on the regions? I have tried making it transparent (no change), and visible unchecked (nothing showed). I would like to get rid of the border on the region in print preview.
Here's another question. How can I change the thickness of the borders I put around the database fields? I have tried changing the line style, but it doesn't seem to be changing anything.
DBText1.Border.Weight is the method you want or just set the value for the object using field in the report tree or the line thickness button on the draw toolbar
I have tried that (in the desinger, not in the dbtext1.border). It won't go smaller than .125, and it looks to thick for the field.
The thickness I want is the same thickness as it is for a rectangle, when I set the pen width to 1. Currently it looks like it would if the rectangle pen width were 2.
Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? In my testing with RB 10.02, setting the Border.Weight to 0 gave me a single pixel line border around a text object when printing to the printer. Please give me the exact steps you are taking to produce this behavior and I'll try it on my machine.
Note that the output to the screen and the output to the printer can vary due to the difference in resolution. The true test of the thickness of a line or spacing of components is to print it to paper. Please give me the exact steps you are taking to produce this behavior and I'll try it on my machine. You also may want to try updating your version of ReportBuilder to RB 9.03. Contact info@digital-metaphors.com with your serial number for upgrade information.
I have hundreds of v. 9 reports at dozens of sites. Some of these reports are fully customized by the users. Will the reports blow up if I open them to run in the newer version of Report builder?
Yes, your existing reports will work correctly with RB 10. I would recommend downloading a trial edition of RB 10.02 and testing a few of your reports to be sure. I can send you the patch and you can test that out as well if you would like before upgrading.
There is a patch available that fixes this problem. Please send an email to support@digital-metaphors.com requesting the patch and I'll get it to you as soon as possible.
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Setting the Pen.Style to psClear should remove the border of the region
object.
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Nico Cizik
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Here's another question.
How can I change the thickness of the borders I put around the database
fields?
I have tried changing the line style, but it doesn't seem to be changing
anything.
DBText1.Border.Weight is the method you want or just set the value for the
object using field in the report tree or the line thickness button on the
draw toolbar
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Bob
It won't go smaller than .125, and it looks to thick for the field.
The thickness I want is the same thickness as it is for a rectangle, when I
set the pen width to 1.
Currently it looks like it would if the rectangle pen width were 2.
Try setting the weight to 0. This should give you a hair line (i.e. 1 pixel
wide).
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Nico Cizik
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Nico Cizik
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No joy.
And when I go back into the designer, it resets to 1.
Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? In my testing with RB 10.02,
setting the Border.Weight to 0 gave me a single pixel line border around a
text object when printing to the printer. Please give me the exact steps
you are taking to produce this behavior and I'll try it on my machine.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Note that the output to the screen and the output to the printer can vary
due to the difference in resolution. The true test of the thickness of a
line or spacing of components is to print it to paper. Please give me the
exact steps you are taking to produce this behavior and I'll try it on my
machine. You also may want to try updating your version of ReportBuilder to
RB 9.03. Contact info@digital-metaphors.com with your serial number for
upgrade information.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Looks like it does on the screen.
There is now a patch available that fixes these issues for RB 10.02. Please
contact support@digital-metaphors.com if you are interested.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
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Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Some of these reports are fully customized by the users.
Will the reports blow up if I open them to run in the newer version of
Report builder?
Yes, your existing reports will work correctly with RB 10. I would
recommend downloading a trial edition of RB 10.02 and testing a few of your
reports to be sure. I can send you the patch and you can test that out as
well if you would like before upgrading.
--
Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Is this fix included?
There is a patch available that fixes this problem. Please send an email to
support@digital-metaphors.com requesting the patch and I'll get it to you as
soon as possible.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com