Template Buggy-Digital Metaphors Only please respond

rbuser

Hello All:

We just started using the offset to store report information in our rtm
files per the tech tip in your newsgroups. We use RB 6.02 and Delphi 5.

This works great at run-time with the perscribed events

LoadReportStreamEvent(Sender: TObject;Stream: TStream);
SaveReportStreamEvent(Sender: TObject;Stream: TStream);

PROBLEM: We cannot modify a report at design time. We place the correct
offset into the report component and once we save it, THE REPORT BECOMES
CORRUPTED.

THIS MAKES OFFSETS USELESS TO US. Per your newsgroups this is a known
bug.

Is Digital Metaphors aware of this ???

Does Digital-Metaphors plan to correct this ???

If so, when ???

Thank you


Neil Huhta
Profit Monster Data Systems LLC

nardmoseley

Sorry for any misunderstanding about this feature, but it is currently
supported only at run-time. The feature is working as designed - it is
not a bug. I know that is not what you want to hear, but it is the
truth. This feature has existed since about RB 3.0. It was never
designed to work at Delphi design-time because there is no way for the
events to fire.

Hope this clarifies things.

rbuser

Nard:

Thank you for the clarification. What you say makes sense. It would be
appropriate to document this issue prominently. This issue makes using the
offsets impossible if you use the IDE to design reports.

We are electing to create a buddy file for the rtm file which contains
the offset info - not an ideal solution but an acceptable work-around. We
are also looking at the ppDesigner component.

Couldnt one subclass the ppreport component and add the perscribed
events at design time ??? If this seems like a reasonalbe solution, then
how would we attach to the events ???

LoadReportStreamEvent(Sender: TObject;Stream: TStream);
SaveReportStreamEvent(Sender: TObject;Stream: TStream);

Thank you

Neil Huhta

nardmoseley

Might be possible. I suppose the event-handlers could be attached in the
constructor of your report descendant. The Delphi design-time
environment is very sensitive (i.e. has the tendancy to AV alot if your
code does something that it does not like) but you could make a run at
it.

You'll need to create a myReportReg unit and put it in a Delphi
design-time only package. It will need to register the report class and
also register the report designer. See the ppRegPro.pas unit for the
calls shown below.


RegisterComponents('RBuilder', TppReport];

RegisterComponentEditor(TppReport, TppReportComponentEditor);
ppRegisterComponentDesigner(TppDesignerWindow, TppReport);