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edited April 2003 in General
Hello
I'm using the trial versions so let me see if I got it right?
I can prepare several reports save them as *.rtm files
and after that drop one ppReport on my application and use
it for loading and printing the different reports?

This is possible as long as the reports doesn't include events
or there is no need to make any changes between loading and
printings the reports?
That's possible only on the enterprise version using RAP options?

Please confirm my comprehension.
Sorin

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  • edited April 2003
    > I'm using the trial versions so let me see if I got it right?

    Yes, I do exaclyt that (except I use both database reports and file based
    reports).


    Not exactly. If you have events in your report, you can load them but the
    events must not change their name in your application and must have RTTI
    info (not in the private, protected or public sectiosn) for them so that the
    report loader can link the event. Alternatively, you can link the events by
    code--but if they are not generic events (i.e. they are specific to a single
    report and not all reports) then this can become a maintenance issue.


    RAP makes things a lot cleaner when working with reports that have custom
    events. For example, in one report I have a label is colored depending upon
    it's value. I do this with RAP because it is isolated to that report.

    Hope this helps. If you need clarification, feel free to ask.

    Ed Dressel
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