Variable at preview <> at print ??

rbuser

I have apparently put something in the wrong place on one of my
reports. When previewing, the total in a variable is correct. When
that same page is then printed, the total is different.

What might cause a variable to change values during the printing
process? What events fire at that point?

Thanks,

Gene Weinbeck
gene@FundRaiserSoftware.com
Professional Support Software

digitalmetaphors

The OnCalc is the only event which should be used to calculate a value for a
TppVariable.

When the report is sent to the printer, after the preview, then the report
pages are regenerated (if Report.CachePages is False). If you are using
Delphi variables, make sure that you are reinitializing them in the
Report.BeforePrint event.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

"Jim Bennett \(Digital Metaphors\)"

rbuser

A little more information about the report layout...

It uses a group that is based on a customer ID sort of field. The
variable in question is not in the group footer, but is in the summary
band, and the CalcComponent is in the detail band of the subreport.

It's a two-pass report.

And, I'm using RB 6.03 now.

Gene Weinbeck
gene@FundRaiserSoftware.com
Professional Support Software

digitalmetaphors

You setting the OnCalc assignment to nil in the BeforePrint event of the
Report, or in the DetailBand...? Have a look in the main reports demo
project. There is an event tracker demo. You can use this example to see
when the events are firing in relation to each other. Perhaps the OnCalc is
getting triggered before the method pointer is assigned a value other than
nil.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

(I found a solution, but it indicates either a bug in your product, or
a flaw in my understanding... read on.)

rbuser

Gene Weinbeck wrote:


Further testing found that the total is 99.9% correct, but still
wrong. I will send the code to you by email.

Thanks,

Gene Weinbeck
gene@FundRaiserSoftware.com
Professional Support Software

digitalmetaphors

Thanks, I received your demo.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors