Ordering of draw commands

rbuser

Hi,

Is it possible for this situation to occur?

DrawCommandX (left 21000, top 10000) is received by the DrawText method
before DrawCommandY (left 21000, top 8000).

If so why would this happen? Is it depenant on the order of component
creation? How does Report Builder use it's discretion to order the
DrawCommands?

Thanks,

Anton

nicocizik

Hi Anton,

ReportBuilder uses the z-order to define the order in which components are
created and sent to a device.

You can adjust the z-order by using the SendToBack, BringToFront,
SendBackward, BringForward, functions in the designer. The current z-order
can be seen in the Report Tree.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nico,

Thanks for the insight, in that respect am I right in saying this:

We have a DBText object, it will be rendered as many times as their are
valid data entries for that column for all the rows. A later data entry will
not appear before an earlier data entry.

E.g. DBText1

Record 1 = "Anton"
Record 66 = "Nico"

I am assuming according to what you said that i will not receive "Nico"
before "Anton"

Is this correct?

Anton

nicocizik

Correct.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com