Can User change field/text values during preview?

rbuser

Hi,
Delphi 7 RB 9.03

I am using RB to print out a letter to a customer. But the operator
needs to mark (X) a box or type in a comment to the user ON THE PREVIEW
screen. They need to see what they typed and then they can print it.
How can I accomplish this?
I was able to click the title of the field with the
OnDrawCommandClick and move a value to the field but it would not show
on the preview. How do I get it to redo the preview with the new data
entered or moved to that title during the OnDrawCommandClick (or draw
that field again) so it shows? Example 153 did not help what I wanted
to do. Thank you.
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Louis Beck
Vital Records Product Manager
(864)232-2666 x 1-3502#
Piedmont Center East Suite 508
37 Villa Road
Greenville, SC 29615
louis@qsinc.com

nicocizik

Hi Louis,

Take a look at the following example of refreshing a report after the data
has been changed using the OnDrawCommandClick event. I believe it sets the
DrawCommand.RedrawPage property to True to give this effect.

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

--
Regards,

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

rbuser

Hi Nico,
Yes that works nicely, but is there a way to do that entirely in RAP?
(Do I need to be in the RAP subgroup?)

nicocizik

Hi Louis,

The TppDrawCommand.RedrawPage property has been added into RAP and should
function correctly. Have you tried this code in RAP? What problems have
you encountered?

--
Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico,

I have the following code in my Rap even on the report builder CALC tab.
The showmessage displays the xxxxxx's but the field does not change?
RB 9.03 Delphi 7.

Procedure label1OnDrawCommandClick(ADrawCommand : TObject)

label1.text:= 'xxxxxx';
label1.caption:= 'xxxxxx';
showmessage(label1.text);

TPPdrawcommand.redrawpage := True;
TppDrawText(aDrawCommand).RedrawPage := True;

...It compiles fine, But label does not change.

rbuser

Nico,
Does the Rap code support this type of commands:
TPPDrawtext(aDrawCommand)ReDrawPage := True;
What am I missing? Do I have the wrong concept completely? Thanks.

nicocizik

Louis,

Unfortunately for this to work correctly you will need to reset the report
engine after you alter the text of the label and although the engine
property is available in RAP, the reset method is not. You will need to
create a pass-thru function to call Report.Engine.Reset before setting
TppDrawCommand.RedrawPage to True.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Thank you. I will create a pass through function to do this.