I was wondering....

rbuser

I was wondering of my idea was going to be implemented.

I have a program that multiple companies use. And recently I added the
functionality to print to pdf.

Now would it be nice if I could add a company's corperate layout to the
reports.

is there going to be a functionality which adds another report which has
been designed as the corperate layout to an existing report with the
problems of different sizes and/or margins ??

Paul Menheere

rbuser

What is a "cooperate layout"? This sounds more like your business logic then
a reporting tool feature.

I currently have a pretty sophisticated way of allowing custom reporting in
my application:

1) My main reports (around 100 of them) exist in a database table. The table
contains 9 fields, including
a) if the report is printed individually or can it be printed in a group
b) does the report belong to a category?
c) last time the report got revised

and some other info.

2) Custom reports exist in files. I find them by loading an INI file. The
INI file tells me about the reports: does it replace an existing report or
is it in addition to what exists? Is it required when the print out any of
the other reports (such as a disclaimer)? Here's an example from the INI
File:

[PAY]
Count=1

[PAY_1]
Name=Disclaimer
File=SomedDisclaimer.RTM
Required=1

So I load the reports for 'PAY' (paycheck reports) from the DB Table then I
look in the INI file to see if any custom reports exist: one does. It is
named 'Disclaimer' and is required when printing out other reports.

You might be able to achive your goals something like this: it has worked
out for very low maintenance for me --and I like that.

Hope this makes sense.

--
Ed Dressel
Team DM

rbuser

I tried to come up with the correct english word for it.

so

It would be very nice if I could create the layout in ReportBuilder and add
it easily in other reports.

The layout I'd make is basically the stationary.

Paul