Report from Code

rbuser

I need some advice as to whether to use ReportBuilder or not.

I am writing a fairly complex property advertising module which designs
templates for properties for sale to be published in newspapers/magazines.

I have more or less completed a prototype of the design stage which allows
the user to create a matrix of property cells. They can then change the
layout/colours of any of these, as well as deleting/inserting so that there
can be any combination of cells all different. I do this by creating
TPanels, TMemos and TImages on the fly.

Please se the attached screen shot.

I ideally would like to use reportbuilder to generate the advert but it
obviously does not fit the normal type of report as each detail element can
be different. The only way I can see to do this is to create a subreport for
each property.

Any advice welcome.

Ken

nicocizik

Hi Ken,

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support@digital-metaphors.com.

Creating side by side fixed subreports for each section would probably be
the ideal way to go in your case. There is an example of this in the
subreport section of the main reports demo located in the \RBuilder\Demos\1.
Reports\... directory.
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Regards,

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

rbuser

IMO this should be fairly easy using RB

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Ed Dressel
Team DM

rbuser

I have also considered writing the RTM and then loading that!

Ken

rbuser

I keep all my reports in a database (Reports.FDB). This keeps the EXE
smaller and makes sure that each report is fully encapsulated, making
maintenance over the years a lot easier.

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Ed Dressel
Team DM