Pipelines used in a Template

rbuser

Is there any way to find out the pipelines that are used in a report
template? I would like to create the pipelines dynamically so I need to
know which ones are used in a particular template. I already do this for
creating a template but then I just provide all possible pipelines. When
the user goes to print a report, I only want to create the pipelines that
are actually used as it takes a long time to create all of them.

Thanks

Shawn Pletch?



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nicocizik

Hi Shawn,

One option is to save the template(s) as ascii text and perform a search
for the pipeline names associated with the report. If your templates
are saved in a DB, you can use the following method to extract the
template text.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/End-User/Fundamentals/How_To...Edit_Templates_as_Text

The easiest option however would be to use DADE (our built-in data
access environment) to access all your data. This way all the pipelines
are saved with the template and ReportBuilder automatically creates and
connects them once the template is loaded so there is no need to have a
pipeline on a form. DADE is included with RB Professional.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/products/visual_data_access/what_is_dade.html

rbuser

I had thought about that but I am unsure of how to use DADE with RemObjects.
We use RemObjects as our interface to the database. Is there a way to use
the two together? I could not find any documentation to help on the topic.

Thanks

Shawn Pletch



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nardmoseley

Here is a link to a developer that created an example.

http://katastrophos.net/magnus/blog/2008/01/22/full-end-user-reporting-with-reportbuilder-and-dataabstract-2/


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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