Can you determine the print position in rap

rbuser

Hi,

I have a report that is printed on labels with information that
flows onto more than one label per record.

I was able to do this back making it a regular report and
not a label report. If the record takes 5 labels great or
if takes only 3 (depending on sub-reports in the band)
I would like 2 thing: each new record to start at the
position of the next label and to skip a small space between
labels.

The first thing, starting each new record at the next label
I could do if I put down a region at the start and have a
label that is a space in that region. I could then change
the position of the label and so change the height of the
region and the position the next record. To do this I
need to know the currnet print position on the page.
Can I get that in rap? Can I get it in Delphi?

To skip the space between labels I have to put each
line in a region with a blank region before it and
control the visiblity of the blank region based on.
again, the current print position.

Any other way? It would be nice it you could flow
information to more than one label. So that information
that overflowed one label could go to the next.

Thanks,
Joseph Gordon

nardmoseley

How about manually loading a Memo? You could add blank lines for the gaps
between labels. Set the Memo to stretch and use the DetailBand.BeforePrint
to load the memo with lines of data. Using this approach a single memo would
print for each record, but by adding blank lines you could make it look like
any number of memos printed.

Another approach I could see trying would be to use the BandsPerRecord
property to control how many bands are printed for each record and manually
load a memo with the appropriate range of lines.


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rbuser

Hi,

Yes I can build the whole thing a a memo. But there are a couple of
sub-reports and a few other thing that would be better in a report.
Is there no way of telling where the current region is going to print?
I have try the Report.Engine.PrintPosRect.Top value but this seems
to be valid only for the top of the band if I am doing it in the correct
event.

Thanks,
Joseph Gordon

nardmoseley

Perhaps the Region's OnDrawCommandCreate event. You could typecast the
aDrawCommand parameter as TppDrawCommand and check its top property.


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