Suggestion for the TppDBText component

rbuser

Please excuse me if it is now possible and I am overlooking it, but it would
be nice if the TppDBText component had a borders property with control to
draw a frame on either or all of the edges (with an adjustable margin) so
that you could efficiently compose reports like Purchase Orders, Invoices,
Order Forms, etc. that use a grid type format with a lot of need for
Horizontal and Vertical lines to form sections and separate line items.

Also a grid component that has a "rows" property to create a grid or cells
effect to use as a place to hold sections of TppDBText components.

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Reid Roman
Future Generation Software
http://www.fgsoft.com

nicocizik

Reid,

Try placing the DBText into a region with stretching enabled to display a
border around the text. Otherwise you can draw each line or shape where you
need it on the report. For a grid to display totals, check out the CrossTab
component which gives you an easy to use wizard for creating grid data.

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rbuser

Ok, I will look into that..

What I meant for the "grid" was a type of control that is like a shape
(square or rectangular) that allows you to size it and set it's "RowNo"
property to dictate how many horizontal lines are drawn from the left to
right of the bounds and how far apart vertically they are to create a grid
effect.

The control would be purely graphic and used to create an area to group
other controls into rows.

Also,

I can place a shape in a detail band vertically to separate columns but they
will only continue as long as the detail band has data to print. How can
you make vertical lines that extend from the top of the detail band to the
top of the footer band like you commonly see on an invoice or order form
where the item's totals are displayed on the right and totaled on the
bottom?


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Reid Roman
Future Generation Software
http://www.fgsoft.com

nicocizik

Reid,

Check out our website (http://www.digital-metaphors.com) in the friends |
RCL section. There two add-on components available for grid creation named
TwGridLines and TTdGrid. One of these components may help you easily create
a grid shape for your reports.

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rbuser

Thank You,

I was not aware of that seciton on your site.


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Reid Roman
Future Generation Software
http://www.fgsoft.com