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rbuser

Hi all,
my report is entirely runtime generated.
In the detail band i put some DB aware controls as follows:

| | | | |
| tppMemo | TppDBText | TppDbText | TppDbtext |
| | | | |

i need to generate this at runtime, because i don't know the number of columns
to draw.
The ppMemo has the stretchable property set to true.
All the controls are included in a TppRegion because i need to "KeepToghether"
every line, especially when the memo stretches the band.
But sometimes the memo is rendered on the next page and the other dbtexts not...
this is the way i use to create control into the region... any help will be
greatly appreciated.

//rpt is an instance of TppCustomReport
detail := TppDetailBand(rpt.GetBand(btDetail, 0));
detail.PrintHeight := phDynamic;
reg := TppRegion.Create(MainDm);

with reg do begin
Band := detail;
ParentWidth := true;
ParentHeight := true;
StretchWithParent := true;
KeepTogether := true;
end;

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//set Region Property
with TppDBText.Create(MainDm) do begin
Region := reg;
//... other settings
end;

Gianantonio

nardmoseley

- as a first step I would try created a similar layout using the designer
and then once you get that working correctly, perform a view as text on the
form or save the template to an ascii format .rtfm file and open it in the
editor. Then you can review the property settings.

- make sure that the Memo is inside the region as well as the DBText. Set
Region.Stretch to True (not StretchWithParent). When you create the Memo and
DBText, set the Region property, but not the Band property (when you set
DBText.Region, the band property will be updated automatically to be the
same band where the region is located).

- do you create all of these layout elements prior to calling Report.Print?


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors) wrote:
Thank you Nard,
good idea. I've changed the property. I forgot to tell you that the report is
exported directly to a pdf device. The report is then streamed out to a byte
array (Olevariant) for being downloaded from a web page. This is the code.

MStr := TMemoryStream.Create();
pdfdev := TppPDFDevice.Create(nil);

WriteLog('setting up the device');
with pdfdev do begin
PDFSettings := MainDm.rpt.PDFSettings;
OutputStream := MStr;
Publisher := MainDm.rpt.Publisher;
end;

WriteLog('Let''s print into the stream');
MainDm.rpt.PrintToDevices;
//to olevariant
result := convertToOleVariant(MStr);

Now, with this property setted up the report works fine on my develop machine
(WINXPPro in English) but not on the deployment server (WIN2003Server in
English). I could send you those pdf generated on your private email
Note that on the deployment server there are no printers installed.

When you create the Memo and

Yes that's true. i've already did it.
yes of course.

It's very difficult for me to send you a working example because i use a
JITPipeline linked to several custom object. I can send you the whole code
and the pdf generated if you need them to better understand.

Thank you very much
Gianantonio.

nardmoseley

Rather than work on your real report, I recommend taking a step back and
creating a very simple example. You can use the Delphi DBDemos data. First
use the report designer to create a layout that contains a memo and dbText
and then once you have that working, try to do the same using the code based
approach. Then if you encounter an issue, you can easily email to
support@digital-metaphors.com and we can review it.

--
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com