Customising Report Explorer

rbuser

Hi,

I have two questions based around the same thing. We sometimes create
reports for our clients and send it to them as rtm files. It is a bit long
winded to ask them to create a new report then go to data tab, load from
file and so on, so what I would like to do is one of two things (or maybe
both):

1. Have an extra icon in report explorer that when pressed allows the user
to specify the source rtm file and a destination report explorer directory
and name and save this away. Two parts to this; one is it possible to add
an icon to report explorer, and what code would be required to save this
file to report explorer?

2. Just have a menu option called 'Import Report', so as first option but
wih the option in a menu rather than an icon in report explorer.

Help appreciated. Any examples available?

Regards

Alex

nicocizik

Hi Alex,

It is possible to replace all the dialogs in ReportBuilder with the
exception of the designer. There is an example of customizing the Report
Explorer in the \RBuilder\Tutorials\Complete\II. Applications\04. End-User
with Custom Explorer\... directory. Using this example as a reference, you
could add a new button to the tool bar of the explorer and then write code
to create a new report and load the proper template into that report and
save it to your database automatically.

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