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edited December 2003 in RAP
How do I access pipeline methods from within RAP? When I try 'first' for
example, the compiler returns an error.

Thanks,
Ray Metcalfe
Community Service Systems

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  • edited December 2003

    By design, the datapipeline methods are defined to RAP. In general calling
    any data traversal methods while the report is generating will cause the
    report engine to get lost, resulting in an incorrect report.

    You can easily extend RAP by defining additional RTTI classes or coding a
    pass-through function(s).

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    Article: Extending RAP
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    There are two very simple and powerful techniques to extend the capabilities
    of RAP infinitely. These are summarized below and covered in more detail in
    the RAP.hlp online help. Demos and tutorials are installed to
    RBuilder\Demos\RAP. The tutorial text is located in RAP.hlp.


    1. RAP Pass-Through Functions

    These are functions that appear in the Language tab of RAP's Code Toolbox.
    These functions are written in Delphi and can be called from RAP. RAP's
    pass-through function architecture enable's developers to add new built-in
    functions to RAP's code toolbox.

    2. Extend RAP's RTTI

    RAP's Run-time Type information defines what classes and properties can be
    accessed via RAP. By default the published properties of any class that is
    registered with Delphi's RegisterClass procedure is recognized by RAP. In
    addition many of the public properties and methods of ReportBuilder classes
    are exposed.







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  • edited December 2003
    If the pipeline methods are exposed, why do I get a compiler error when I
    code DataPL.first for example?
    I understand that I can extend RAP at run time but I need these functions at
    design time so that I can compile the code.

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    Regards,
    Ray Metcalfe
    Community Service Systems

  • edited December 2003

    Sorry, that was a typing mistake by me. It should have read

    "By design, the datapipeline methods are not defined to RAP."

    You can extend RAP at design-time as well. You need to compile your custom
    RAP functions into a package and install it into Delphi. In the requires
    clause of the package you need to add

    rbRCL7x,
    rbRAP7x // where X is 7 for D7, 6 for D6 etc.

    There is an example in RBuilder\Demos\RAP\CodeSite.

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    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
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