ShiftToLeft

rbuser

Hi,

I have a problem with ReportBuilder Professional.

I am using ReportBuilder to print almost everything in the applications I
make. My end-users can develop their reports completly on their own with
ReportBuilder, and can change the layout of their reports exactly as they
want.

Unfortunatly it is a problem when they want to print some address
information on their reports. When they do that with ReportBuilder, the
information is printed with a lot of white space between the different
fields.

For example:

FirstName LastName

where it should be

FirstName Lastname

I know this can be solved by using 'concat' in a query, but unfortunatly
this isn't usable in my situation as the user can't alter the SQL
statements.

I have searched the forum this weekend and discovered the thread started by
Brian Cook in 21 Jan 2000 (message-id <8EAE82296ACCD311A039005004E0CAC08342
@www.digital-metaphors.com>). In this thread they discuss shifting to the
right when fields are AutoSized.

This is exactly the functionality I am looking for. Is it already possible
to use this feature (or something likly) in ReportBuilder, and if not,
would it be difficult to implement such a feature?

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Maarten

The difference between theory and practice in practice is greater than the
difference between theory and practice in theory.

nicocizik

Maarten,

This is not a specific feature of ReportBuilder. You will need to either
give your users access to RAP, or create some sort of custom dialog in
Delphi that performs a similar task that Demo 33 does: Located in the
\RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory. (dm0033.pas).

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rbuser

"Nico Cizik \(Digital Metaphors\)" wrote

rbuser

Martin,

maybe the mailmerging feature can help you. Ever looked at this?

HTH
Bernd

rbuser

"Bernd Maierhofer \(dato\)" wrote in

nicocizik

Thanks for the suggestion.

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