reportname

rbuser

Hi,

I really like to change the standard text: 'new report', in the save dialog.
It should be the name which the user has been entered in a label on the
report.
Is this possible? If so:
- Can u tell me please where in the code this should be done (event,
procedure)?
- How can the label.caption be accessed (tried findcomponent but the
result was nil)?

Tks in advance,

Jozua

nicocizik

H Jozua,

Try setting the Report.Template.DataBaseSettings.Name property to the file
name you want inside the TppDesigner.Show event. This will change the
default name a new report is saved however you will then need to click on
the "Save As" option to see the dialog because ReportBuilder uses the name
"New Report" to determine if it is actually a new report being saved..

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hi Nico,



Tks for your quick reply, but this is not really what I wanted .

When I change Report.Template.DataBaseSettings.Name property in the Show
event

the name of the report is already set before the user see the report. I want
the user to determine the name of the report by changing the caption of a
Tpplabel. So the onshow event is to early. Beside that, when I change the
DataBaseSettings.Name property, 'New Report' is still shown in the save as
dialog.



Tks in advance,



Jozua

nicocizik

Hi Jozua,

Ok, sorry after further research it seems that the final place this value is
set to "New Report" is in the TppReportExplorer.ReportCreateDialogEvent.
There is currently not good event to use when a label (or any other
component) is changed in the designer so I used the
TppTemplate.OnCreateDialog event and changed the
ReportExplorer.CurrentItemName property. Not sure this will work for your
specific case but I believe it is the best ReportBuilder can offer at this
point. Hope this helps.

procedure TmyEndUserSolution.CreateDialogEvent(Sender, aDialog: TObject);
begin
ppReportExplorer1.CurrentItemName := 'myFile';
end;

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Regards,

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

rbuser

woo tks
this is what we needed, works great !