Group KeepTogether...

rbuser

Hi All,

I had couple of questions:

1.) I have set the "KeepTogether" property of a group to True but the header
still prints at the end of the page and the group detail prints on the next
page? Shouldn't the group header of the group also print on the next page
along with the group when "KeepTogether" is True? Am I missing something
here?
2.) Given a string, how do I get the length of the string in screenpixels or
Inches? I need this information to decide whether or not to print a
particular field depending on how much length it takes on the report.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Vikram

digitalmetaphors

You can only set one group to be keep together. Nested KeepTogether on
groups isn't supported.

Use Report.Printer.Canvas methods to get the text width and text height.
You can convet units by using ppUtils.pas You will find a couple of methods
useful ppFromMMThousandths() and ppToMMThousandths. You'll have to add
ppTypes to the uses clause to set pprtHorizontal as one of the parameters.

uses
ppUtils, ppTypes;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
ldValue: Double;
liValue: Integer;
begin
liValue := ppToMMTHousandths(5, utInches, pprtHorizontal,
ppReport1.Printer);
ldValue := ppFromMMThousandths(liValue, utScreenPixels, pprtHorizontal,
ppReport1.Printer);

showmessage(FloatToStr(ldValue));
end;


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

digitalmetaphors

1. Do you have nested groups? This behavior can occur if more than one group
exists with KeepTogether set on multiple nested groups.

2. Check out the following methods in the ppUtils.pas unit.

ppFromMMTenths
ppToMMTenths
ppFromMMThousandths
ppToMMThousandths
ppToScreenPixels
ppFromScreenPixels
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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thank you very much for your responses.

group
I am not sure if nested groups means having more than one group in a report.
In my report I have 3 groups on different fields.
What is the work around for this? Getting the header on one page and the
actual group on another page isn't all that nice. Can I do something in the
GroupHeader's OnBeforePrint event?

I will look into the methods for the second question. Although I have one
question about the last parameter in the
ppToMMTHousandths(5, utInches, pprtHorizontal, ppReport1.Printer) call. I am
not printing the report to the screen or the printer, instead I export it to
HTML using Pragnaan's export devices. Which printer do I pass as the
argument in this case?

Regards,
Vikram

digitalmetaphors

You can pass nil as the last parameter.

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors