Report Designer - No Calc Tab

rbuser

Using RB Pro 10.07 and Delphi 2006. I've been trying to add a BeforePrint
event to my detail band and after looking through the developer guide, I see
that I should have a "Calc" tab in my report designer. I don't have a Calc
tab.

How can I fix this?

Thanks,

David

nardmoseley

RB Enterprise includes RAP (the run-time Pascal environment that adds the
Calc tab).

The same Developers Guide is included with Std, Pro, Enterprise Editions.

You may want to upgrade from RB Pro to Enterprise.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Can I not program an event handler without RAP?

nardmoseley

You can use Delphi to implement event-handlers - just as you do for other
Delphi components. Select a component - such as a Band or DBText and then
use the Delphi object inspector.

I recommend working thru the Developers Guide tutorials. The tutorials show
step by step how to build reports that contain Delphi event-handlers.


Here is more detailed information about RAP....

What is RAP? (or What is the difference between RB Pro and Enterprise.)

RB Enterprise includes a run-time Pascal environment called RAP. RAP enables
Developers and and end-users to code without Delphi. RAP code can be used to
add calculations and event-handlers to reports.

Why use RAP?

- Reports coded with RAP are more portable than reports that require Delphi
code.

RAP code is stored as part of the report definition. (Delphi code which is
compiled into the .exe). In other words, report definitions loaded from a
database or report file can contain the RAP code required to run the report.

- RAP provides more power to end-users.

You can optionally include RAP in end-user reporting solutions so that
end-users have the power to add code to reports they create. (End-users do
not have Delphi)

- RAP speeds development of reports

RAP code does not require that you compile your Delphi project to see the
results. This speeds up the design/preview process. (Typically while
creating reports you want to make changes and preview the results, then make
changes, preview again, etc).




More information on RAP
------------------------

- Web site

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/products/RAP/

- Learning ReportBuilder RAP

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/learning_reportbuilder.html


- Download a trial version of RB Enterprise and run the RBuilder\Demos\RAP
examples

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/




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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com