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  • Hi,

    You can do this using subreports. Take a look at demo 51 located in the
    \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory (dm0051.pas) for an example of
    this.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metapho…
  • Hi Murilo,

    One option would be to use the Page Range in the Print Dialog to determine
    which pages you would like printed. If you would like to manually select
    the pages to be printed, you can create a page list using the tech…
  • Hi Alex,

    You should be able to use the DataDictionary to do this as well. In my
    testing with the main enduser demo, changing the field alias in the
    DataDictionary changed the name of the field in the query designer when
  • Hi Greg,

    ReportBuilder now uses the TppTabbedNotebook class which manages the
    equivalent of a PageControl with the new TBX toolbars. Take a look at the
    ppTabbedNotebook.pas file for the source to this class.

    You ca…
  • Hi Andy,

    I'm not sure how your report got in its current state however if you remove
    the footer band from each subreport, then re-add it along with a System
    Variable, they seem to show up fine. I'm not entirely sure why this …
  • Hi Andy,

    Take a look at demo 51 located in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\...
    directory. This shows a report with multiple section subreports including a
    page count. If you open this unit (dm0051.pas) set the report to TwoPa…
  • Hi Andy,

    The footer band of the main report will show up on every page unless you are
    using Section style subreports. In this case you will need to add a footer
    band to the section subreports and place a system variable insid…
  • Hi Eric,

    If you would like to customize the menu of the designer, take a look at the
    following example. This shows how to access the menu and toolbar objects in
    the current RB 10 designer and customize them to meet your needs…
  • Hi Chris,

    Was this behavior different for earlier versions of ReportBuilder? Does
    this occur on every printer you print to? I believe some printers have
    problems with transparency. As a test, try printing to a different pri…
  • Hi Rashid,

    Inside the main report's detailband.beforeprint event, try checking the
    field value and simply toggle the visibility of the PageBreak and
    TppSubreport as needed. This will remove the second page as you described.
  • Hi Ivan,

    In order to customize the preview window, you will need to create a custom
    preview plugin. Below are a couple examples on how to load the page setup
    from custom button added to the preview window. Download the appro…
  • Hi Suyin,

    Rap does not include any events that only fire once regardless how many
    times the report is generated. If you would like to restrict your event
    code, perhaps you could check if the Report.Parameters property is nil …
  • Hi Deirdre,

    I apoligize, there is a patch available for RB 10.04 that changes how the
    border interact with images. If you would like this patch, please send a
    small request to support@digital-metaphors.com.

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  • Hi Deirdre,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? I believe for RB 10.04, we
    changed how the image borders work so they appear around the actual image
    rather than the component boundaries. I would suggest upgrading t…
  • Great!

    Yes sorry, I meant to type ppExpFrm :).

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metapho…
  • Hi Ruud,

    You can access the TppReportExplorerForm object by typecasting the
    TppReportExplorer.Form property. Then try calling the Refresh routine.

    uses
    ppRptExp;

    ...

    TppReportExplorerForm(ppR…
  • Hi Bhoj,

    Are you using DADE? If so, it may be possible to create an autosearch
    criteria for each report template in RAP using the TdaSQLBuilder or in the
    DADE query designer that allows your users to enter a search condition.…
  • Hi Al,

    Are you able to recreate this behavior using one of the end-user demos
    included with ReportBuilder located in the \RBuilder\Demos\4. EndUser
    Databases\... directory? If so, let me know the exact steps I can take to
  • Hi Alex,

    The page header band will span the entire page when using columns. The
    group header band will be reduced to the same size as the column by
    definition. You could possibly only show the header band at the top of each …
  • Hi Gilbert,

    The header and footer bands are not available on Child Subreports. You can
    use Group Headers and Footers instead or try using a different style
    subreport.

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  • Hi Alex,

    You can try doing this during the second pass of a two-pass report
    generation. The first pass is to calculate required band sizes and
    pagination, so the band height should be calculated. Inside the
    Band.BeforP…
  • Hi Suyin,

    This is not a ReportBuilder error. After a little bit of research I was
    able to find the following articles. Perhaps this is the problem.

    http:/…
  • Hi Dennis,

    Thanks for the feedback. If you would like, you can send the changes you
    made to support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll take a look at them as a
    possible enhancement for a later release. Thanks again.

  • Hi Alex,

    Are you using DADE? Are you certain there are 10 records being returned
    from the DEF2 dataset? Also, be sure the PrintHeight of the summary band is
    set to phDynamic allowing it to stretch. Are the DBText components…
  • Hi Mark,

    In my testing with the ReportExplorer demo located in the \RBuilder\Demos\3.
    EndUser\1. Report Explorer\ directory, the email button shows up as expected
    next to the Print Preview button. Are you unable to see the bu…
  • Hi Mark,

    The email button/menu options should be available by default in the Report
    Explorer. The email feature for the explorer is controled by the
    ItemOptions property. Setting ioAllowEmail to True will enable the button <…
  • Hi Mark,

    I received your email and example and will take a look at it and get back to
    you as soon as possible.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Mark,

    I am unsure about the cause of this error. We have also not heard of this
    before from any other customers. Are you certain your library path is
    pointing toward the correct source? There must be some difference betw…
  • Hi Mark,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you upgrading from? The new end-user
    architecture has been in place since RB 10.0 was released and should require
    no action on your part (database wise) to get working. Is there so…
  • Hi Murilo,

    This is currently not a feature of the ReportBuilder preview window. It
    would be a nice feature however for a later release. Thanks for the
    feedback.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital…