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    Article: Adding new BarCode types
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    ReportBuilder natively supports the following barcode types:

    - Codabar
    - Code 128
    - Cod…
  • Hello,

    If your images are stored in JPEG format in your database (as BLOB fields),
    then you should be able to load them into a report using a TppDBImage
    without any special code. Two things to check:

    1. Be sure you …
  • Hi Lauchlan,

    Unfortunately ReportBuilder does not support nested regions. I would
    recommend placing Fixed Style subreports inside your original region
    (without linking them to a dataset) and using them as nested regions. You
  • ----------------------------------------------
    Article: Can ReportBuilder output reports in
    HTML, XLS, RTF, PDF etc.
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    There are three ReportBuilder add-on products …
  • Hi Andrew,

    Mouse wheel scrolling will be enabled for the Preview in the next release of
    ReportBuilder.

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  • Hi Sergey,

    The mouse wheel is not supported in the Report Previewer. I will add this
    to our wish list of future enhancements. It is also possible to create a
    custom preveiw plugin to perhaps enable this behavior your self. Ch…
  • Hi Barry

    By "find" icon do you mean the magnifying glass (Autosearch) or the
    binoculars (TextSearch)? To remove the Autosearch icon, be sure you are not
    enabling any autosearch criteria in DADE or in code. To remove the
    T…
  • Hi Barry,

    Yes... you can create a Master-Detail relationship by linking the two tables
    either using Delphi linking or DataPipeline linking. Then by placing a
    subreport in your detail band and connecting it to your detail datase…
  • Hi Chris,

    There is an Archive Demo located in the \RBuilder\Demos\Report\... directory
    (dm0007.pas). This allows you to load archives and print them and should be
    a good test for the memory issues you are having. In my testing…
  • Hi Carlos,

    Simply rebuilding the dclRBC75.bpl package will not update the proper
    ReportBuilder packages needed to get TeeChart 6.0 working. You have two
    options on how to approach this issue:

    1. Re-Install ReportBui…
  • Hi Sharon,

    Simply setting your barcode equal to one of the pre-defined barcode types
    (below) should work at runtime. Something like the following:

    uses
    ppTypes;

    BarCode.BarCodeType := bcCode39;

  • Hi Scott,

    Yes, the database information from the data tab (or DADE) is saved down in
    the report template.

    When creating a template, the actual names of the delphi events that apply
    to a report are saved down. This is…
  • Hi Scott,

    Thank you for evaluating ReportBuilder!

    1. Looking at our Advantage Database plugin, it was severely out of date.
    This morning I sat down with another engineer and updated the plugin to
    support the use of t…
  • Hi Mike,

    When using the printer canvas you are calculating the width in printer
    pixels rather than report units you are setting the line properties with.
    You also need to be sure you set the Canvas.Font property to the font you<…
  • Hi Scott,

    Unfortunately I do not believe what you want to accomplish can exactly be
    done in ReportBuilder. There is an InsertRows method in the TppMatrix class
    that allow you to add a row to a Crosstab component, but this row w…
  • Hi John,

    In my testing, the DetailBand.BeforPrint event seemed to be the best choice
    for this task. I was able to get this working with the Report.PassSetting
    set to TwoPass. Below is a snip of code I used to accomplish this.<…
  • Hi Moro,

    I'm sorry, I was not aware of the Windows 98 limitation. I would suggest
    doing a quick search of the Borland groups or perhaps Google groups to see
    if anyone else has successfully rotated a canvas or form using API cal…
  • Hi Raffaele,

    Unfortunately, there is no built-in way to rotate the entire report in
    ReportBuilder. You may be able to create some custom code that takes
    advantage of the SetWorldTransform API function call and the XFORM API
  • Hi Dennis,

    When making calculations, such as a running total, it is only safe to use
    the OnCalc event as this is the only event that essentially fires once per
    record. The DetailBand.BeforPrint event fires multiple times per re…
  • Hi Duncan,

    Which event are you freeing your report it? If you are perhaps using the
    OnPreviewFormClose event, then you are trying to free it before the report
    engine has finished. The following example shows how you can use a …
  • Hello,

    Be sure that you have the latest printer driver for the printer driver you
    are using. As a test, take ReportBuilder out of the equation and try to
    print this font in an ordinary Edit in Delphi the the TPrinter class.

  • ----------------------------------------------
    Article: Can ReportBuilder output reports in
    HTMl, XLS, RTF, PDF etc.
    ----------------------------------------------

    There are three ReportBuilder add-on pro…
  • Hi Eric,

    Please send a small example report, perhaps using the DBDEMOS database that
    recreates this issue to support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look
    at it for you.

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  • Hi Bonnie,

    Use the "Bring To Front" and "Send To Back" options to control the z-order
    of any component on a report. The front-most object on your report will
    print first. These options can be accessed by right clicking on a co…
  • Hi Carlos,

    How are you accessing data in your report? As a quick test try creating a
    minimal report (blank one page set to 4" x 7") and see if this takes as long
    to print. Then keep adding items from there. As a last step, re…
  • Hi Tony,

    I was able to recreate this issue and found that we have had many issues
    like this one in the past with the MergeMenu feature. I would recommend
    staying clear of using a MergeMenu and customizing the Designer menu by
  • Hello,

    Please email sales@digital-metaphors.com with your name and serial number
    for information on how to download the latest version of ReportBuilder.

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  • Hi Kan,

    Sorry, our web server was having a few issues this morning. The link should
    work correctly now.

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  • Hi Kan,

    Check out the following example. It shows how to create a report index at
    the end of your report. Hope this helps.

    http://www.dig…
  • Hi,

    I created a simple test application consisting of a TppReport, TTimer, and a
    Button. When the button is pressed, the timer is enabled and the report
    previews. Three seconds later the timer's OnTimer event fires and the