Store Custom Info In .rtm file

rbuser

Hello All:

I have read your tech tip on storing custom info in a report. This is
exactly what I want to do.

However, I want to retrieve this info without using a TppReport. How can
I write my own procedure to access this header record info ???

What do I need to do with the constant cHeaderID = 12345 ??? ( My guess
is nothing - that this is the amount of space at the start of the file for
the custom information ).

Do I just point a file stream toward the specific tppReport and do a
Stream.seek(0, soFromBeginning)
Stream.read(recStructure,Sizeof(RecStructure)); ???

Is anything else necessary when reading the info ???

When writing info to the rtm file will the opposite work ???

1) Point stream to rtm file
2) stream.seek(0,sofrombeginning);
3) stream.write(RecStructuremSizeof(RecStructure));

Thank You

Neil Huhta
Profit Monster Data Systems LLC

digitalmetaphors

That seems ok, all you need to be sure of is that the size of the offset
area is correct so that the report knows where to start reading data from
the template beyond the offset area.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors