Runtime TppReport

rbuser

Hi, I want to create a inherited class of TppReport for simple reports, this
class will be targeted to reports that use one single dataset, my idea is to
pass a query and headers for the fields, and the class generate the report
by itself.

There is any example of how to build something like that? Any
recommendation, warning or pitfalls?

Thanks

nicocizik

Hi Anderson,

We do not have any examples of this however it should not be too difficult
to descend from the TppReport object. Since you are creating a simpler
version of the report object, you might try descending from the
TppBandedReport object like the TppChildReport does. See the ppReport.pas
file for more info.

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Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
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nardmoseley

Rather than a descendent of TppReport, I would create something a like a
TmyLayoutBuilder class that given a report and a dataset, can build a report
layout. Or, if you assign the Report.Datapipeline prior to calling it, then
it could just use Report.Datapipeline to get the field info.

Also, rather than build the entire report layout in could, you could
pre-define some of it using the report designer and then save that design to
an .rtm file.

The report wizard is an example of a layout builder type of class. The
difference is that it has a user interface that asks questions.

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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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