Regenerate report on using ps-printer driver

rbuser

Hello,

I use Report Builder 7.

I am in the reportdesigner-printpreview and print. If I print
on a normal printer all is ok, but if I print on a postscript
printer the whole report is recalculated. That means even the
on create-event is called. That is bad, because i use this event
to get some userdata.

Additionaly when RB recalculates the report
variable-components in the report are only cleared.
They were recalculated, but not reassigned. And Memofelder,
which I manipulated in some events, are even resetted, but not
not reassigned.
So they shows not the data I want.

Than Report Builder generates the report
and stops the whole application, so that I have to end the
application task with the task manager.

The same thing happens in my own print preview.

In Report Builder 6, I have no problem with such things.

L. Schirmer

digitalmetaphors

That was a bug in RB 6. The report should regenerate the report for the new
printer. Eachprinter has its own printable area and possibly the pagination
can be different depending on the fonts of the printer as well. You can set
the Report.PrinterSetup to generate for the printer by default by setting
the PrinterName property. Then you can set CachePages to true. By
previewing all the pages in the report on the screen, the pages will be
cached and then these same pages will be used to print on the printer
without requiring the report to be regenerated. You can check if
Report.PrinterDevice is non nil in your event handlers to determine if you
are printing to the printer or not, as shown in the main report's demo #124.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

I tested the problem with your Example
"...\Delphi6\RBuilder\Demos\0. RAP\3. Tutorials"
with the report raTutor0007.rtm with
the Report Builder Enterprise Edition 7.

So I see it's not a problem with postscript printers, instead
it is a problem with the standard printer.

All prints fine if I print on my standard printer,
but if I change in the printer dialog to another printer
the report regenerates incomplete.
The dbtext-components in the detailband shows only their names
"orderno", "saledat", "amountpaid", but not their values.

This happens with your demo.

Regards

Lothar Schirmer

digitalmetaphors

This might be related to a bug that was fixed in the initial release of RB
7. Did you download and install RB 7 dated 9/18/2002? You'll need this
download and not the first release of RB 7 for Delphi 6. It fixes an issue
that is related to the generation process.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors