How to create a report structure inheriting design fatures

rbuser

what is the easiest way to create and maintain a large number of report templates
(designtime) that inherit certain design features fromeach other?

I want to create an almost empty design, specifying the title page, page
header and footer. And then i want to create another report which inherits
the title page, pageheader and footer from the first report, and contains
additional components like, groups, or detail objects.

How can i create such a structure with ReportBuilder?

greetings
Bas

nicocizik

Hi Bas,

Although ReportBuilder does support limited form inheritance, the easiest
way to go about this is to create and save a "starter" template that is
loaded into the report object before the designer is opened. This way every
time a new report is created, the template will be present with all default
specifications.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hello Nico,

Thanks for your answer.

Your suggestion would work if the starter template was static in nature ...
but it's not :-(

Our application should give the user the possibility to change the starter-template
(ie add his own company logo to the title page, change the page-header) which
then would change every report that inherits from that starter-template ...

Is there a way to achieve this in ReportBuilder?

thanks
Bas

nicocizik

Hi Bas,

ReportBuilder does not offer a feature exactly the way you describe however
it is possible to get something close.

One option would be to let your users design their own headers and footers
as a separate report, then when loading other reports, you can simply load
those templates into a manually created subreport located in the header and
footer band.

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Regards,

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