Outline-Problem

rbuser

Hi,

I would like to use in my own preview the outline nodes results, but not the
outline component itself. (OutlineSettings.Visible := False) As far as I
could figure out is that the content in the TppOutlineNode - I'm only
interested in the entries "PageReference" - are stored in a TList component
FNodesReceivingPageNodes in Unit ppOutlineNodeCreator.pas any time. My
question is so far. Do I have a chance to get a (node) list or something
like that, where the PageReference are stored? To make a long story short I
intend to install a combobox in my preview form. The list shows for example
"Subreport 1, Subreport 2, Subreport 3 etccpp.". What I don't know is the
corresponding PageReference to this entries. If I could loop through the
FNodesReceivingPageNodes list directly the problem is solved.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Martin Cremer

digitalmetaphors

There is a published Report.OnOutlineNodeCreate event you should use. This
has a TppOutlineNode object passed in the event. This object has the
PageReference property. Check the NodeType property to see what kind of
node it is. See the help file for more information on this class. I think
you can build a list of these in a TList and use them to jump to a page from
the combo box event handler in your custom preview.

Additional info: The outline library is embedded throughout ReportBuilder.
The outline generation is internal. You can customize the outline viewer if
you would like to, but not hte outline internal library at runtime. Here is
an example which shows you how to get at the outline viewer we create and
customize its appearance. You can create a combo box with the subreport
listed in the report, by using a report object loop to find TppSubreport
components.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/CustomOutline.zip


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Jim,

many thanks for your help. My problem should be solved pretty soon.

Cheers

Martin Cremer