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edited December 2007 in General
Hello.

I would like to save the DateTime in my Report table when a report has been
changed and saved to my database.
Any suggestion / experience on how to accompish this?

Regards
Petter Topp

D2007, RB Ent. 10, Dbisam

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  • edited December 2007
    Hi Petter,

    Try using the Template event, OnSaveEnd to update your dataset with the
    current date and time.

    ----------------------------------------------
    Tech Tip: Using Template Events
    ----------------------------------------------

    The Report.Template object has several events that can be used for
    customizing what happens when a report is loaded or saved:

    - OnLoadStart
    - OnLoadEnd
    - OnNew
    - OnSaveStart
    - OnSaveEnd


    The OnLoadEnd and OnNew events are often used to perform actions related
    to report and data initialization.

    The OnSaveEnd event is often used to save additional descriptive
    ("meta") data to the database each time the report is saved.

    Example:

    The Report.Template events are public and therefore must be assigned at
    run-time.


    1. In the private section of your form declaration you can declare an
    event-handler method:

    TForm = class(TForm)
    private
    procedure myTemplateOnLoadEndEvent(Sender: TObject);

    public

    end;


    2. In the Form.OnCreate event, you can assign the event-handler to the
    event:

    procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
    begin

    ppReport1.Template.OnLoadEnd := myTemplateOnLoadEndEvent;

    end;


    3. Implement the event-handler method:

    procedure TForm1.myTemplateOnLoadEndEvent(Sender: TObject);
    begin

    {add code here to initial the report or data, etc. }
    ppReport1.PrinterSetup.MarginTop := 0.5;

    end;


    --
    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited December 2007
    Thanks Nico.


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