3 things

rbuser

Hi,

I am using RB 6.03 and D5 E...

I am working on a enduser reporting solution and I have a few doubts:

1) I am wondering how can I let the user setup the DocumentName property.

2)Is it possible to add a custom item in RB Menu (end user solution).
For example, if there is no way to setup the DocumentName with the
available options, I would like to add a button (or menu item) to let
the user set this property value.

3)Is it possible to extend RB (end user solution) with custom functions
defined into a DLL (Like a plug in structure)?
This is not a big deal, it would be nice...

digitalmetaphors

1/2. You can add a menu item in the designer very easily. Here is an
example you can download:

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


3. What kind of functions? RAP functions? RB is a set of Delphi components
and you cn build RB into a DLL as shown in our DLL installed example. Do
you mean hot swappable packages as Mark Miller presented at Borcon?
ReportBuilder doesn't use this technology, although you can replace any form
in RB and by simply changing your uses clause or the designer's properties,
you can alter the features that you show in the runtime environment.

On a related note, the Server Edition lets you build reports and serve them
to the clients. As far as hot swappable goes, you can change reports on the
server and the client will only be able to see the reports that you provide.
If you are using archives or templates in a volume, then you can add remove
these reports without having to bring down the report server. The report
server will just serve the reports that are available when the client sends
a request to see the reports available.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors