Mailing a report

rbuser

Hello again

Is there any way to write a code in calc section so that when I opens
(whitout preview) a report, it save it as a rtf file with the name from a
textfield in the report + .rtf and after that opens outlook and attach the
actual report as a rtf file?

/Stig

nardmoseley

I think what want you to do is press the Print button from the Report
Explorer and then use the Print dialog to print the report to .rtf and email
it.

There are some add-on products for ReportBuilder that add additional export
formats to ReportBiulder and some of them provide email capability as well.

You might consider other formats such as PDF for emailing as well. The PDF
format will preserve the fidelity of the report layout much better than
.rtf.

You will also need to have Report.AllowPrintToFile set to true for your
reports.

Here is an article on emailing reports...

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Tech Tip: E-Mailing Reports
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Format
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First decide what format you would like to use: PDF. Text, RTF, HTML, or
Archive. PDF is probably the most flexible because it can support complex
formatting, can printed to the printer, and most users have the acrobat
reader installed onto their computer already.

For PDF, RTF, or HTML you need to use a ReportBuilder add-on product such as

1. TExtraDevices: www.waler.com or

2. PsRBExportDevices: http://www.pragnaan.com

3. Gnostice eDocEngine: http://www.gnostice.com


For Archive, you would need to distribute a small .exe that contains the
ReportBuilder ArchiveReader component.

For Text you usually have to create the layout in Courier New or some Fixed
Width font and carefully position the objects so that they can be mapped to
the 1/6 inch lines (11 inch page / 66 lines).



Transmittal
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The PsRBExportDevices and Gnostice eDocEngine products mentioned above have
built-in e-mail capability.

Most internet component packs contain an SMTP component that can be used to
easily send e-mail. The Indy components that are included with Delphi are
one option. The products contain demos of how to send e-mail. There are
probably other alternatives out there....


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rbuser

Hello Nard
Thanks for your answer..
Some clarification:

Its a helpdesk that uses a program for register Industry complaints
and they want to send a complaint confirm to the customer true email.
That's why they don't need to see the report, and they think that it?s a
lot of work to first look at the report covert, save, create new mail,
attach? the saved file and send. So what I need is an automation of this
procedure. And I was thinking that on the event open report could do this
tasks, and for the helpdesk personal just get outlook opened whit this
complaint attached to a new mail.

nardmoseley

As an example open the RBuilder\Demos\EndUser\ReportExplorer\EndUser.dpr
project. Make the following modifications.

1. Modifiy the LoadEndEvent method to look this

procedure TmyEndUserSolution.LoadEndEvent(Sender: TObject);
begin
ppReport1.OnPreviewFormCreate := PreviewFormCreateEvent;
ppReport1.OnPrintDialogCreate := PrintDialogCreateEvent;
end;

2. Add a PrintDialogCreateEvent method that looks like this

procedure TmyEndUserSolution.PrintDialogCreateEvent(Sender: TObject);
begin

ppReport1.PrintDialog.AllowPrintToFile := True;
ppReport1.PrintDialog.TextFileName := 'c:\myReport.txt';
ppReport1.PrintDialog.DeviceType := dtReportTextFile;

end;

3. Run the project, select a report and press the Print button from the
Report Explorer. The print dialog will be displayed and will default to
print the report to a text file.

4. Now if add one of the RB add-on devices that supports emailing, I think
you will have a solution. Or perhaps I do not understand.




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