Autosearch dialog replacement

rbuser

I've seen the custom dialog demo but what I want to do is for the autosearch
dialog to actually run my own form instead. Is this possible instead. I
presume I would then have to add the autosearch parameters to the report
programatically but I want the report to show my own form instead of the RB
one.

nardmoseley

The example descends from TppAutoSearchDialog which uses the custom panel
approach. You can alternatively descend from TppCustomAutoSearchDialog (see
ppForms.pas). TppCustomAutoSearchDialog descends from TForm and adds a
couple of abstract properties. Then register your form in the initialization
section of your form unit

When you create your form using the Delphi form designer. Modify the class
declaration

uses
ppForms;

TmyAutoSearchDialog = class(TppCustomAutoSearchDialog)
end;

rbuser

Thanks but how do I get RB to use my derived dialog then?

nardmoseley

Check out the AutoSearch custom dialog demo. Open the myAsDlg.pas unit,
scroll to the bottom and find the Initialization section of the unit, it
contains the registration call for the form. Once you register your custom
AutoSearchDialog class, then RB will automatically create an instance of
your custom dialog rather than the default dialog.

Here is the relevant code from myAsDlg.pas....

{******************************************************************************
*
** I N I T I A L I Z A T I O N / F I N A L I Z A T I O N
*
{******************************************************************************}

initialization

ppRegisterForm(TppCustomAutoSearchDialog, TmyAutoSearchDialog);

finalization

ppUnRegisterForm(TppCustomAutoSearchDialog);