry. I would suggest storing the memo text once it has been populated and
    comparing it to the next memo before the next detail band prints…
  • Hi Tony,

    I would first suggest upgrading your version of ReportBuilder to 7.04 and
    see if some of the issues are resolved. If this does not help the problem,
    try downloading a trial copy of RB 10.06 and test with that. Conta…
  • Hi Tony,

    Which version of ReportBuilder/Delphi are you using? In my testing with RB
    10.06 and Delphi 2007, I was able to successfully create a 3+ column report
    without error.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik…
  • Hi Neil,

    Your approach should be fine for smaller two page reports. I believe the
    article that suggests using subreports assumes you are creating a larger
    report.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digita…
  • Hi Dave,

    Article: Convert Crystal Reports to ReportBuilder.
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    We do not have any automated conversion from Crystal Reports. However, most
    customers find that converti…
  • Hi Alan,

    This is not a known issue. Do you see this error while printing any report?
    If you trace into the RBuilder source after the exception, where is the
    problem occuring?

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik…
  • Hello,

    Please use your real name when posting to these newsgroups.

    I'm a bit unclear about what you would like to happen. It is possible to
    create a drill down report that would possibly drill down an invoice if a