Concatenate Fields

rbuser

In Quick Reports, I would use an Expression component to concatenate fields,
like firstname+lastname. Is there a similar component in ReportBuilder that
I am overlooking? I am designing a form where the customer first name and
last name from a table need to be on the same line with one space between
them.

David Miller

digitalmetaphors

You can create a Label component and code the concatenation in the
BeforePrint event of the band containing the component. With this approach
you would be using a real Delphi event handler.

If you want to save the event handler in the report layout itself, you'll
ReportBuilder Enterprise Edition, which contains Report Application Pascal,
or RAP for short. RAP allows you to code event handlers in the context of a
run-time application.

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Tom Ollar
Digital Metaphors Corporation

rbuser

rbuser

Another easy way is to define a calculated field in your Delphi ttable. But
I don't know if that is as efficient as the two other methods mentioned -
comments?