Reference Documentation

rbuser

Hi,

where can I find some reference documentation about Rap types?
Sometimes I need to know which properties or methods are exported by a type,
but I don't know where to find these informations.

Thank you in advance.
Massimiliano Trezzi.

nardmoseley

The The ReportBuilder RAP reference is installed with ReportBuilder and
integrated in to the Delphi help system.

The RAP Code Toolbox at the bottom right corner of the Calc workspace has an
Objects and Language tab that are a good quick reference.

By default RAP knows about published properties of classes registered with
Delphi's RTTI system. RAP has an extended RTTI system built on top of
Delphi's. The RAP reference and tutorials detail how to extend RAP with
custom RTTI and csutom functions.




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Nard Moseley
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rbuser

In "The ReportBuilder RAP reference" I cannot find that TppDataPipeline has
"FieldObjects" and "NoRecords" properties.
These are two examples of usefull elements that I cannot find neither in the
documentation nor in RAP Code Toolbox.

Thank you in advance.
Massimiliano Trezzi.

nardmoseley

1. To access a field value, use myDataPipeline['FieldName'] - this code is
generated for you if you drag a field from the Code Toolbox to the designer.

2. To access the TppField objects, use
myDataPipeline.FieldObjects['FieldName'], here is an example on rbWiki that
shows how to check whether a field is null.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com:/rbWiki/RAP/Fundamentals/Check_for_IsNull


3. To check whether a DataPipeline has records, use the Bof and Eof
properties

lbHasNoData := myDataPipeline.Bof and myDataPipeline.Eof;


4. Here is a list of additional RAP references

1. The ReportBuilder Developers Guide includes conceptual and tutorial info.

2. There are RAP demos and tutorials installed with the product.

3. rbWiki contains additional articles and "How To's"

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/RAP

4. The RAP newsgroups






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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thank you for your answer, but these were only two examples...
I think that a complete reference should be a lot better.
I can look in source code too (in Tra....RTTI classes), but all these
solutions are not productive as using a complete reference guide and having
the code completion feature in the code editor.
Please consider these two requirements for future releases.

Thank you in advance.
Massimiliano Trezzi.