How Can I know if the detail band is the last one of the page

rbuser

I want do design a report where there is an outline around the entire
area used by the detail bands.

To be able to print the bottom line of the outline, I have a line
defined at the bottom of the detail band and I want to print it (Visible
= True) only when the detail band being printed is the last one of the
page.

How can I do this?
Is there another way to acomplish the same thing?

Regards
Jay

nardmoseley

Here is a Delphi code example of how to do this..

www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/LastDynamicDetailLine.zip

You will probably need to add some custom pass-thru functions to implement
it in RAP, see tech tip below.

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Article: Extending RAP
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There are two very simple and powerful techniques to extend the capabilities
of RAP infinitely. These are summarized below and covered in more detail in
the RAP.hlp online help. Demos and tutorials are installed to
RBuilder\Demos\RAP. The tutorial text is located in RAP.hlp.


1. RAP Pass-Through Functions

These are functions that appear in the Language tab of RAP's Code Toolbox.
These functions are written in Delphi and can be called from RAP. RAP's
pass-through function architecture enable's developers to add new built-in
functions to RAP's code toolbox.

2. Extend RAP's RTTI

RAP's Run-time Type information defines what classes and properties can be
accessed via RAP. By default the published properties of any class that is
registered with Delphi's RegisterClass procedure is recognized by RAP. In
addition many of the public properties and methods of ReportBuilder classes
are exposed.

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rbuser

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I didn't have time to look at the pass-through function or the RTTI
because it is a subject that requires time to understand well. The
sample could not be used directly because the report is template based
and after I load the template, the events aren't called. What I did is
to load the template first and then reassign the events as shown in the
sample. As Long as the Report doesn't define any of the used events it
works OK.

I will have to look at the other suggestion for a more permanent
solution when I get time to do it.

Many thanks,
Jay