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  • Hi Shane,

    Are you using left to right columns by chance. In this case the detail band
    space will not be removed. You will need to instead create an ADOQuery and
    return only the non-null values using its criteria. (See Nard'…
  • Hi Shane,

    In my quick testing with RB 10.08, setting the visible property of the
    detail band in a two column report does not leave any space. Are you
    setting the visibility of the entire band or just an image? Are you using …
  • Hi Sven,

    When converting your reports to binary are you using a minimal application
    with a new empty report? I took a look at all the old patches we have for
    RB 7.04 and did not see any issues like the one you are experiencin…
  • Hi Sven,

    Which exact version of ReportBuilder are you using? (10.xx). If you load
    one of your old reports then save the report to file, do you still get the
    same behavior? Are you able to recreate this using the end-user dem…
  • Hi Maris,

    If possible please send one of the templates that causes the problem in .zip
    format to support@digital-metaphors.com and we'll try to recreate and fix
    the problem here.

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    Regards,

    Nico Ci…
  • Hi Stef,

    Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? Version 10.08 introduced
    numerous enhancements allowing certain reports to run more effiently.

    How is your data being accessed? Over a network? Are your tables ind…
  • Hi Jeff,

    We did update the toolbars for RB 10 however the bitmaps displayed should
    behave the same. I believe by default if a TBitmap has its Transparent
    property set to True, the bitmap will use the bottom left pixel as the …
  • Hi Maris,

    We are not aware of any conversion tools for ReportSmith to ReportBuilder.
    To avoid any conflicts in file formats, I would recommend creating these
    reports over again in RB. You will most likely find that this is an…
  • Hi Ian,

    If you are in Delphi, you can simply check the field value and if it is
    Null, hide the picture and show the text. In Rap, you can use the following
    method...

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  • Hi Branden,

    Take a look at the crosstab demo 127 located in the \RBuilder\Demos\2.
    Crosstabs\... directory for an example of how to add custom text to a value.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphor…
  • Hi Branden,

    Which third party export device are you using to export to Excell? For a
    quicker response, you might try contacting their support email directly.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors…
  • Hi John,

    Try using the Report.OnGetAutoSearchValues event to assign a value to an
    autosearch field. From there you can either create a new autosearch field
    (using the Report.CreateAutoSearchCriteria() routine) or you can acce…
  • Hi Ray,

    Try setting the Report.CachePages property to True and see if that solves
    the problem.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
  • Hi Nikolai,

    Yes, you can use the Report.EmailSettings.ReportFormat property to define
    which file device you would like to export your report to before emailing.
    I believe Waler's PDF decription is "PDFFile".

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  • Hi Ian,

    After looking at the source, it seems like it will be a fairly complex
    enhancement to allow searching on blobs and graphics based on which operator
    is being used. I would not count on this being added in the near futu…
  • Hi Ian,

    Thanks, yes, ReportBuilder is not currently designed to include blob or
    graphic fields as searchable fields. This is necessary if an end-user were
    to try to search on a blob field with a comparison operator however yo…
  • Hi Leah,

    There is now a patch available for RB 10.08 that fixes this issue. Please
    send a small email to support@digital-metaphors.com requesting the patch and
    we'll send it to you as soon as possible.

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    Reg…
  • Hi Marijo,

    Try contacting their support, I believe there is a version built for RB
    10.x.

    support@planitechnologies.com

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in Lines in CrossTab Comment by nicocizik June 2008
  • Hi Marijo,

    Unfortunately the crosstab component does not support drawing lines for
    every row. This is something we will consider adding to a later release.
    You might take a look at a third party crosstab component named Grid …
  • Hi Jaco,

    This is not currently a known issue however you are using a rather old
    version of ReportBuilder. Try downloading a trial edition of the latest
    version to work with Delphi 5 (RB 7.04) from our web site and test with <…
  • Hi Erik,

    The built-in PDF device does not currently support PDF encryption/security.
    This is a feature we would like to add for a later release of ReportBuilder.
    I believe the numerous third party PDF devices do offer this fea…
  • Hi Leah,

    Are you able to see this with a simple example? In my quick testing
    (report, designer, button on a form) I was unable to get the
    Template.OnSaveStart event to fire unless I saved the template to file/DB.

    -…
  • Hi Fellipe,

    Which version of ReportBuilder and Delphi are you using? Which event are
    you setting the visibility of the subreports? Are there any groups in your
    report?

    Instead of using the PageNo property, try usi…
  • Hi Jeff,

    I'm sorry but I am not aware of any "drop down" buttons on the built-in
    preview window in ReportBuilder. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what buttons
    you are talking about. Switching themes should not affect the actual…
  • Hi Ali,

    Please use your real full name when posting to these newsgroups.

    ReportBuilder does not currently support bi-directional text.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    in change BidiMode from left to right to right to left Comment by nicocizik June 2008
  • Hi Patrick,

    I received an email from Mark D. and assume you are working with him on this
    project.

    It is currently not possible to create a custom dialog in ReportBuilder
    without the use of Delphi code. Perhaps you …
  • Hi Patrick,

    At which point would you like to prompt the user? If you are writing event
    code in Delphi, you can use one of the various RB events (BeforePrint,
    BeforeOpenDataPipelines, etc.) to show a dialog, then assign the va…
  • Semone,

    Demos 101 - 107 are designed to export to a text file. Demo 108 is not,
    therefore you will receive an empty page.


    See the help topics on the TppCustomText.Save and TppBand.Save properties
    for more inf…
  • Hi Semone,

    Take a look at demos 101 - 107 located in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\...
    directory for examples of how to export a report to a text file. For a
    delimited text file you will need to use the save property or the …
  • Hi Nick,

    If possible, will you give me the steps I can take to reproduce an error?
    I'm trying to track down where the "c <> c" is being added when you are
    editing the sql as text. Typically when you decide to edit the s…