FListView - TppItemList and returned ItemId property is wrong

rbuser

Greetings,

Delphi 5.1
RBuilder 6.03

I am using a custom explorer form and noticed that FListView has a property
called ItemId. It should be returning the ITEM_ID field value, but is
returning the FOLDER_ID value instead. I'm sure this was reported before,
see post "Accessing item_id from Report Explorer" on 06/16/2000, but there
was no answer.

Is there a resolution to this matter, as I need to know which record to
select in the RB_ITEM table as I have added custom fields to this table I
need access to and using a locate on the NAME field will not work.

Please provide a workable solution.

Thanks,

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Michael Tuttle
Software Technologies, Inc.
Topeka, KS

nardmoseley

1. Check your TppReportExplorer.ItemFieldNames settings. You may be mapping
ItemId to an incorrect datafield value by mistake.

2. This works properly in ReportBuilder 7.

RB 7 includes.....

- support for Delphi 5, Delphi 6 and Delphi 7.
- years worth of fixes and enhancements (i.e. since RB 6.x)
- new features
- on going maintenance releases, patches, enhancements

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbuilder/order.html

Please contact sales@digital-metaphors.com if you have questions about
updating.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

The TppReportExplorer.ItemFieldNames is properly mapped ItemId = ITEM_ID

I do intend to update eventually, but, I really cannot afford to update just
now. Can you check version 6.03 to see if it works for you? This was
report after all for version 6.0.

I really need this to work for version 6.03.

Thanks

Mike

rbuser

I just updated to version 7 today (Really could not afford to just yet, but
have to get three issues resolved, this being 1 of 3) and I'm still getting
the wrong value returned here.

Both FListView.FolderId and FListView.ItemId return the same exact value at
all times, no matter what I have tried. Seems as thought this new version
is doing the same exact problem I reported for 6.03 in that FListView.ItemId
is returning the FolderID value.

You mentioned that this works correctly in version 7, so please tell me what
I could be overlooking.

I am using a custom report explorer form that was based on the 6.03 version
of the ppExpFrm.pas file. When I went to compile I had to add a new unit to
the uses clause (ppRptExpCommon) to get this to compile. Has the
ppExpFrm.pas file changed in version 7.03? Any ideas what else I might
check for to get htis to work?

Thanks for any pointers.

Mike

nardmoseley

I found the issue and will send you a patch.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks Nard,

This patch has fixed the problem.

Mike