Printing to a file -- the file is empty

rbuser

D2010, RB11.06. The report is a jit-based report -- data stored in
objectlists and TppDBtext.OnGetFieldValue provides the values.

The preview shows a report with data, but the output txt file has 0
bytes. I've marked each field in the detail band as Save.
AllowSaveToFile is checked.

What am I missing?

Jeremy

rbuser

I should also ask, does the upgrade to v12 allow output of a jit-based
report to excel? I notice in an earlier thread that OnGetText doesn't
work in that regard. Will OnGetFieldValue work?

Jeremy

nardmoseley

Simplest way to configure the delimited text export is to use the Designer's
File | Print To File Setup dialog. If you configure the report via code, in
addition to setting Component.Save, you need to set Band.Save.

RB 12 has a new default behavior for delimited text export - the elements in
the detail band are exported when no elements have configured manually.



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nardmoseley

Yes, all DataPipelines are supported: DBPipeline, JITPipeline, TextPipeilne,
CustomPipeline, ... A report treats them all the same, never knows to which
one it is connected.

When you define the DataFields for a JITPipeline or TextPipeline you should
define the proper DataType for each field: string, integer, currency, etc.
You should use the OnGetFieldValue to return the value for each field in the
correct DataType. By honoring DataTypes and Value you can produce
meaningful results in all parts of the report - calculations, export, etc.
The XLS export can export the value in the correct datatype and keep the
display format separate also, all properties of the cell.

The question to which you refer and my answer focused on using a DBCalc
component - which by definition is numeric datatype and has a DBCalc.Value
property that is exported.


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