Is it possible to edit the report on the run-time?

rbuser

Hi all,

I would like to know if is possible allows the customer of my program to
edit the my report's layout on the program runtime.

I use D5 + RB 6

Thanks

Sheck

digitalmetaphors

Yes, ReportBuilder Professional provides an end user runtime designer. This
gives the user the ability to open a report and change the layout of it. RB
does not have a feature which allows the end user to change the finished
pages in the screen preview, before they are sent to the printer.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

How should I do to put this feature in my program?

Thanks a lot

Sheck

digitalmetaphors

You will have to build you own custom report viewer, which lets the user
drag the draw commands around on each page. Then when the user has finished
repositioning the draw commands, you could send the pages to the printer,
archive, or file devices.

Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

> How should I do to put this feature in my program?

Use the TppDesigner & point it to the TppReport. Load the report into the
TppReport.Then call TpppDesigner.ShowModal. Save reports to a file system
outside of the EXE (I use Paradox files, which has worked very nicely. You
could use a file format as well). If you want a code sample, respond and I
will show it.

I use my own UI for reporting. (If you are interested in seeing what I have
done, send me an email and I will send you a link for downloading).

I have seen some real nice things done with having to define criteria and
not use the DADE--ask if you need to, but it is quite a bit of work to
develop this.

HTH
Ed Dressel
Team DM