Printing a range of Pages

rbuser

Hi,

I don't know whether this problem has been explained before, but I couldn't
find any relevant information. So please accept my apology, if this has
been answered earlier.

My problem, is how do I only print a given range of pages....

Example, if the report is 5 pages long, and I only want to print the 3rd and
4th pages out to the printer, what do I need to do?

Thanks in advance....

nicocizik

Tarun,

Check out Demo #124 in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory
(dm0124.pas). This gives a good example of controling the pages sent to the
printer.

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rbuser

Hi Nico,

As you suggested, I looked at the demo, and did exactly what it does in rhe
unit (dm0124.pas). I placed the following code in the BeforePrint event:

if (CapRepBldr.PrinterDevice <> nil) then
begin

CapRepBldr.PrinterDevice.PageSetting := psPageList;

ppTextToPageList('1,1', CapRepBldr.PrinterDevice.PageList, True);
end;

but, it doesn't even seem to go in this event, and is printing out all 16
pages of the report.

I have overcome similar problems in other software before by just setting
the StartPage and EndPage property....

Is there nothing like this in ReportBuilder? If not, maybe, a suggestion
for future updates?

Thanks in Advance.

nicocizik

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Article: Troubleshooting Lost Event Handlers
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Let's assume you have created a report in Delphi and assign an event
handlers to the OnPreviewFormCreate event of the report. The event is
generated by Delphi as:

procedure TForm1.ppReport1PreviewFormCreate(Sender: TObject);

You then save the report to an RTM file 'Report1.RTM.' The events are
stored as references only, and so the RTM contains:

object ppReport1: TppReport
.
.
OnPreviewFormCreate = ppReport1PreviewFormCreate
end

You then go on to work on a different report. Saving it with under then
name 'Report2.RTM'. Only this time, before you save the report you change
the report component name to: rptOrders. Delphi automatically updates the
event declaration for OnPreviewFormCreate event to:

procedure TForm1.rptOrdersPreviewFormCreate(Sender: TObject);


You then create two buttons on the form, one to load Report1 and preview,
the other to load Report2 and preview. When you run the app and click
Report1, you an error. This is because the Report1.RTM file contains a
reference to ppReport1PreviewFormCreate, a method which no longer exists (at
least with this name) in the form.

One answer is to load all your rtm files into the report component you will
be using for loading. Fix any errors, reassign any events that get cleared.
This will update your rtms to contain the proper event handler names.



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