Pulling Information from AutoSearch

rbuser

Greetings -

I'm trying to create a report based on dates that the user enters.

I'd like to be able to include those dates in the report header.

Basically, I'd like it to look like this:

REPORT TITLE
For the period of (date1) through (date2)

I'm thinking this should be doable in RAP, but can't figure out how...

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
- CK

nicocizik

Hi Chris,

Try using the Report.AutoSearchCriteriaByName routine in rap to get access
to the autosearch field. You can then access the Value property to assign
the autosearch value your user entered to a report component in your header
band.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico -

Thanks for getting me started -

here is what I did so far (as testing)

[label2 is the label I want the date area to print]

var
DateGrab: TppAutoSearchField;
begin
DateGrab := Report.AutoSearchCriteriaByName('genledg','date');
Label2.Caption := datetostr(dategrab.value);
end;

Now, when I run this, the first date entered appears in the label - All
Good there!

However, my search is doing a between. How do I access the second
ending date?

nicocizik

Hi Chris,

In this case you will want to use the AutoSearchField.Values[] property to
access the values you need. For instance...

var
DateGrab: TppAutoSearchField;
begin
DateGrab := Report.AutoSearchCriteriaByName('genledg','date');

Label1.Caption := DateToStr(DateGrab.Values[0]);
Label2.Caption := DateToStr(DateGrab.Values[1]);
end;


--
Regards,

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

nicocizik

Hi Chris,

Another option is to use the Report.GetAutoSearchDescriptionLines routine to
access the full description of the user entry. Something like the following
would be possible in RAP using a memo's OnPrint event...

ppReport1.GetAutoSearchDescriptionLines(ppMemo1.Lines);


--
Regards,

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