Report Find Text issue

rbuser

Hi,

When I previewed a report in Native mode, I clicked on Search icon and
entered a text in the Find box then clicked on Find Text, and I got a
'Floating point division by zero' error. I couldn't track down the cause of
the error in my code, does anyone know what could have caused this error to
happen? Is it my code or something I forgot to set correctly in RB? My other
reports don't have this issue. I'm using RB 7.01 with D7.

Thank you.

Bill

nardmoseley

- RB 7.04 was the last produced version for RB 7. Send an email request to
info@digital-metaphors.com and include your serial number and registration
info. That will likely fix your issue.

- If you still have an issue, download a trial version of current release,
RB 10.03 for D7, and perform the same test.

rbuser

Thank you, RB 7.04 did seem to fix the problem.

Bill

rbuser

Hi,

After I upgraded to RB v7.04, it seems to fix the FindText issue. But now
I'm running into a couple other strange issues:

1. I tried to build one of my reports and I'm getting an error in IB.pas
located in $(DELPHI)\Lib. But it compiled ok.
2. I also got an 'List Index Out of Bound (0)' error when I tried running
another report, which built ok by the way, the error happened in
IBDatabase.pas (also in $(DELPHI)\Lib) when the DM is initially being
created.

Do you know what could possibly cause the errors?

These 2 errors don't happen to all my reports. I have a couple reports that
don't have either problems, but I can't find any differences between them.
I'm using Interbase Express v7.2. Does RB v7.04 require any particular
version of Interbase Express? The same code build and run fine on my other
machine that has the old RB v7.01.

Thank you.

Bill

nardmoseley

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Article: Resolving IBExpress compatibility Issues
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The ReportBuilder Query Tools support the Interbase Express data access
components via a DADE plug-in. The plug-in consists of the daIBExpress.dcu
unit and the rbIBE7x.bpl package. (Note: the '7x' is replaced by 76 for
Delphi 6, 77 for Delphi 7, etc).

The rbIBE7X.bpl package is compatible with the version of InterBase Express
that ships with Delphi. Updated versions of InterBase Express may require
that this package be recompiled.


Compiling the ReportBuilder DADE Package for InterBase Express
--------------------------------------------------------------

1. The ReportBuilder DADE source files for InterBase Express are located in
the ..\RBuilder\Source directory.

a. daIBExpress.pas - source code to data view class
b. rbIBE76.dpk - source package that contains the daIBExpress.pas unit

2. Copy the following files to your ..\RBuilder\Lib directory:

- daIBExpress.*
- rbIBE7x.*

3. Access the Delphi Environment Options dialog, by selecting the Tools |
Environment Options from the Delphi menu. Select the Library tab.

4. Set the BPL and DCP directories to the ..RBuilder\Lib directory. If you
have installed ReportBuilder into the default directory you can set these
directories to:

$(DELPHI)\RBuilder\Lib

5. Select File | Open from the Delphi menu. In the Open dialog locate the
'Files of type' drop-down list near the bottom. Select the 'Delphi package
(*.dpk)' item in this list. Now only package files will be displayed.

6. Navigate to the ..\RBuilder\Lib directory.

7. Open the rbIBE7x.dpk package and click the compile button.

8. Launch the Windows Explorer and examine the files in the ..RBuilder\Lib
directory. The daIBExpress and rbIBE7x .dcu, .dcp, and .bpl files should be
stamped with the current date and time. If this is not the case then the
files have not been regenerated, or your BPL or DCP directory setting is not
correct and the files have been generated into some other directory.

9. Access the Delphi Environment Options dialog and clear the BPL and DCP
directory settings.

10. Copy the .bpl file to the Windows\System32 directory.



Installing ReportBuilder DADE for InterBase Express
----------------------------------------------------

1. To use the InterBase Express DataView at run time, add daIBExpress to the
'uses' clause of the form that contains the TppDesigner component.

2. To use the InterBase Express DataView at design time, install rbIBE7x.bpl
into the Delphi IDE.



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rbuser

Thank you, unfortunately, after doing what below says, the same issues
remain. I used to get a error when trying to install the package but now I
don't so that means the bpl is working, but I'm still getting the same 2
errors in the same reports. Any advice? Thank you.

Bill

nardmoseley

- the packages (.bpl) is used by the Delphi IDE

- when you compile your Delphi project, the .dcu's are used. Use Windows
Explorer to search for copies of the daIBExpress.dcu (check RBuilder\Lib and
RBuilder\Source and search your computer). Check the timestamp and make sure
reflects the time of your re-compilation of the daIBExpress.pas unit.