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rbuser

A quick question,

What would be the best Delphi version to use with RB10?

I understand it works with many versions, but would it be best to be
working with Delphi 2006?

Regards
Charles

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rbuser

Two other things I am wondering about,

Jpeg and Gifs are not supported within the image component. Is this going
to change any time soon? Or is there a work around I have missed.

Is it possible to create custom joins between tables without manually
creating the SQL?

Regards
Charles

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nicocizik

Hi Charles,

ReportBuilder will function the same for Delphi 6, 7, 2005, and 2006. If
you are a fan of the older IDE, I would recommend using Delphi 7. If you
would like to use the latest IDE and latest features of Delphi, I would
recommend using Delphi 2006.

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Regards,

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

nicocizik

Hi Charles,

Both JPEGs and GIFs are natively supported by the image component. You will
need to add ppJPEG or ppGIF to your uses clause in order to view these types
of images. Other image types are also available. See the article below for
more information.

Take a look at the following example of manually linking two datasets in
DADE.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/LinkDataviewsInCode.zip

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Article: ReportBuilder Image Support
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ReportBuilder natively supports .bmp, .jpeg, .wmf, .ico image formats.

ReportBuilder has an open architecture that supports any TGraphic
descendant.

For example, ReportBuilder ships with a freeware component called GIFImage
that can be used with ReportBuilder to print .gif images. (see the main
report demo app for an example.)

There is another freeware component called GraphicEx that
supports several additional formats - including tiff, targa, and autodesk.

It can be downloaded from:

http://www.lischke-online.de/Graphics.php


ReportBuilder can easily support TGraphic descendants
with a simple register call.

Below is the code to our ppGIF.pas unit which
'uses' and registers the freeware GIFImage component.


{********************************************************************}
{ }
{ ReportBuilder Report Component Library }
{ }
{ Copyright (c) 1996, 2000 Digital Metaphors Corporation }
{ }
{********************************************************************}

unit ppGIF;

interface

{$I ppIfDef.pas}

uses
ppCtrls, GIFImage;

implementation

{***************************************************************
*
** I N I T I A L I Z A T I O N / F I N A L I Z A T I O N
*
{****************************************************************}

initialization

ppRegisterGraphicClass('GIF', TGIFImage);

finalization

ppUnRegisterGraphicClass(TGIFImage);

end.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Thanks Nico,

Just wondering about the answer to this question though.


Regards
Charles

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nicocizik

Hi Charles,

Sorry, I missunderstood your initial post.

You can use the Join dialog in DADE to create joins in SQL. In the query
designer, simply add two tables in the tables tab and the join dialog will
pop up.

If you would like to do this in code, you will need to use the SQLBuilder
object. See the TdaSQLBuilder topic in the RB Help.

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Regards,

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