Report Builder Designer Toolbar

rbuser

Is there a way to make the toolbar (that has the first/next/last/etc
buttons on it) larger when in the design mode and previewing a report?

nicocizik

Hi Jeff,

Take a look at the following rbWiki article on creating a custom preview
plugin. This shows how you can create a custom preview window and still use
it with the designer.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/Plugins/Dialogs/Preview_Plugin



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Regards,

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

rbuser

I already have one of those setup, I just could not get the toolbar size
larger. When I am in the designer, all the components do not show up
when previewing.

nicocizik

Hi Jeff,

The height and width of the buttons inside a toolbar is determined by the
size of the icon images it is using. All images inside an image list need
to be the same size so you would need to essentially re-create the entire
toolbar from scratch inside your plugin in order to change the button size.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

I do not want the button size changed. I want the width of the toolbar
when in design mode larger.

nicocizik

Hi Jeff,

Sorry, I misunderstood your original question.

The toolbars in RB 11 are designed to behave similarly to the toobars in
many Windows applications such as Outlook. These toolbars, by definition,
always snap their width to the width taken by the buttons present.

One thing you might try is adding spacers to the toolbar after the buttons
are created to artificially increase the width of the toolbar.

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Regards,

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