Change font to Italic + Underline + Bold + Size 8 in Rap

rbuser

Hi,

In the detailband of my invoice-report a number of rows are presented.
Some rows however have only an infomative function.
These rows all have in common that quantity on the row is 0 (zero).

In DB:
QTY Description Amount
1 My description 500,-
0 My comment 0,-
1 My description 500,-


1. Is there a way to change the font for only these kind of rows to Italic
+ Underline + Bold + Size 8 in Rap?
QTY Description Amount
1 My description 500,-
My comment <- Italic + Underline + Bold
+ Size 8
1 My description 500,-

2. Is there a way to set the property Left for the description only for these
rows to a different number?
Like:
QTY Description Amount
1 My description 500,-
My comment <- Italic + Underline + Bold
+ Size 8 (+ LEFT=60)
1 My description 500,-

Regards,
Stef

nicocizik

Hi Stef,

The easiest way to do this would be to use the DetailBand.BeforePrint event
to check your data values, then change the font and alignment properties of
the components inside the band accordingly. If you need to change a group
of components, you could possible place them inside a TppRegion component
and use a report object loop to change them with a single call.

--
Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hello Nico,

Can you give me a short sample on how to do this?

Regards,
Stef

nardmoseley

Here are some simple samples

1. To check a data value.....

if myPipeline['Quantity'] = 0 then
begin
// set to use special formatting
end
else
begin
// set to use standard formatting

end;

2. To set the Font.Style

// RAP does not support the set datatype, so we added special RTTI for
boolean props

myDBText.Font.Bold:= True;
myDBText.Font.Italic:= True;
myDBText.Font.UnderLine := True;
myDBText.Font.Size := 8;

// or create global Font object and then assign the entire font

// use the RAP Global var and global OnCreate/OnDestroy events.

myDBText.Font := gSpecialFont;

3. To set the Left property use the same units as the Report.Units

myDBText.Left := '1.5'; // assuming Report.Units is set to utInches


All of the above is also covered in the RAP docs and tutorials.


--
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hello Nard,

Thank you very much for your samples. It helps me a lot.

Regards,
Stef