SpreadSheet style printing

rbuser

I am using the TurboPower Orpheus ReportView component which works well as
an interactive tool. It includes a rudimentary printing tool. I want to
replace their printing tool with a built-at-runtime RB report.

My question is, the ReportView (similar to a grid) has many columns that may
not fit on one page. Can RB handle this and simply print out additional
pages for the other columns, similar to how a spreadsheet does it ?

If RB cannot do this, does anyone have any suggestions for another solution
?

Thanks,
Terry.

digitalmetaphors

RB can't do this natively. However, you can create two subreports. Each on
ewill run over the same data, printing different fields from the pipeline.
Then you can (in code) rearrange the output pages so that subreport 1 prints
its page 1, then subreport 2 prints its page 1....This will give you the
appearance that the data is broken over columns for two pages, for a single
records, as you follow them from left to right over the pages. A demo is
available for download here:
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/SpreadsheetStyleReport.zip


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors