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That is fine. You cannot allow the user to connect to other database
information - for example database that are not part of your application.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
in EndUser Prices Comment by nardmoseley October 2003 -
There are no royalty fees for distributing end-user solutions. However there
are limitations on what types of applications you can build and distribute.
You cannot for example, build a general purpose reporting or query building
Sorry but there is not way to specify special wrap characters. You can set
Memo.CharWrap to true to enable the wrapping to occur regardless of word
boundaries.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
in Wrapping Memo Fields - Is there a way to set the Delimiters Comment by nardmoseley October 2003
You should set the record count for all pipelines prior to calling
report.Print.
For master/detail reports you need to use DataPipeline.MasterDataPipeline
and MasterFieldLink properties to define linking relationships. The…
Just tried it out and had to use the Label.OnPrint event.
You modify the Font property by specifying the font style
1. For Delphi code Label.Font.Style is a set:
myLabel.Font.Style := [fsUnderline] or myLabel.F…
Try using the Report.BeforePrint event to set the font style
if (Report.PrinterDevice <> nil) then
{printing to the printer - set simple font style}
else
{use underline font style}
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The server enables reports to be published over the web to remote client
applications and web browsers. There is no support for report creation.
You might consider creating a remote application the enables users to create
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This issue is being handled via support@digital-metaphors.com.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
The mail I sent to you bounced back. I checked support@digital-metaphors.com
but have not received anything.
Frustrating for us both.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
in Attn Nard Mosley / DM support Comment by nardmoseley October 2003
I just sent the patch to your other account.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
The message that I sent to you bounced back. I now notice that you are using
hotmail. Please use a registered e-mail account (i.e. not a free mail
account). Digital Metaphors does not allow Hotmail accounts to be used to
registe…
I just sent you the patch.
Sorry, that you are in a different time zone. Digital Metaphors has an
excellent track record at providing high quality tech support. But nothing
is perfect. We'll keep trying.
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Thanks for the feedback.
You can currently create table layouts using the Report Wizard or the Data
Tree's drag and drop tools. Are you looking for a Grid component?
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Nard Moseley
Digital Meta…
Do you have a specific question or specific functionality that you are
interested in?
Future developement is driven based upon feedback from customers and our
perception of the market.
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Below was my last response on this issue. My recommended solution for their
needs was to descend from TppDBText and implement a custom draw command
class that could render the text rotated by 180 degrees.
TppDBText -> T…
This question is being handled via support@digital-metaphors.com.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Set the Region property of the component to add it to a region.
Set the Band property of the component to add it to a band.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
in Creating components runtime Comment by nardmoseley October 2003
The DBPipeline supports Delphi's TBooleanField.DisplayValues property. If
the DBPipeline checks whether TBooleanField.DisplayValues is specified then
it will return the appropriate string value, otherwise it will return a
boolea…
Try using a TDatabase component to configure the connection parameters. Set
TDatabase.LoginPrompt to True/False as desired.
Connect all Tables/Query components to the TDatabase component.
This provides simple control…
The document is incorrect. I do not know why Borland has not corrected the
document.
This issue has been discussed on the Borland Delphi newsgroups. The VCL .Net
library will be included in the Delphi 8 for .Net Profession…
I have learned that VCL .Net will be included in all Delphi 8 Editions:
Professional, Enterprise, and Architect.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
Now is the time to make your voice heard on the Borland newsgroups about the
proposed Delphi 8 Professional feature matrix.
VCL .Net enables developers to easily migrate existing applications to .Net
and it provides a cros…
Yes - there will be a ReportBuilder for D8 for .Net
The Digital Metaphors creative team is currently working on migrating
ReportBuilder to the Delphi 8 .Net VCL platform.
We will announce more details about updgrade …
As we discussed via support@digital-metaphors.com , there is currently no
support for DBImage.AutoSize.
From the ReportDesigner the context menu for the DBImage does not include a
menu item for setting the AutoSize propert…
I think Ed misunderstood your question.
You need a DADE plug-in to that supports the specific type of data
connectivity components you are using to connect to mySQL.
If you are using Delphi's dbExpress, RB includes a…
You will need to check out
Open RBuilder\Source\ppCtrls.pas and search for the
TppCustomMemo.CalcSpaceUsed method.
You will need to use similar logic to calculate the height required for the
memo.
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Thanks for supplying that info. Our newsgroups are publicly available - I
know of nothing that we can do to prevent this kind of activity.
Please continue to post with your real name - just as you have done here.
When I re…
Yes, we check RB for memory leaks.
ReportBuilder consists of hundreds of classes and thousands of methods. To
detect a leak you must exercise the specific line of code. Thus, some leaks
can go undetected in our testing.
