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  • Hi Mark,

    We created a patch that fixes most of the "black box" image problems. If
    you would like the patch, please send an e-mail to
    support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll send it right out to you.

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  • Hi Brian,

    This is more than likely a printer driver issue. If you are printing a
    rather large report, the driver could be using too many resources to render
    the image correctly. As a test, try setting the DirectDraw property t…
  • Hi Stan,

    Sorry, I did not understand the issue the first time. Check out the example
    below by clicking on the link. This should get you on the right track.

  • Hi Stan,

    You can limit the amount of detail bands printed by setting the
    DetailBand.PrintCount property.

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  • Hi Peter,

    If you would like to exclude a certain subreport, you cas simply set its
    visibility to False. You will then need to set it's band and datapipeline
    properties to nil so it will not access the dataset again. Remember t…
  • Ray,

    I'm confused, if the detail data is too large to fit on a page, do you want
    your data to be cut off and never printed? If this is the case, you can
    always set the PrintHeight of the detail band to Static and adjust it base…
  • Hi Mark,

    Unfortunately, this is the way the outline works when you reset a report, or
    first load the report. You will see that the outline is not present in it's
    entirety until you browse to the last page of the report. Try se…
  • Hi Mark,

    How are you re-drawing the page? If you call Report.Reset, this should
    reset the report engine as well as the report outline. If you are not
    already, try calling Report.Reset after changing the fields in the report.
  • Hi Neil,

    Unfortunately the archetecture of ReportBuilder does not allow this type of
    report to be made. In order for this to work, the detail band would need to
    be able to merge with the output of the subreport and there would …
  • Todd,

    I am having trouble reproducing this one. I'm testing with RB 7.03, Delphi
    5, Windows 2000 machine. My test app consists of a report and a button on a
    form. The report only contains a TppBarCode object in the detail ba…
  • Hi Todd,

    If you simply add Chr(175) to the data of the barcode directly and by
    itself, can you see the barcode? As a test, try taking every thing out of
    the data property except for the upside down underscore and see if you get…
  • Todd,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? Are you seeing this on screen
    and on paper? Also, does this issue occur with every type of barcode or
    just a certain type (ie. UPC-A, Code 128)? In my testing with the code<…
  • Hi Lavlesh,

    When loading templates you will need to use the template events to change
    the report settings for each template. Check out the article below for more
    information on using the included template events.

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  • Hi Tim,

    You need to add ppTypes to your uses clause.

    Pretty much all of the ReportBuilder specific types are located in the
    ppTypes.pas file. An easy way to be sure is to do a Search | Find In Files
    from the Delphi I…
  • Hi Benson,

    If you would like to send an example to us, please send it in .zip format to
    support@digital-metaphors.com. If possible, we ask that you recreate the
    error/issue you are having just using the original ReportBuilder p…
  • Hi Vincent,

    Try placing two subreports in your detail band side by side with the
    ParentWidth set to False. Then connect the subreports to the separate
    datapipelines.

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  • Hi,

    Sorry, I mis-read your first post. Before trying to solve the issue with
    the DetailBand.AfterGenerate, try making all calculations related to your
    total variable in the OnCalc event of another variable inside the detail
  • Hello,

    If you are calculating a sum in the page footer and using a dynamic height
    detail band, you are probably seeing a limitation of ReportBuilder. The
    only way to work around this issue is to make the calculation for the sum…
  • Hi Alessandro,

    ReportBuilder supports limited form inheritance. You can only place the
    report object on the ancestor form. It looks as though you also have your
    datapipeline present on your ancestor form. Then when the descen…
  • Hi Kevin,

    Windows 95 and 98 are notorious for running out of resources very easily.
    Test your application to be sure there are no memory or resource leaks.
    Also, if these are large bitmaps, try reducing the size or image quality…
  • Joseph,

    Section style subreports are really meant to allow users to include numerous
    completed reports in one report object. Simply placing a section style
    subreport in a band with other objects tends to cause the report engine…
  • Hi Joseph,

    My suggestion would be to create a group around every detail band then
    follow the directions in the article below to get each group header to start
    on an odd page.

    ------------------------------------------…
  • Hi Carla,

    Are you loading this report as a template by chance? If you assign this
    event to a report then load it as a template, you have the possiblity of
    loosing your event handlers. Check out the following article for more
  • Hi Joseph,

    The easiest way to accomplish this would be to place a section style
    subreport inside the summary band, with its printer settings set to print to
    a different bin. If this will not work, you can check which band you a…
  • Hi Pete,

    Which version of ReportBuilder/Delphi are you using? Which band is this
    line located in? If you turn the Report Outline off, do you still get the
    error? In my testing by setting my paper size to something larger than…
  • Hi Yelena,

    ReportBuilder by default will use the current regional settings as the
    display format when a system variable is placed on a report, unless this is
    changed manually. All display format information is retrieved from th…
  • Hi Adam,

    Adding TextSearch to a custom preview designed visually is a little more
    involved. Check out the following example on how to include the TextSearch
    feature on a custom preview.

    in Custom Preview Form using VCL Components Comment by nicocizik February 2004
  • Hi Adam,

    There is an example of a custom preview dialog located in the
    \RBuilder\Tutorials\Complete\II. Applications\01. Reporting\... directory.
    This is a single project that allows you to preview every completed tutorial
  • Hi Iwan,

    Another thought... are you by chance loading a template when you try to
    print your report? If so, this property could be getting erased by the
    template setting. You can fix this issue by either loading the template at…
  • Iwan,

    This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder. Which version of
    ReportBuilder are you using? You might try to add a stop in your code
    somewhere and check the value of Report.ShowPrintDialog to be sure it is in
    fact s…