Field does not exist

rbuser

I am trying to do a calculation in my report on a field that may not exist
in the pipeline. If the field doesn't exist, then I want to calculate
against a field that I know does exist. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Nick

rbuser

Hi Nick,

what environment are you using?

regards,
Chris Ueberall;

rbuser

Delphi 6, RB 6.03

rbuser

Nick,

You can create a calculated field in Delphi filled with the data of the one
that exists.

regards,
Chris Ueberall;

digitalmetaphors

You can query which fields do exist in the data pipeline by accesing it's
Fields array property. For example:

while not(lbFieldExists) and (liIndex < ppReport1.DataPipeline.FieldCount)
do
begin
lbFieldExists := (ppReport1.DataPipeline.Fields[liIndex].FieldName =
aFieldName); // or FieldAlias
Inc(liIndex);
end;

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Cheers,

Alexander Kramnik
Digital Metaphors