Error Message "New components cannot be added to frame instances"

rbuser

Hi,

I want to create an EndUser-Report, which is loaded from a Database. The
Report is loaded by a frame, so that I can use the frame for several reports
in several units.

When I want to put data fields on the Enduser-Report, I get the Error
message 43686, "New components cannot be added to frame instances.".

Why do I get this error?

What can I change to avoid the error?

Thanks

Peter Brill

invent GmbH

digitalmetaphors

You should use forms or data modules rather than frames.

Here is a snipped from the RBuilder Release.doc regarding frames:

2. Issues with Frames



Delphi 6 Frames (TFrame) are containers that enable collections of
components to be visually configured and re-used. Unlike form inheritance,
however, Delphi 6 does not permit new components to be added to frame
descendants (i.e. frames embedded on forms or other frames).



Therefore, if a Report object is placed on a frame, the report layout must
be maintained entirely in the top level ancestor. You cannot access a form
containing the frame and add report components, nor can new report layouts
be loaded from templates.



ReportBuilder's DBPipeline and BDEPipeline components cannot currently be
used with frames. Both of these components automatically create Field
components (i.e. AutoCreateFields) when a dataset is opened. This behavior
will cause access violations if a data pipeline is placed in a descendant
frame.


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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors