Report Preview

rbuser

I wish to use the previewer as it comes with ReportBuilder, except that I'd
like to make the close button invisible and disabled. I have the preview on
a tabsheet control and do not wish to have the preview close unless the user
goes to another tabsheet.

I have not yet figured out how to accomplish this. Can you give me a hand?

Thanks!
Tom.

digitalmetaphors

You'll need to make a custom previewer to do this. This isn't as hard as it
sounds. Copy the TppPreview class and save it as a TmyPreview. Search the
code where FBtnCancel is created, and set it to visible = False. Then you'll
want to register this class so that RB will use it instead of the default.

initialization
TppPreviewPlugin.UnRegister(TppPreview);
TppPreviewPlugIn.Register(TppMyPreview);

finalization
TppPreviewPlugIn.UnRegister(TppMyPreview);
TppPreviewPlugIn.Register(TppPreview);


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Jim,

I did exactly as you described. I get an access violation when the preview
runs. Stepping through the error in the IDE then shows the preview form
without the cancel/close button but no report preview. It appears that the
error occurs in the ReportBuilder code ( which I haven't compiled with the
debug info turned on ). Any ideas?

Thanks!
Tom.

digitalmetaphors

Actually, just delete the FBtnCancel from the code:)


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Tried that too - same result.

Tom.

digitalmetaphors

What version of RB are you using?

Here is a simple example, which I created in RB 6.03.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/ReplacePreviewForm.zip


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors