Browsing report while generating

rbuser

Is there any way to browse the report while it's generating ? This would be
very important. Thanks in advance.

David Caouette

nicocizik

Hi David,

I'm a bit unclear about when you would like to browse your report. If you
would like to browse it while it is printing, you can use the
Report.BackgroundPrintSettings to generate and print the report in the
background as you continue to work with your current window.

If you keep your report set to psOnePass, the report will not generate its
pagination initially before it can be viewed and will generate each page as
you request them.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hi Nico,

I meant that I have a report set to psTwoPass. While the pages are
calculating on preview (like "calculating 1 of n pages), I want to browse
the pages even if it's not finished. So, if I understood, I just have to use
BackgroundPrintSettings to make this work ?

David

nicocizik

Hi David,

During the first pass, ReportBuilder only calculates the pagination, object
placement, and variable calcs. None of the drawcommands are actually
created at this time so there is no report to view until the second pass
occurs.

Setting the BackgroundPrintSettings would allow you to generate a report to
the printer in a separate thread while you browse it on screen/

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Regards,

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