Problems new RB9

rbuser

Using Rb9 with D7...
Open form with report on it. Open the report (design mode).
Go to "Preview" and previews data OK. Click to go back to
Design mode: message is "Cannot rename component ppDetailBand1,
component was introduced in ancestor form". Also the detail
band diappears. To avoid problems, I need to close the form and NOT
save the changes.

Also using TExtraDevices, and took considerable doing to get the
package re-compiled -using clues in the newsgroup and adding
TXUtils to package for e-mail, etc. That seems to work now.

I can not open the Report Explorer in code. Fails to
excute the code: ppReportExplorerH.Execute.

To convert reports to RB9 format, do I just bring them up in design
mode and close them? Doing that does not help these problems.

Scott
stalheim@tds.net

nicocizik

Hi Scott,

Which version of ReportBuilder did you upgrade from? Do you receive this
error even when creating a new report from scratch?

I do not believe that Waler has released an official version of
TExtraDevices for ReportBuilder 9. Waiting for this may solve any issues of
this sort that come up.

Are you able to successfully run the End User demo located in the
\RBuilder\Demos\3. End User\1. Report Explorer\... directory? This demo
uses the TppReportExplorer.Execute command and has been tested to work
correctly.

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rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:

From RB7.04 to RB9. No - no error when from scratch.
This even happens with RB 7.04 now that I downgraded so the program can
at least compile.

The user does not see the problem, fortunately. The RB9 and TExtra
installs are such a mess, I am lucky to get to to run the old way,
but even then, when I am designing a report and go to Preview,
then when I come back the message:
"Cannot rename component ppDetailBand1, component was introduced in
ancestor form". Indeeed, this happens when the component was introduced
in the ancestor form. Perhaps I need to use no ancestor base report
form, but with 40 reports it is nice to have an ancestor where we can
change the style of the title, etc. When I come back to design mode the
detail band is totally wiped out. If I repeat, I lose the summary band
with similar message, then the title band. Finally, the new form has
none of the bands that were found in the ancestor. I can only get my
detail work back if I exit the project immediately without saving changes!!

Scott
stalheim@tds.net

nicocizik

Hi Scott,

I tested form inheritance with RB 9 and was unable to recreate the issue you
are experiencing. I posted the example I created below. Perhaps you can
alter it so I can see the errors.

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

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico,

Thanks. I will not be able to get back to this
for several days, but will use your example.

Scott

rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:

Nico,

Well, here is some info that might give you a clue?....
1) Reverting to 7.04 has not made the problem go away. I must
say that I seldom found it necessary to switch between design
and preview tabs very often - and perhaps my problem precedes
RB9.

2) So far the problem appears to surface only in the context of
being in Design mode and switching to Preview and back. Other
aspects of the program appear unaffected.

3) Your zip example does not show the problem - yet. I tried
to duplicate some of my settings in it, such as field names that
are blank until the report is loaded. Will try more things.

4) In my reports, when I switch from Design to Preview tab, I get
"No Data Found for this report". With your report, even when I
change the data field to be blank, I may get no data in the detail
band, but when going to the Preview tab, I see the title of the
report. The "no data behavior" options are the same??

Scott Stalheim