I have also started using Toolbar 2000/TBX in my apps. Any idea how I can control the theme that Reportbuilder uses, so that these is a consistent look throughout the app.
ReportBuilder 10 introduces support for Themes (Skins). There are a couple of options for specifying which theme is used.
1. Report Designer
From the Report Designer select View | Themes from the main menu and then select the theme that you would like to use. The specified theme will be stored in RBuilder.ini and used as the default theme the next time you run RB.
2. RBuilder.ini.
When deploying an application, you can deploy RBuilder.ini so that ReportBuilder will use a specific theme.
3. TppThemeManager
At run-time TppThemeManager can be used to programmatically use specify a theme.
TppThemeManager is defined in ppToolbarTBX.pas. Here are the public class methods.
TppThemeManager = class public class function GetCurrentThemeName: String; class procedure GetThemeNames(aThemeNames: TStrings); class procedure SavePreferences; class procedure SetCurrentTheme(aThemeName: String); end;
Example:
uses ppToolbarTBX;
TppThemeManager.SetCurrentTheme(Office2003');
Best regards,
Nard Moseley Digital Metaphors www.digital-metaphors.com
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Tech Tip: ReportBuilder Themes
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ReportBuilder 10 introduces support for Themes (Skins). There are a couple
of options for specifying which theme is used.
1. Report Designer
From the Report Designer select View | Themes from the main menu and then
select the theme that you would like to use. The specified theme will be
stored in RBuilder.ini and used as the default theme the next time you run
RB.
2. RBuilder.ini.
When deploying an application, you can deploy RBuilder.ini so that
ReportBuilder will use a specific theme.
3. TppThemeManager
At run-time TppThemeManager can be used to programmatically use specify a
theme.
TppThemeManager is defined in ppToolbarTBX.pas. Here are the public class
methods.
TppThemeManager = class
public
class function GetCurrentThemeName: String;
class procedure GetThemeNames(aThemeNames: TStrings);
class procedure SavePreferences;
class procedure SetCurrentTheme(aThemeName: String);
end;
Example:
uses
ppToolbarTBX;
TppThemeManager.SetCurrentTheme(Office2003');
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com