Question “How do I display a unique caption for each copy of my report?” Solution ReportBuilder 11 introduced two copy related options to the System Variable component. Placing this component on your report and setting it to CopyNo or CopyNoDesc will display the copy number on each separate copy of the report. If more customization  Full Article…

Question “How can I refresh/redraw the report after I click a “hot” component on my report?” Solution Inside the OnDrawCommandClick event of a report component, reset the report and report engine.  Then set the DrawCommand.RedrawPage property to True. This is very similar to the way the AutoSearch feature functions and can also be done with  Full Article…

Question “How can I add a watermark to a page in code without using the PageStyle band?” Solution Use the Report.OnEndPage event to create the drawcommands needed and manually add them to the page. Note: If you would like the watermark to appear behind the rest of the report components, create a Page Style and  Full Article…