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  • Hi Isi,

    The easiest way to do this would be to create a new dataset that
    pre-processes the count of records you are traversing and displaying that
    value on your report. Since the count wil be pre-processed, you will not
    ha…
  • Regine,

    You should not use the first pass to make any calculations or alter the
    report if you plan to do so if the second pass as well. This will usually
    cause problems in the generation process. You will also not be able to f…
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  • Hi Brian,

    RAP (Report Application Pascal) comes with ReportBuilder Enterprise edition.
    You can try downloading a trial version of RB 7.03 Enterprise and run
    through some of the RAP turorials and demos to see if this is a good
  • Hi Brian,

    It looks as though when you load your second report, the event handlers from
    the first one are staying connected and when the event fires for a label
    that exists on the first report and not on the second, the program c…
  • Hi Chris,

    Sorry, but there is no built-in way to access the clipboard contents in
    ReportBuilder. You may need to use a Delphi function to accomplish this.

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  • Hi Massimo,

    Rendering a report to a text file and/or matrix printer is much different
    than rendering it to your screen. You will need to be sure each line on
    your report is positioned so that it can be exported to a text file a…
  • Hi Massimo,

    You might try the dot matrix export tool that comes with Waler's
    TExtraDevices. This could potentially help with the problem you are having.
    http://www.waler.com
  • Hi Israel,

    Try loading the datasets before calling Report.Print. This way you will be
    able to give your users a dialog box or something to let them know what is
    happening. Then when you print your report, ReportBuilder will be…
  • Hi Felix,

    1. Be sure you have the latest Printer driver for the printer you are
    using.

    2. On many printers, Transparent images are not supported. Be sure the
    Transparent property is set to false on your TppImages.<…
  • Hi Rene,

    For WPTools to work with ReportBuilder you need to use the WPCubed created
    plugin. I believe this comes with the installation of WPTools. This is the
    only way the ReportBuilder RichText component will recognize the WP…
  • Hi Sanya,

    I'm sorry, but in my attempts I am unable to get this effect. This may be a
    limitation of ReportBuilder.

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  • Hi Bob,

    You will need to set the Template.DatabaseSettings.Name before you call
    Template.SaveToDatabase. To make things easier on yourself, you should name
    the files the same as their corresponding report names on database. Th…
  • Hi Bob,

    In my testing on my Pentium 3, 600 w/ 512 ram, I was able to select over 20
    components at run-time and move them with the Ctrl key with no more than a
    second delay. It is true however that the more report components you…
  • Hi Rodolfo,

    I tested this on my machine and though performance did slow down after
    selecting 20+ items, it was not un-usable. When selecting multiple
    components in a report you can change their properties at the same time in
  • Hi Sorin,

    Try using the Page Style to place static lines on every page. The page
    style will essentially print in the background of each page of the report.
    You can access the Page Style by selecting it from the Report menu in t…
  • Hi Paul,

    ReportBuilder uses a wrapper around the actual TeeChart component. For help
    with formatting a TeeChart, you might try asking the TeeMach support.

    in Text labels on a chart within a report Comment by nicocizik October 2003
  • Hi Bob,

    Check out the example I sent in your later post. It shows you how to
    extract the sql object from a dataview in DADE.

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  • Hi Bob,

    Check out the example in the \RBuilder\Demos\5. AutoSearch\4. Custom
    AutoSearch Dialog . This example uses the OnGetAutoSearchValues event to
    add SQL to your criteria. This example adds an "AND" rather than an "OR"
  • Hi Bob,

    You should be able to use an OR statement with your autosearch criteria.
    This however will show up as an "and" in the Autosearch dialog that pops up
    before the report loads. This is a limitation of the Autosearch dialog…
  • Hi Nicola,

    You can use a Two-Pass report to accomplish this. Check out the example
    below for an example of creating an index of the report contents at the end
    of a report.

    in [Newbie] How to generate an index Comment by nicocizik October 2003
  • Hi Clive,

    I would recommend using the solution you already have of creating the new
    printer connection before you call Report.Print. I believe the
    Report.PrinterSetup is saving down the current list of printers so when you
  • Hi Clive,

    There is a way to refresh the printer list without having to call any API
    functions directly. Be sure you include ppPrintr in your 'uses' clause,
    then call:

    ppPrinters.Refresh;

    This will change t…
  • Hi Bob,

    As far as Save and SaveAs go, the designer treats them almost the same way.
    It checks to see if the file already exists and then saves the report to the
    specified location. You should not have to worry about the differe…
  • Hi Bob,

    Try using the OnCustomSaveDoc event in the TppDesigner. The Sender object
    in this event is the report with all the save options set up. All you will
    need to do is worry about where you would like your report to be save…
  • Hi Stijn,

    Yes, this should be possible, though we have had customers who had trouble
    combining numerous reports with extensive calculations and processing. You
    may also want to consider generating, then exporting your reports t…
  • Hi Stijn,

    You can add many reports to a single report by using subreports. You're
    best bet would be to use section style subreports with your original reports
    loaded into each one. Your original reports can be loaded manually …
  • Hi Hans,

    This is not a known bug in ReportBuilder. As a test, try downloading a
    trial version of ReportBuilder 7.03 and see if that helps. If not, please
    send a small example demonstrating the issue in .zip fomat to
    suppo…
  • Hi Barry,

    Thanks for the suggestion. There probably should be a way to insert header
    regions as you described. I will note your suggestion in our wish list for
    a future release.

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  • Hi Barry,

    Try placing your grid headers inside a TppRegion, then setting the region to
    ShiftWithParent. In my testing this seemed to solve the problem.

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