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  • Hi Phil,

    Take a look at the following article on printing reports to dot matrix
    printers.

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    Tech Tip: Printing to Dot Matrix Printers
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  • Hi Brian,

    You do not need a master-detail relationship in order to use Subreports.
    You could simply connect your dataset to the subreport rather than to the
    main report.

    In order to limit the amount of vertical spac…
  • Hi Brian,

    Take a look at Fixed style subreports. If you place a fixed style subreport
    in the detail band of your main report, you can size it to be as large as
    you want, then inside the subreport, the data will not take up mo…
  • Hi Dino,

    Are you able to update any report? Are you trying to update a report using
    the designer? Are you receiving an error of some sort? Which version of
    ReportBuilder are you using?

    Which database/connectivity…
  • Hi Maikel,

    1. When creating each search condition, you can define which ones you would
    like to include as an Autosearch field by selecting the Autosearch checkbox.

    2. In my testing with Interbase and IBX, I was able to …
  • Hi Leah,

    Thanks for the information. I was not able to recreate the exact error you
    were getting however I did find an issue dealing with the loading of .dtm
    files from the database with DBExpress. The Item and ItemUpdate cl…
  • > phStatic nothing is showed?!

    This is not a known issue. I would suggest downloading a trial edition of
    the latest RB version available for the version of Delphi you are using and
    testing with that.

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    Re…
  • Hi Brian,

    You need to be sure the DetailBand.PrintHeight property is set to phStatic.
    This will keep the detail band at a fixed height for each label.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Nick,

    The datadictionary was not designed to be used at runtime. The
    DataDictionary is typically used at designtime to define/filter the names of
    the tables, fields and automatic joins the end user will see while creating …
  • Hi Fernando,

    Are you certain the TppViewer is still connected to the Report? Try tracing
    through the code you have below and be sure A.) the correct template stream
    is being loaded, and B.) The Viewer is still properly connec…
  • What errors are you receiving when trying to set the NoDataBehaviors? Be
    sure to add ppTypes to your uses clause.


    A dynamic detail band is not supported for left to right columns in
    ReportBuilder.

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    Re…
  • 1. Be sure the detail dataset is sorted on the linking field. Also, be
    sure the detail dataset is returning data for each master. If for instance
    there is no data for a master record, you will need to adjust the
    NoDataBehaviors …
  • Hi Fathur,

    You can set the DetailBand.ColumnTraversal property at design time from the
    Delphi Object inspector. There is no need to set this in code unless you
    are switching between traversal types.

    We added an obj…
  • It is possible to traverse data horizontally using columns and setting the
    detail band to LeftToRight traversal.


    This should not be the case. Which version of ReportBuilder are you using?
    Items placed in the detail band…
  • Hi Fathur,

    A good rule of thumb to use when designing report is to do as much data
    processing you can before the report generates as possible. From looking at
    your requirements below, I would create a two query report with a …
  • Hi,

    You can use the Page Range edit box of the print dialog to define which
    pages of the archive file you would like to print. Also take a look at demo
    124 in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory. This demo shows how…
  • Hi Antony,

    If your database supports SQL2 functions you can use the EXTRACT(part FROM
    source) method to get a part of a date. For instance it would look
    something like the following...

    EXTRACT(DAY FROM CURRENT_DATE…
  • Hi Smokoveck,

    In my testing with the latest version of ReportBuilder, I am able to create
    a SQL statement similar to the one below by simply adding the
    table.fieldname to the Value edit box in the search tab of the query
  • Hi Robson,

    If you would like to rotate a text object in your report, there is a third
    party utility available from our website that adds a new component that
    allows this. This is a free component that can be downloaded from t…
  • Hi Hanjo,


    It should be if the header band's PrintHeight property is set to phDynamic.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://ww…
  • Hello,

    One option is to place each one of your fields inside a region. Then for
    each region set the ShiftRelativeTo property to the region that lies just
    above. Finally inside the DetailBand.BeforePrint, check each field val…
  • Hi Hanjo,

    There are a few options in this case.

    1. The header band contains a PrintOnLastPage property that will prevent
    any of its information from printing on the last page of the report.

    2. If you create a…
  • Hi Glenn,

    Have you tried commenting out all your event code? If possible, please
    construct a simple example that demonstrates this behavior and send it in
    .zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look at i…
  • Hi Glenn,

    First I would recommend updating your version of ReportBuilder to the latest
    version (10.04). This is a free upgrade for registered RB 10.x users.
    Contact info@digital-metaphors.com for upgrade instructions.
  • Hi Glenn,

    You need to be sure the Report.PassSetting is set to psTwoPass in order for
    the engine to know how many pages are present in your report. This should
    fix the problem.

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    Regards,

    Nico Ciz…
  • Hi Jonas,

    The RotatedText component was not developed by Digital Metaphors and is
    therefore not actively supported. My guess is that the component was not
    designed to be right aligned so this feature has been disabled.
    <…
  • Hi Jonas,

    There is the RotatedText third party component available on our web site at
    the following address.

    http://www.digi…
  • Hi Jonas,

    Every non-wrapping text object in ReportBuilder contains the Angle property
    that allows you to define which angle you would like to print that text.
    Native text rotation was introduced for RB 9.x or later. You can a…
  • Hi Mark,

    I'm a bit unclear about why you are unable to upgrade directly. Are you a
    licenced user of Delphi and ReportBuilder? Note that the ReportBuilder
    licence is a per-developer licence. If you purchased the licence from…