nicocizik
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Hi,
The "tips" directory is generally used to provide users of the newsgroups a
way to download examples that we create specifically for them. Most of the
examples located in Tips are customized for a specific user or a specifi… -
Hi jure,
Check out the following example of calculating a grand total using
subreports and only Variables rather than Variables and DBCalcs.
in Calculating the grand total from subtotals in a subreport Comment by nicocizik September 2003 -
Hi Douglas,
Be sure that you have the second subreport set to "ShiftRelativeTo" the
first one. The easiest way to set this is to right click the second
subreport object in the main report and select the ShiftRelativeTo pop-upHi Douglas,
The Report Outline was added in RB 7. Though we always recommend that you
upgrade to the latest version of ReportBuilder, you should still be able to
run the example I sent by just clicking "Ignore" for all the Outl…Hi,
Here is a simple example loading two report templates into ChildStyle
subreports. Remember that ChildStyle subreports do not support a Header or
Footer band so you will either need to use the Title and Summary or create aTo do this you need to create a new report which has SectionStyle (Set the
PrintBehavior property) subreports in it. Then load each one of your reports
into one of the subreports. Section style subreports always print on a new
page. …Hi Sandro,
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Hi David,
The two third party utilities used to convert ReportBuilder reports to PDF
(Waler, and Pragnaan) allow a user to choose if they want their RichText to
be displayed in the PDF file as a bitmap or as plain text. The bit…Hi David,
The DBMemo component should word wrap automatically by default with the
CharWrap set to false. I am unclear how this word wrapping is insufficient
for your needs. Try setting the DBMemo.Stretch property to True to be…Hi Nols,
You will need to use the DetailBand.BeforePrint event to successfully
suppress any other object while suppressing a DBText value. There is also a
bit more to it than that. Here is a good example of suppressing otherHi Alex,
Instead of feeding the report data like you are doing right now, try
connecting the data (Customer Address) to a JITPipeline and have that handle
the sending data to the report. The problem you are experiencing is
Hi Arthur,
Try disconnecting any event handlers you have working with your report at
runtime and see if that makes a difference. If not, please send an example
of the report that is hanging in a small Delphi app to
support…Hi Jesus,
Are you able to recreate this issue using our InterBase Demos? If so,
please provide the exact steps you took to recreate the problem, or send a
small example demonstrating the problem in .zip format to
support@d…Hi Jesus,
As a test try connecting a DBGrid component to the database and see if you
are able to retrieve all the needed fields to run the end-user solution with
ReportBuilder. You need to make sure all the RB database settings…Hi Mark,
Check out the ReportBuilder Demo projects 61 - 64 for a few good examples of
creating a Master-Detail relationship between two to three queries. The
examples all use the Paradox DBDEMOS database but the concepts will b…Hi Joe,
Check out the Report.OnOutlineNodeCreate event. This event will give you
access to the TTreeView nodes used to generate the Report Outline. Set the
aNode.Caption property to modify the default caption assigned to the n…Hi Joe,
In the same event you will need to set the Report.PreviewForm.Icon property
to the icon of your choice. The Report.PreviewForm is a TForm descendent so
it contains all the same properties and methods that a regular form…Hi Joe,
You can change the caption of the Preview Form by setting the
Report.PreveiwForm.Caption property inside the OnPreviewFormCreate event.
Something like the following...
procedure TForm.ppReportPreviewFormCreate…Hi Alex,
ReportBuilder uses the same API calls to access any printer driver. If your
report is printing correctly on one printer and not on another, the problem
is most likely related to the printer driver. You might try conta…Hi Alex,
Make sure you have the latest printer drivers for both printers. How are
the printers printing differently? Is this a difference in margins or are
report components being placed in different positions?
-- <…HI Sergey,
Please send a test project in .zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com
and we'll take a look at finding a solution for you.
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Hi Charles,
You have two options in this case. You can either create a group around a
static variable and use the GroupFooterBand as the summary band, or you can
set the PrintPosition property of the SummaryBand and place it ac…Hi Joe,
The ppToMMThousandths class function will give you the width of the label
text in thousandths of a millimeter or microns. You can then convert to
inches by using the constant .00003937 inches per micron (or 25400 micron…Hi Cindy,
Use the DetailBandBeforePrint event to check the DBText fields. If they are
all empty, you can then set the Region's Visibility property to False, being
sure to set it back to True once the DetailBand has printed.
Hi Joe,
There is a third party add-on component available named RotatedText that
adds a label component to ReportBuilder that can be rotated. You can
download this component from our website in the friends | rcl section.
<…Hi Paul,
You will need to use a TppVariable to perform a calculation like this. Try
placing a TppVariable in the detail band with your datafield and one in the
location you would like to see the count. Then in the first variab…Hi Richard,
If these checkboxes are in the Detail Band, you should use the
DetailBand.OnBeforePrint event to check if the checkbox is checked or not
and set it's visibility to False if needed. If the checkboxes are in
anot…Hi Bradley,
Please send an example demonstrating this behavior in .zip format to
support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll find a solution for you as soon as
possible.
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Hi Bob,
When not using the ReportExplorer, the Report Designer will not prompt to
save automatically if the report has been modified. You are on the right
track to solve this problem by using the Report.Template.Modified proper…Hi Helmut,
Check out the following example on how to get the height of a memo and then
position it at the bottom of a page. You can use the same method to assign
the height of the footerband at runtime. You may also want to co…