Report.PrinterSetup.Copies

rbuser

Hi!

I have small report that writes tickets. The dataset consists of
Date, Tickettype, Amount, Price

01012012 Adult 2 100.-
01012012 Child 1 100,-
01012010 Free 2 0.-

If the dataset['Amount']=2 or more i want it to write that number of
tickets. In this case i want 2 adult, 1 child and 2 free tickets.

I have attempted this in the BeforePrintEvent

begin
Report.PrinterSetup.Copies := Sale['Amount'];
end;

What happens here is that it write 2 tickets of every line in the dataset.
Is solution to this in RAP or do i have to do this in Delphi code?

Regards, Terje

nicocizik

Hi Terje,

Rather than trying to adjust the printed copies, try adjusting the
DetailBand.PrintCount property instead. This will print each record the
number of times assigned.

rbuser

Hi Nico,

I have tried to set DetailBand.PrintCount property in these events (not at
the same time)
Report.BeforePrint, Report.DetailBand.BeforePrint,
Report.DetailBand.BeforeGenerate
but it still prints only one ticket of each. I print the value of
DetailBand.PrintCount to see
if it is set. And it is set correctly, but it still prints only one ticket
although PrintCount is set
to two or more.

DetailBeforePrint
begin
Report.Detail.PrintCount := Sale['salin_amount'];
lblAmount.Caption := IntToStr(Report.Detail.PrintCount);
end;

What is wrong? Should i use another event?
The ticketprinter is a Zebra ZM400.

Regards, Terje

rbuser

Hi Terje,

I think we have implemented something just like you mean.
What we do is to set the BandsPerRecord property in the AfterPrint event.
You could try and see if that works.

Best regards,

Benjamin

rbuser

Hi Benjamin,

I tried this but that did not work for me. Thanks for your effort.

So the questions in my previous mail still stands.

Regards,
Terje

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nicocizik

Hi Terje,

I apologize, Benjamin is correct. Rather than using the PrintCount
property you need to use the BandsPerRecord property. This defines how
many copies of the detail band will print for each record of the report.

In my testing with the BandsPerRecord and the DetailBand.BeforeGenerate
event, I was able to successfully change the number of copies generated.

rbuser

Hi,

I have tried this and the BandsPerRecord is set correctly in the
BeforeGenerate event. I suspect that i probably have a printer problem as it
insists on writing BandsPerRecord*4, which means that when i set BPR to 2 i
get 8 copies. If i set device to screen i get the right number of copies in
preview. I will try this on another printer on monday. Hope it works then.
Regards,
Terje