Which edition of ReportBuilder are you using? If you have RB pro or higher, you can give your end-users the ability to design their own reports using the TppDesigner component. This is a run-time designer identical to the IDE in Delphi. It is not possible to create groups from the preview window unless they are created in code and the report is regenerated.
Yes we are using the TppDesigner. But the report we are using as a test for what the end user would want to make uses groups. We were able to use Groups when we created a report from within Delphi's IDE, but when we ran our program like a end user would, there was no way to access the Group Menu bar item.
The most common way to add a group to a report is from within the designer using the group dialog. This can be accessed by selecting the Report | Groups... main menu option.
Report->Groups... is available in the designer when I am running from the IDE. But the menu bar is not available when the end-user of our application is using the our software. We display the four tabs (data, calc, design, preview) but any items that are on the menu bar are not availiable to them.
The main menu option is currently the only way to access the groups dialog in ReportBuilder. If you are disabling the menu, you may want to keep this as a single option for your users. Otherwise it is possible to dynamically create groups in code based on your user's needs.
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Which edition of ReportBuilder are you using? If you have RB pro or higher,
you can give your end-users the ability to design their own reports using
the TppDesigner component. This is a run-time designer identical to the IDE
in Delphi. It is not possible to create groups from the preview window
unless they are created in code and the report is regenerated.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
what the end user would want to make uses groups. We were able to use Groups
when we created a report from within Delphi's IDE, but when we ran our
program like a end user would, there was no way to access the Group Menu bar
item.
The most common way to add a group to a report is from within the designer
using the group dialog. This can be accessed by selecting the Report |
Groups... main menu option.
--
Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
IDE. But the menu bar is not available when the end-user of our application
is using the our software. We display the four tabs (data, calc, design,
preview) but any items that are on the menu bar are not availiable to them.
-Rob
The main menu option is currently the only way to access the groups dialog
in ReportBuilder. If you are disabling the menu, you may want to keep this
as a single option for your users. Otherwise it is possible to dynamically
create groups in code based on your user's needs.
--
Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com