Report Explorer and Existing Reports

rbuser

From: Trish (Remote)
Subject: Report Explorer and existing reports
Date: 28/03/2003 23:21

Sorry posted it to the wrong newsgroup

Hi
I am using Delphi 5 with Report Builder 5.56

I am new at Report Builder.

I have followed your tutorial for End User - Report Explorer1
Everything worked fine.

What I need to do is load existing reports into the explorer and allow the
user to change these reports.
The reports are on another form. The user may need to change the way I have
formated these forms - hence using the Report Explorer.

Alternatively if that is not possible, how do I print (access) the report
(re-created and held within Report Explorer) from another form without
opening Report Explorer.

Thank - You

Trish Lee

digitalmetaphors

The Report Explorer is designed for use over database table. You should
save the reports from the forms to a database using report templates. If you
have calculations, then port them over to RAP (Calc tab). The data access
components should to be converted over visual query dataview in DADE (Data
tab). This way all of the data and event handlers for the report are saved
int he report template. This makes the report template fully portable. Once
you convert the reports on the form to use DADE and RAP, then save the
report template to the database. See the Report.Template.DataSettings
property in the help file in order to save the report to database.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hi Jim,

Thank you, I appreciate the help.

Trish