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OnPreviewFormCreate not firing

edited April 2002 in General
Hi,

I set WindowState to maximized and ZoomSetting to 100% in the
OnPreviewFormCreate event but realise that the event is not firing at all.
Is this a bug? Any solution?

Thanks
Alex

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  • edited April 2002
    Make sure that you have the event handler assigned properly to the Report.
    If you are using templates in your application the following information
    might also be helpful.

    --------------------------------------------
    Article: Troubleshooting Lost Event Handlers
    --------------------------------------------

    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.


    --
    Cheers,

    Alexander Kramnik
    Digital Metaphors

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