HELP in Report Explorer

rbuser

I have my own Help set up in the dialog that calls
up the end-user reports via the report explorer and designer.
That works as usual. For the Report designer, I set the
Help to LearnReportBuilder.hlp - also works fine.

Problem is that in between- when the user is at the
Report Explorer level, there is a Help menu option,
but nothing happens. I would be happy with linking
to my own application help, or to report designer help -
it would even be an improvement to not see the help menu
choice at all. Now nothing happens when it is selected.

I do have a Merge Menu, which passes from my own dialog to
the report explorer to provide a ccustomized option, but it
is numbered 21 or 41 in the Group Index. And the "About"
option under help works - just no "Help". Help!

Scott

nicocizik

Hi Scott,

By default, the explorer trys to open the ReportBuilder help, installed with
RB. If you are installing this on an end-user's computer, you will need to
take control of this option yourself in your merge menu. See the help on
TppReportExplorer.MergeMenu for more information.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:
Trouble is that if I "take control myself", I have to use Group Index
30, which controls the Report Explorer help, but when they click to go
on to the designer, the option for "View" is gone, because it uses the
number 30 also.
(otherwise, I can give it a unique number, but then the "dead" help
appears in Explorer, and View in the Designer id OK).

Scott

nicocizik

Hi Scott,

In this case, you will probably need to create a custom explorer dialog.
This can be done fairly easily using the ReportBuilder class registration
routines. See the tutorial located in the \RBuilder\Tutorials\Complete\II.
Applications\04. End-User with Custom Explorer\... directory for an example.

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Regards,

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