Multiple Subreports

rbuser

Hi all,

a very simple (?) problem :

I want to print several subreports (dynamic height) chained together,
without starting a new page.

I tried putting them on different bands (Title/header/summary), as
Child/Region/Fixed, but never get the result I wanted.
Also I tried putting them all in one main-report, and chaining the
subreports in the summary of the previous one (as described in the Help)


any clues ?

kind regards,

Dirk Janssens.

digitalmetaphors

Place all of the subreports in the same band of the main report. Set
subreport 2 to ShiftRelativeTo subreport 1. Set subreport 3 to
ShiftRelativeTo subreport 2. ShiftRelativeTo is a property of the child
subreports. Make sure that the Subreport.PrintBehavior property is set to
pbChild.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Jim,

I tried that one also, but the reports are printed on top of eachother,

Is there some property I am missing ?

btw : The first has a BDE-pipeline, the second a JIT-pipeline. I make them
in the Report-Exporer ("end-user").

regards,

Dirk.

digitalmetaphors

Can you create a report using our demo report explorer which doesn't work
and send us the layout which isn't working to support@digital-metaphors.com
Child type subreports should shift relative to each other.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

> Can you create a report using our demo report explorer which doesn't work
support@digital-metaphors.com

Maybe this will help :

I made a very simpel report in *designtime* containig 2 subreports,
Printbehaviour Child, Sub2 Shiftrelative to Sub1. That works fine: the two
subreports are chained together.
I save the report to file.

Then I load the same report from file into the reportsexplorer.
Now, the 2 subreports are printed on top of each other....


kind regards,

Dirk Janssens.

rbuser

Maybe I should mention I'm using

Delphi 5
RB 6.03

Both subreports use JIT-pipelines.

regards,

Dirk.

digitalmetaphors

Can you send us your simple project? Since you are using JITs then you can
contrive a few records for us and we should be able to reproduce the error
this way. Send it to support@digital-metaphors.com


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Jim,

I just have send you a little demo.
I hope you find what's wrong with it,

regards,

Dirk.

digitalmetaphors

I've emailed you a patch.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thanks Jim, it works fine now.
(not with the patch: I had an error message ... compiled with an other
version of...)

Removing the other report from the form solved it for me.

For other user who have the same problem :
The problem/bug only appears if more then 1 report is on the form.

thanks again,

kind regards,

Dirk.

rbuser

digitalmetaphors

The fix is included in RB 7. I was able to send a patch to Jan because this
was before we released RB 7 for Delphi 5. Please upgrade to RB 7 for Delphi
5. Order from our website www.digital-metaphors.com or contact
info@digital-metaphors.com with your registration information to upgrade
today.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser