I never created a custom print preview form, but in older versions the hints were available. I don't know exactly when they disappeared or under what circumstances they disappear, but I think there must be a way to make the hints visible without creating a custom print preview form. I wan't to avoid this, because this would be additional work in every update of RB.
If the hints were once there but now are gone, that's something you'll need to take up with DM support at support@digital-metaphors.com. However a custom preview form would not require work on your part for each update of RB; RB allows for custom replacement forms throughout the product - not as a hack, but as descendent classes. This is a feature of ReportBuilder that you might want to research - there is a tutorial on replacing forms in ReportBuilder in the Developer's Guide.
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Robert Leahey TRX Technology Services (Please do not reply directly to me unless I have requested it)
I think I have found the reason. In RB 5.x the previewer was created by a form, but in RB 6.x it is created by code. So the replacement is not any longer as described in the Developer's Guide.
Actually, it is still possible to replace the preview form in the manner described by the Developer's Guide, the new method is for if you want to replace the previewer built into the designer as well. The problem is just that the default preview form is no longer in a dfm for you to copy and alter. You can, however, still find an example form-based previewer in the main reports demo (\RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\).
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Robert Leahey TRX Technology Services (Please do not reply directly to me unless I have requested it)
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You'll need to create a custom print preview form (see the tutorials in the
Developer's Guide) and turn on the hints in your version.
Robert Leahey
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I never created a custom print preview form, but in older versions
the hints were available. I don't know exactly when they disappeared
or under what circumstances they disappear, but I think there
must be a way to make the hints visible without creating
a custom print preview form. I wan't to avoid this, because
this would be additional work in every update of RB.
Thank you,
Klaus
to take up with DM support at support@digital-metaphors.com. However a
custom preview form would not require work on your part for each update of
RB; RB allows for custom replacement forms throughout the product - not as a
hack, but as descendent classes. This is a feature of ReportBuilder that you
might want to research - there is a tutorial on replacing forms in
ReportBuilder in the Developer's Guide.
--
Robert Leahey
TRX Technology Services
(Please do not reply directly to me
unless I have requested it)
I think I have found the reason. In RB 5.x the previewer
was created by a form, but in RB 6.x it is created by
code. So the replacement is not any longer as described
in the Developer's Guide.
Klaus
described by the Developer's Guide, the new method is for if you want to
replace the previewer built into the designer as well. The problem is just
that the default preview form is no longer in a dfm for you to copy and
alter. You can, however, still find an example form-based previewer in the
main reports demo (\RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\).
--
Robert Leahey
TRX Technology Services
(Please do not reply directly to me
unless I have requested it)