Why no ShiftRelativeTo property in ppLabel and ppDBText components?

rbuser

Hi,

I placed a TppDBMemo (which will print flat text data, no RichText)
component on the detail band. Initial height is set to 15 so atleast 1 line
will print and Stretch is set to True. Depending on how much lines the memo
contains the component will be stretched downwards. The problem is now when
i place a regular TppDBText or TppLabel in the same band at the same X
offset and '1 line' below the TppDBMemo component. When printed and
TppDBMemo component only contains 1 line of data everything is ok but when
it has 2 lines of data the second line from the TppDBMemo and the TppDBText
placed below will overwrite eachother...

So now i have to use TppDBMemo components for regular non memo fields when
placing below TppDBMemo components with stretch = true so i can use its
ShiftRelativeTo property...

Any other way to do this bc i assume using alot of TppDBMemo components will
slow printing down.

Greetings,
Filip Moons

nicocizik

Hi Filip,

Only report components that descend from TppStretchable have the ability to
shift relative to another stretchable component. If you need
non-stretchable components to shift relative to a stretchable one, you can
place them inside a TppRegion, then set the region's ShiftRelativeTo
property.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

> Only report components that descend from TppStretchable have the ability
to

I'm sorry but that doesn't make sence.


For reports who can't be changed by the end user it's ok but reports which
could be changed by the end user this approach is too far fetched. Its too
complicated, the best i expect from our average end user is that they can
launch explorer or they can setup a shortcut, that's it. You guys must have
very smart end users.