Minor IDE Issues

rbuser

Hello All:

Since moving from ReportBuilder 5.56 to 6.01, we have come across
several issues in the report designer.

1) We use DBText components set on Courier New at 10. In 5.56 the height
value was always set to 0.15. Now, the hieght is being set to .1833 when we
set a new field in the component. However, this only seems to happen in some
reports.

What could cause this ???

How do we get back to 0.15 as the default height for CourierNew 10 ???
This height allows us to get these fields into tight spaces that .1833 wont
quite fit in.

2) We have standardized on Courier New for our font. It is used in all
our reports. Sometimes when selecting a new DBText component, it will
default to Arial as the font.

Is there a way to default Courier New as the default font in a report
???

3) When we went from 5.56 to 6.01 our project increased by 3 megs. Is
extra stuff getting added in (perhaps end user ) ??? What can we do to
minimize exe size ???

We have placed all reports int .rtf files
We prefer avoiding run time packages


4) Upgrades to our customers - our customers have reports in .rtf files
Ver 6.01. As your format changes, will we need to upgrade the .rtf files at
our customer sites ??? What will happen if we dont ???


Thank you.


Neil Huhta
Profit Monster Data Systems LLC

nardmoseley

1. The code that calculates the size of components,
TppCustomText.AdjustBounds, was slightly modified to improve for
accuracy.

For a wrokaround, try creating a component and setting the height to
0.15, then use copy/paste.

If you are using the EndUser designer, you can write an event-handler
for the Designer.OnCreateComponent event.

2. If you are using the EndUser designer, you can write an event-handler
for the Designer.OnCreateComponent event.

3. I think 5.56 and 6.x should be about the same size. Even our download
for the install has only slightly changed. So I have no idea what you
are seeing. Perhaps you modified your application somehow.

4. Download RB 6.02 - it contains some fixes related to converting old
reports. When an old report is opened is converted automatically by RB.
It then needs to be saved.