nardmoseley
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To generate a PDF report and bypass the viewer, send a request to the
WebTier that request "content=PDF", rather than "content=Viewer"
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One cause of this error is that two frames do not come from exactly the same
URL. In this case, the nav frame is trying to access the parent frame. Both
of these frames should come from the same URL. Check the WebTier settings
For an example of implementing custom autosearch parameter form - see the
following article.
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Tech Tips: RB Server and Custom Parameters
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I researched this further and I think the issue is related to the JavaScript
that is generated for the search panel. The JavaScript Date.Parse function
is used to parse the string entered by the user. We used it because we
th…
Are you using the same machine to run the report server and the web tier? If
they are running on separate machines, do the two machines have the same
date format in the regional settings?
Try a test with a simple client …
1. Be aware that AutoSearch is supported by the WebTier. The custom
parameters demo shows how to display a custom autosearch form. However, to
display the default autosearch form does not require any custom code.
2. Try …
The trial version will work only on local host.
Registered versions can work on any IP adress/domain name.
I just put this togeter this downloadable example with an included
ReadMe.txt
www.digital-metpahors.com/tips/RBWebTier_Apache.zip
I downloaded Apached 2.x and was able to get the WebTier to work as an
Apache Shared Module. I am re-writing the ReadMe.doc. I will post a download
to this newsgroup once I have it completed.
Thanks for the feedback. Ple…
1. There is nothing in ReportBuilder Server Edition that requires ISAPI
2. I will try to download and test with Apache. Sounds like we need to
update the ReadMe.doc so that it is more accurate. I know we have customers
t…
There is an Apache example installaed with the RBServer examples. See
RBServer\Demos\Web Tier\APACHE\ReadMe.doc. The example creates an Apache
Shared Module. As explained in the ReadMe.doc, we did not have good results
with t…
1. IntraWeb
Looks good
2. TrsClientReportCatalog
This is a non-visual component that ca…
1. No path change is required. Please see the WebModule.OnCreate
event-handler, the file names are dynamically resolved to use the
application file path.
2. Check the following:
- make sure that you have a web…
Make sure that the WebTier is configured properly for your installation. And
IIS needs to be running.
Can you run the Web Debugger demo?
I recommend that you model this as follows:
1. Define custom Report.Parameters for the report that correspond to the
user options.
2. Use the Report.BeforeOpenDataPipelines event to implement custom RAP code
t…
There are no known issues with subreports.
However, TeeChart has caused some issues.
1. The server application needs to contain references to the relevant chart
units. ppChrt and ppChrtDP plus any extra TeeChart ser…
For a Server based report, BeforeAutoSearchDialogCreate and
OnPreviewFormCreate will not fire (at least I do not think they will). That
is because the dialogs get created on the Client side. The TrsClientReport
has these even…
1. When debuggins, it is also useful to examine the call stack to see what
happened that lead to the error. (perhaps you have done this already?)
2. Try running the RB Server Examples and compare the difference.
3. …
The message indicates the error occurs in the report server app and the name
of the report is 'Envirionweb\FinancieleRapportage'
Try to determine whether it is only that report that causes the error.
What you need i…
Try testing with the ClientReport to determine whether that provides the
same result as the webtier. It should be the report server that is doing the
formatting - this occurs when the report page is generated. The ClientReport
I forwarded this to someone here that will research it. For future reference
please send any info regarding documentation to
support@digital-metaphors.com.
Please post RB Server related questions here. Post questions abo…
1. Manually registering a report volume
The volume is only in the autocreate list so that it can be automatically
registered with the server, when the server starts up. The datamodule is
subsequently free'd as soon as it…
The DataDictionary is only used by the Query Tools - when the query is
created. Once the report is saved and executed the DataDictionary is not
used.
Try running some reports in an execution enivironment (i.e. outside of…
GetTableNames is always called. The information is typically cached by the
MetaDataManager (daMetaDataManager.pas).
This is actually a DADE question.
1. The default plug-ins that are installed are
daADO -> ADO p…
There is no way to cancel a report.
The ReportVolume.PublishingOptions can be used to specify the MaxPages and
MaxTime that a report can execute. However, if you the report submits a long
running query to the database, t…
You can search the HTML response string returned by the
WebTier.ProcessWebRequest call. It will contain something like
Here is a reponse I captured by using the WebDebugger and running the
RBServer\Demos\WebT…
It may also be necessary to call ClientReport.GetAutoSearchParameters, like
this...
if rsClientReport.GetAutoSearchParamers then
begin
rsClientReport.AutoSearchGroups[liIndex].Description
en…
Try...
rsClientReport.AutoSearchGroups[liIndex].Description
The DBDemos data that is included with Delphi.Or a small MS Access database
if you prefer.