Tech Tip: Define Master/Detail DataPipeline Links in Code Defining a Master/Detail relationship for a DataPipeline requires that the detail pipeline have the following properties defined: 1. MasterDataPipeline 2. MasterFieldLinks At Delphi design-time you can use the object inspector and the DataPipeline’s FieldLinks editor to define the master/detail relationship. The following example illustrates how to define  Full Article…

TECH TIP: Fundamentals of Report Data Traversal Single Table Listing Report Assign the Report.DataPipeline property and leave the DetailBand.Pipeline unassigned. The report will traverse the data from start to end (based on the datapipeline range settings and honoring any filters you’ve placed on the datset etc.) Master/Detail Report: Assign the Report.DataPipeline property to the master.  Full Article…

TECH TIP: Controlling which records are printed for a report There are a several techniques you can use to control which records are printed for a report. Use a Query to construct a result set containing only the desired records. Define a Filter on a dataset (Query or Table) to filter out the unwanted records.  Full Article…