Where's this stuff?

rbuser

Hi guys,

I've been following up with RB since D4 if I am not mistaken.. Excellent
tool, stable, good performance and of course an outstanding support all of
this time.

However it seems that the report tool itself seems somewhat not getting to
where I would personally like to.. I dont know if other users have the same
needs.

Some of the things I am still waiting for are..

1. More productive designer. At this time creating a new report, even though
we have a header/footer template takes too long to place the columns on the
bands, put horizontal, vertical lines to separate the columns etc.

What would be ideal would be to drop a field and get the correct width,
horizontal, vertical separators and a sum at the bottom.

2. Ability to select a record on the report engine. I know this requires
alot of work since at the preview level we are talking about bitmaps but
users would like to click on a row and drill down or open a form with more
information.


Keep up!

nicocizik

Hi Vassilis,

Thanks for your feedback .

1. Yes this would be a nice feature however using the Report Wizard or by
dragging fields from the Data Tree to the report will give you a similar
effect to what you need. If you drag a field from the Data Tree, the
spacing will be calculated for you and you have the option to show the field
in a grid.

2. It is currently possible to create a drilldown report with
ReportBuilder. Take a look at demos 152 - 154 in the \RBuilder\Demos\1.
Reports\... directory. These show how to create different types of
drilldown reports as well as create "clickable" objects in the previewer.

You can also assign the OnDrawCommandClick event of any report compoenent to
make it "clickable" in the previewer. From there the sky is the limit to
what you can allow your users to do.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

> 1. Yes this would be a nice feature however using the Report Wizard or by

Hi again and thank you too for your prompt reply. Can I email you a bitmap
of our reports so I can show you how we draw them and perhaps you can give
me a hint?

rbuser

Hi Vassilis

We have hooked into the drag'n'drop mechanism from the data tree, so we can
add everything we want. This is really powerfull stuff, and you can do
everything you describe.

You inherit from the TppLayoutFactory and then replace the global variable
gcLayoutFactory with your new class.

If you want a simple sample, you can e-mail me at steffenf (at) aloc (dot)
dk

Best Regards
Steffen

nicocizik

Hi Vassilis,

Absolutely, please send the attachment to support@digital-metaphors.com.

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Regards,

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