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edited September 2005 in General
Hi,

is there a possibility for the user to change the fieldalias for a crosstab
report?
If i'm right it's only possible for a crosstab with the code designer, which
is not really
user friendly.

Tks in advance,

Jozua

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  • edited September 2005
    Hi Jozua,

    Take a look at CrossTab demo 127 located in the \RBuilder\Demos\2.
    CrossTabs\... directory. This shows how you can manually alter the value of
    any cell in a crosstab component without the need to use the crosstab
    designer.

    --
    Regards,

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

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited September 2005
    Hi again,

    tks for the quick answers but there are still some questions...

    1. When I change the rowname (left-below) in the demo, the columnname
    (fieldalias) stays the same. What do I do wrong?

    2. When I change the fieldalias of a calculated field only the name of the
    field change. Is there a possibility to also change the formula.Example:
    Standaard: 'Sum(Total)' - change field alias from Total to total ->
    'Sum(total)'
    Possible?: 'Sum(Total)' - ??-> 'sum(total)'

    3. Can u confirm that if I want the end-user to change the fieldalias
    without code designer, it's needed to write a custom tool which edits the
    FieldAliases of an crosstab?


  • edited September 2005
    Hi Jozua,

    Which event are you using to change the row name?

    If you take a look at the TppElement topic in the ReportBuilder help it
    gives you a diagram of each object inside a CrossTab. This will allow you
    to use the correct events to change the values you want. For instance, you
    are looking for the ValueDef.CaptionDef property if you want to change the
    caption of the formula.

    If you would like to give your users the ability to change these values you
    will need to write some event code for them to do so. Unfortuately the
    crosstab component is not very customizable. This is something on our todo
    list to enhance for a later release of ReportBuilder.

    --
    Regards,

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

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