digitalmetaphors
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You could test with our demo version of RB 7 before you pay for the upgrade
to make sure that it will fix the problem.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
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If you can reproduce the problem in RB 7, then tell me exactly what I need
to do to reproduce the problem or send me a simple working example I can run
or even a simple interbase database which has this field in it. Perhaps I
don't ha… -
The error is not one that we raise, but is raised from a data access
component.
I tesed with IBO 4.2. I opened the IBO end user demo, connected it to my
database, and set the SQLDialoect property to 3. Installed the rbIBO delp… -
The error you are running into sounds like the client side database object
on your form is not configured for dialect 3. There is a property called
SQLDialect that you can set to 3 on th TIBODatabase.
We support Interbase. All I… -
We haven't fully tested it and we don't explicitly support dialect 3. Thanks
for the heads up. We'll look into this.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
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If you have a multi column report and you want to show some labels, you can
force the first column to print labels by performing some draw command magic
as shown in this example:
in horizontal detail records Comment by digitalmetaphors November 2002 -
The margins are taken into account by the report engine. If you set a
component to be left = 0 in the detail band and the margin is 30 mm, then
the printed output will be that the component will be printed 30mm from the
left edge of t… -
1. Yes. We use MS SQL Server 2000 here.
2. The Data Dictionary component in RB is the way to go. Both the
Professional and Enterprise editions include the Data Dictionary component.
There is more information in the RBuilder.hl… -
When you edit the SQL text, you lose the query tools support. This is as
designed. The reason is that RB does not parse the SQL text. Instead, RB
uses the query tools to create objects that describe the query and then
generates SQL on… -
I misunderstood. I thought you had a calc field on the dataset, not a
TppVariable. Groups in RB with only work as desired when the data is
ordered for the group objects. If you want to sort the data, then you have
to create a calcul… -
You should see the calculated field in the available sort fields list in the
sort page of the query designer. Choose that and the generated SQL should
include the calc field in the ORDER BY clause. Does it not do this? Can you
reprod… -
You should be able to add a calc field to sort by. What version are you
using? I created such a query today usign RB 6.03. There was an old issue
in an old version, from what I remember, where a linked dataview which had
two calc fi… -
I researched it further and the Pragnaan PDF device doesn't support
transparent rich text. It is on their to-do list of features to add.
Most printer drivers don't support transparency very well. It works on a few
printers, whi… -
Most printer drivers do not fully support the Win API calls which can be
made to them, when transparency is involved. If RB prints fine to one
printer but not another printer, and all else being equal, then that does
mean that the pri… -
Works fine here in RB 7. What version of RB are you using? What database?
What data acces components are used for the folder and item datasets on the
form? Can you use the end user demo for your database as a test?
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If daIDE is in your uses clause then you can access the data tab in code:
uses
ppDsgner
...
TppDesignerWindow(ppDesigner1.Form).Notebook.Pages[0]
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
Sorry, for the delay, my newsreader stuck this up high where i didn't see
it. You can't remove the data tab and then use the datamanager. This is what
happens when you remove the data tab:
ppUnRegisterDesignModule(TdaDataManag…You'll have to rebuild the project for deployment. You'll want to NOT
include daIDE, but DO include the DADE plugin you are using, such as
daDBBDE, daADS, daDBISAM, etc...
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metap…What version of RB are you using? I'm running RB 7 and it works perfectly.
What steps are necessary to reproduce the problem, if you can do so in RB 7?
Send us these steps and we'll try to reproduce the problem.
There should onl…Hi Steve,
I responded in the previous thread.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
If you have a TppVariable calculation, then use another TppVariable to
calculate the total of that variable. What you can do is use the OnCalc
where you calculate the value in the Detail band and update the value in the
variable in t…Storing report template files to disk has the same advantages and
disadvantages just like storing any type of file in binary or ascii would.
As far as data access suggestions, as long as you stay away from the BDE you
are doing …The datasettings in the template have to be changed and the class names of
the dataviews should stay the same, because you are using the BDE to connect
and the BDEQueryDataview class will be used. If you want to use IBX, IBO,
dbExpres…The crosstab sorts the data so that it is alphabetically ordered. You can
change the sort from ascending to descending if you want to reverse it.
The crosstab will not try to squeeze the output to fit on one page. It
simply trie…Set Designer.Report.Modified := False after it has loaded and the designer
is shown. This shouldn't be a problem in RB 7. There was a known issue in
older versions where setting the units (internal initialization code) in the
designer…Are you running RB 6 or earlier? There was an issue in RB 6 where the
modified property was not getting set. If you are using a standalone
designer and no report explorer, then you have to code it. The report
explorer has the save o…In the Designer's OnShow event, call
uses
ppDsgner;
...
TppDesignerWindow(ppDesigner1.Form).Notebook.SelectNextPage(True);
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
Oh, there is this cool property I forgot to mention on the Designer
component called TabsVisible. Set this to False. Hit F1 on this property to
see the help.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
> How many messages am I gonna line up on this thread???
As many as you want:)
The designer component is what you'll want to give the end user with only
the design and preview tabs. You can scale the designer down. You …We don't recommend trying this, but it may be possible. Use the report
designer at it is designed in the workspace which has the 4 elements of the
report equation:
Data -> Calculations -> Design -> Preview
A…