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Make sure that the subreport's ParentPrinterSetup property is set to false.
It works in our tests here.
If you look at the main reports demo #51 and #52, you'll see that the
subreports print in different orientations.
First, have him install the latest printer driver for that printer. Can he
print one of our demo reports to that printer from your application? Can he
print from our main reports demo project to that printer? What version of
RB is i…You have to edit the templates. Create a template which connects to the
advantage database. Save it in ascii format. Report.Template.Format
property. Compare this to the paradox template's database settings. You'll
have to write a …You can access the Report.Printer object. This has a canvas that you can use
to measure the text at runtime while the report is generating for the
printer. Here is a demo which takes this to the extreme and forces the
report to try t…Check into TExtraDevices support for streaming of a report. www.waler.com
We also have a couple of related examples using streams:
http://www.digi…Also take a look at the tech tips newsgroup in the End User thread. There is
an article there which describes how to control the end user environment.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
Add daIDE to the uses clause and your user can use DADE in the report
designer.
What database are you using? Depending on the DADE plugin, it should return
views as a valid table name. Then the user can create a DADE dataview …Yes, you can export (from the file menu) the datamodules (data definition
template) from DADE and save them in the database or to file as a .dtm, just
like you would save the report definition to database or to file as an .rtm.
Then y…Use PrintToDevices when you want full control over the printing process.
You'll have to show the autosearch dialog manually. Perhaps, you shoudl use
Print and create a preview plugin that shows the custom preview dialog that
you want …You can send us a demo to support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll test it.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
We aren't supporting this feature. What happens is that the default printer
is used instead of current when you set the PrinterSetup.PrinterName. This
is how it is currently implemented. The help has been changed in RB 7 so
that you…I must make a correction, we are working on RB 7.0 for Delphi 5, 6 and 7.
Since this is going to be the first release of RB 7 for Delphi 5 and Delphi
7, we are keeping the 7.0 as the version number on the Delphi 6 release.
Yes, we've received D7 and we're working on RB 7.01 for Delphi 5, 6 and 7.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
There was one problem with "canvas does not allow drawing" in RB 6.03. Send
an email to support@digital-metaphors.com we'll send you a patch that fixes
the problem at runtime.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Me…We've researched web access before, but we never came up with a good enough
solution that was feasible for us. We do answer emails sent to
support@digital-metaphors.com during the day, we also have phone support and
you can reach our…Each report has its own printer setup. The report can save down its printer
setup. After you load a report template you should assign the printer setup
that you want to use. If you have form based reports, you will have to
change t…It works depending on which mouse driver you are using. Get the latest
driver that you can for your mouse and try it.
Delete the news account and recreate the news account. This will ensure
that your local message cache has bee…I compared the 6.03 version to the 7.0 version and there are no changes to
ppPlainText.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
Sorry, when I say memory, I mean that you can wrap the lines in code
yourself without displaying it on any output device. The code to do this is
located in ppMemo.pas in TppCustomMemo.CalcSpaceUsed. Take this code, put
it in your and…We've always said that dynamic height footer bands are not supported.
However, it is possible to come up with an approach to make it appear to
work this way since RB is so wonderfully flexible. You could generate the
memo in memory (…My custom coded demo for you shows how to take the draw commands, and move
them down to the bottom of the page. One additional part that I overlooked
was that you need to force the engine to stop generating detail bands when
the space…I created a new report and tested this. It is working correctly in tests
here. Can you send us a demo which shows the behavior and we'll take a look
at it to see what the problem is. Send it to support@digital-metaphors.com
What is your default printer? Try installing the latest driver available
from the manufacturer. RB uses the default pritner to measure the placement
of the controls for the report output. Printer drivers are flaky at best so
gettin…Here is a dynamic report creation example. It doesn't AV when we run it in
RB 6.03 or RB 7. Compare this to your project.
http://www.digital-me…You shoud use the DetailBand.BeforePrint event to set the visibility of the
detail band. In what event are you referencing the detail band? Perhps it
has yet to be created or has been already freed when you are referencing it
in your …Sorry, only the inner group can keep together. Mulitple group keep together
is not supported in RB.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
If you take out the preview form changes do you still receive the errors?
We really need to be able to reproduce the problem consistently in order to
debug the code. If you do construct a reproducable case, please send it to
us…Yes, you would need to change the package names to 76 where they were
previously 66 in the requires clause. There may be other compilation issues.
Your best bet is to contact pragnaan.com to see when they will have a
version compatibl…You can try rebuilding the packages until they release a version which
supports RB 7 natively.
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Article: Recompiling Add-on Devices
--------------------------------------…You can connect a data pipeline to an TDataset descendent, including SQL
queries and you can create SQL that has a calc field in the GROUP BY clause.
If you mean DADE dataview when you say data pipeline, then no, adding a calc
field t…