BandsPerRecord

rbuser

Hi DM,

i want to to print repeated labels with ColumnTraversal from Left to Right.
BandsPerRecord does not honor this.

The report has two columns with seven rows. But if i use BandsPerRecord RB
is always printing on the first (left) column.


Greetings
Sven Heuer

digitalmetaphors

The current report engine can't handle this configuration. We'll have to
come up with a new report engine to be able to handle this case.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thank you Jim,

Do you know any -easy- workaround for this ?
(I suppose you will not create a new report engine for this case )

Greetings
Sven

digitalmetaphors

One sledgehammer approach is to generate empty detail bands, and when you
reach the label position where you want to start printing actual labels, you
can close the dataset and reopen it. Then the report will begin traversing
from the first record.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Hello Jim,

may be my translation is wrong...

I just want to print 10 labels (14 fitting on one page) with the same
content on one page (with two columns) always starting from the top.
I don't wanna start the labels in the middle or so.

Is this really not possible with the engine? Hey, you have the greatest
reportengine in the world ;-)

Greetings
Sven

digitalmetaphors

You could disconnect the datapipeline from the report. Set the
Report.PageLimit to 1, and set Report.Autostop to false. Have a counter so
that as the detail bands print, you can set the visibility of the detail
band to false on the 11th detail band. If the datapipeline is open, you can
connect the dbTexts in the detail band to the datapipeline that isn't
connected to the report. The datapipeline won't traverse any data, and will
stay on the first record. The dbTexts will display the first record's data
that they are connected to.

If you want to print multiple records, then you'll need to NOT set the
Report.Pagelimit. You'll have to stop the report with a call to
Report.PageLimitReached. You'll need to track how many labels you have
printed, and move to the next record of the datapipeline, so you don't waste
any labels:)

Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

I ever knew. RB is the best report engine. )

Thx a lot

Greeting
Sven