Custom Report Wizard

TppCustomReportWizard is defined in ppWizard.pas. You can create descendants and register them with RB. Example can be found in the following RB source code files: The simplest descendant is TppBlankReportWizard defined in ppRptWiz.pas. TppBlankReportWizard simply creates a an empty report consisting of a header/detail/footer band set. TppLabelTemplateWizard – the label wizard is defined in ppLabWiz  Full Article…

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Enabling Features in Delphi at Design Time

TECH TIP: Enabling a ReportBuilder feature in Delphi Design-time Question: “How do I add <some feature> to the Report Designer at Delphi designtime?” Answer: ReportBuilder offers an open architecture which allows for considerable extensibility. Many of the features in RAP and DADE, as well as our output devices are available within your applications by simply adding  Full Article…

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Replaceable Dialogs

TECH TIP: Replacing Built-in Dialogs/Forms in ReportBuilder ReportBuilder has an open architecture for replacing any of the built-in dialogs. You can replace any of the built-in dialogs by creating a new form that inherits from an abstract ancestor and then registering it as the new built-in dialog. For example, to replace ReportBuilder’s print dialog you could:  Full Article…

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