Var1 should not ever "loose" its value unless you change it or its Timing property is set to something other than OnReportEnd. For future reference, you should never use the OnPrint event to make calculations as this event can fire more than once per traversal. If you use the TppVariable.OnCalc event you are guarenteed only one execution per record. Check out the article below for more information on making calculations with variables.
Calculations can be done either on the data access side or within ReportBuilder.
When designing reports there are always decisions to be made as to how much processing to do on the data side versus the report side. Usually doing more on one side can greatly simplify the other. So it is often a personal choice based on the power and flexibility of the data and report tools being used.
DataAccess ----------
a. Use SQL - using SQL you can perform many common calculations:
example: Select FirstName + ' ' + LastName As FullName, Quantity * Price AS Cost,
b. Delphi TDataSets enable you to create a calculated TField object and use the DataSet.OnCalcFields event
c. Perform any amount of data processing, summarizing, massaging etc. to build a result set (query or temp table) to feed to the report.
ReportBuilder -------------
Calculations in ReportBuilder are performed primarily using the TppVariable component.
a. Set the Variable.DataType
b. Code the calculations using the Variable.OnCalc event.
c. Use the Timing dialog to control the timing of the OnCalc event. To access the Timing dialog, right click over the Variable component and select the Timing... option from the speed menu.
d. Set the LookAhead property to True, when you need to display summary calculations in the title, header, group header, etc.
e. To perform calculations based on the results of other calculations use the Calc Order dialog of the band. To access the Calc Order dialog, right click over the Band component and select the Calc Order... option from the speed menu.
By using TppVariable components ReportBuilder will take care of caching intermediate results of accumlated calcs that cross pages.
There are a number of calculation examples in the main demos.dpr project.
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Additional Notes:
1. Do NOT use Band.BeforePrint or Band.AfterPrint. These events fire multiple times and therefore should not be used for calculations.
2. Do NOT store results in variables that exist outside of the reports. For example - form level variables.
Yes, when creating a sum of values in a subreport in the main report, you will need to use the OnCalc event of a TppVariable inside the subreport to update the value of another TppVariable in the main report.
Comments
Var1 should not ever "loose" its value unless you change it or its Timing
property is set to something other than OnReportEnd. For future reference,
you should never use the OnPrint event to make calculations as this event
can fire more than once per traversal. If you use the TppVariable.OnCalc
event you are guarenteed only one execution per record. Check out the
article below for more information on making calculations with variables.
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TECH TIP: Performing Calculations
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Calculations can be done either on the data access side
or within ReportBuilder.
When designing reports there are always decisions to be made as to
how much processing to do on the data side versus the report side.
Usually doing more on one side can greatly simplify the other. So it is
often a personal choice based on the power and flexibility of the data
and report tools being used.
DataAccess
----------
a. Use SQL - using SQL you can perform many common calculations:
example: Select FirstName + ' ' + LastName As FullName,
Quantity * Price AS Cost,
b. Delphi TDataSets enable you to create a calculated TField object
and use the DataSet.OnCalcFields event
c. Perform any amount of data processing, summarizing, massaging
etc. to build a result set (query or temp table) to feed to the report.
ReportBuilder
-------------
Calculations in ReportBuilder are performed primarily using
the TppVariable component.
a. Set the Variable.DataType
b. Code the calculations using the Variable.OnCalc event.
c. Use the Timing dialog to control the timing of the OnCalc event.
To access the Timing dialog, right click over the Variable
component and select the Timing... option from the speed menu.
d. Set the LookAhead property to True, when you need to display
summary calculations in the title, header, group header, etc.
e. To perform calculations based on the results of other
calculations use the Calc Order dialog of the band. To access
the Calc Order dialog, right click over the Band component
and select the Calc Order... option from the speed menu.
By using TppVariable components ReportBuilder will take care of caching
intermediate results of accumlated calcs that cross pages.
There are a number of calculation examples in the main demos.dpr
project.
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Additional Notes:
1. Do NOT use Band.BeforePrint or Band.AfterPrint. These events fire
multiple times and therefore should not be used for calculations.
2. Do NOT store results in variables that exist outside of the reports.
For example - form level variables.
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Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Yes, when creating a sum of values in a subreport in the main report, you
will need to use the OnCalc event of a TppVariable inside the subreport to
update the value of another TppVariable in the main report.
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Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com