nicocizik
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Hi Nick,
Thanks for the info. Which version of ReportBuilder did you upgrade from?
I did some tests with older versions and the same behavior occured. One
thing to note is that unless you are editing the sql code as text in … -
Hi Nick,
We have not seen this bahavior before. Which database and connectivity are
you using? When you say that this information is being saved in the report,
do you mean when you view the template file as ascii text?
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Hi Rodrigo,
ReportBuilder does not have the ability to rotate an image. I would suggest
using an image editor such as Photoshop to create two versions of the image
and place both of them on the report. Then toggle the Visibi… -
Hi Joe,
If you are using DBPipelines, be sure the SkipWhenNoRecords property of the
detail pipeline is set to True. This will skip the master record if there
are no detail records returned.
If you are using DADE (d… -
Hi Frank,
A custom preview plugin will descend from the TppPreview class giving you
access to all its protected properties and routines allowing you full
control over the form.
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Regards,
Nico Cizi… -
Hi Frank,
In your case you will need to create a custom preview dialog. I strongly
recommend that you consider upgrading your version of ReportBuilder (and
Delphi if needed) so you can benefit from the latest features.
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Hi Russell,
This is how the pagebreak component is designed to work however it would be
a good addition for a later version of ReportBuilder to add the ability to
snap the next component printed after a pagebreak to the top.Hi Russell,
Try placing a TppPageBreak object inside the group header. All objects
before this one in the z-order inside that band will print before the page
breaks, essentially giving you a full page just for the group heade…Hi Halim,
I don't believe you will be able to get the exact crosstab you want using
the built in crosstab component however it should be close. Try placing the
region as the top most column and Quantity Cost as the lower colu…How is your data arranged? I'm going to need more information about your
setup and requirements in order to help you find a solution to this.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
in Crosstab report Comment by nicocizik June 2008Hi Halim,
How is your data arranged. Are you able to get all data for each region in
a single dataset? If not, you will need to use multiple crosstab components
connected to separate datasets.
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Regards,Hi Mart,
The built-in PDF device included with ReportBuilder does not have embedded
fonts or non-latin encodings as a feature. This is something we are looking
to add to the next major release of ReportBuilder.
Cur…Hi Eivind,
We do not currently have any experience with Windows Server 2008 however I
would assume the same issues are present as in Vista. The next major
release of ReportBuilder will address the RBuilder.ini and other writa…Hi Filip,
ReportBuilder is not designed to handle multiple pass settings per report.
The entire report can either be one pass or two pass.
Unfortunately no, the nature of the PageStyle band is that it prints b…Hi Filip,
In my testing using the OnDrawCommandCreate event of the TppRegion, setting
the Height property effectively changes the height of the shape drawn.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital MetaphorsHi Bhoj,
ReportBuilder templates (reports) are completely backward compatible and
will be automatically converted to the newer format once you load them.
ReportBuilder 10.x does have an enhanced toolbar and designer architectu…Hi Mart,
Are you using the default preview plugin? If not, you can easily alter the
plugin code to hide or change any aspect of the preview window you want.
The code I sent was meant to be used in the OnPreviewFormCreate even…Hi Mart,
You can easily set the visibility of the print button in the previewer using
the PrintButton property of the Report.PreviewForm property.
uses
ppPrvDlg;
procedure TForm1.ppReport1PreviewFormCrea…Hi Jeff,
In my testing with RB 10.08, I am able to adjust the settings of a
DBCheckbox from the designer using the popup menu. Note that at runtime you
will need to register the design controls by adding myChkboxDesign to you…Hi Shmia,
Take a look at the following example on adding a water mark to a page.
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/Watermark.zip
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Are you compiling with RBuilder\Source in your library path instead of
RBuilder\Lib? Thre must be a compiled file (.dcu) file on your machine
still beeing used (either from an older RB version or older TeeChart
Hi Jose,
This error indicates that you are compiling with older teechart or RB dcu
files. Check your library path and be sure you do not have any old TeeChart
directories still present. Have you tried running the RBTeePackag…Hi Chau,
When advanced components are exported to PDF, they are first converted to a
bitmap which causes them to loose some detail and fidelity. This is why
they look different from the preview window/printed paper. It is on…Hi Jeff,
Which version of ReportBuilder are you using? In my testing with a simple
report printed in the background, I was unable to recreate the error you
mentioned. Are you able to recreate this with a simple example? If …Hi Ali,
The TextFile Device is not designed to append to other text files. You will
either need to create a TextFile Device descendent that does this or
manually open your own file stream and write each text value yourself. …Sorry about that. Try the following link.
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/PrintToPrinterAndTextFile.zip
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Rega…Hi Ali,
Take a look at the following example of printing to the printer and
exporting to text at the same time.
http://www.digital-m…Ali,
Please configure your news reader to post with your real name rather than
"ali110".
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http:/…Hi Majris,
ReportBuilder does not have built-in NextIsNull functionality. One option
may be to keep a second dataset, identical to the one connected to the
report traversing along with it. Then when you need to know if the n…