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Return Sub-report total back to main report

edited June 2008 in Subreports
Hi,

I have a subreport with total calculate using DBCalc, I want to return this
total back to main report.

Create a global vaiable and assigned value within sub report
SummaryAfterGenerate event.

It shows up properly under preview, however, after I save report back to
database and rerun it, the value is always 0

Anything, I missing?


I am using BDS 2007 and RB 10.08

Jianfei

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  • edited June 2008
    Hi Jianfei,

    Are you able to recreate this using the End User example located in the
    \RBuilder\Demos\End User\... directory? If you save the template to file,
    then reload it, do you get the same behavior?

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    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
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    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited June 2008
    Hi, Nico

    It look like something wrong with Report.PrintToDevices.

    I try Report.Print and Report.PrintReport, the value shows up properly.

    How can I hide the Print Preview popup form, if I forced to use Report.Print
    instead of Report.PrintToDevices.

    Thanks

    Jianfei
  • edited June 2008
    Hi Jianfei,

    PrintToDevices does not initialize any parameters and gives you complete
    control over which dialogs are shown. If you would like to print directly
    to the printer or another device, you can simply change the
    Report.DeviceType property. There are also other various properties on the
    TppReport object to control how the report is shown.

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  • edited June 2008

    1. Using PrintToDevices

    if myReport.InitializeParameters then
    myReport.PrintToDevices


    2. Using Print

    uses
    ppTypes;

    myReport.DeviceType := dtPrinter;
    myReport.ShowPrintDialog := False;
    myReport.ShowCancelDialog := False;

    myReport.Print;


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    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited June 2008
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