Question “How do I troubleshoot lost event handlers?” Solution Let’s assume you have created a report in Delphi and assign an event handlers to the OnPreviewFormCreate event of the report.  The event is generated by Delphi as: Sample Delphi code: procedure TForm1.ppReport1PreviewFormCreate(Sender: TObject); You then save the report to an RTM file ‘Report1.RTM.’  The events  Full Article…

Question “How do I troubleshoot error loading report from database?” Solution Check the BDE configuration setting for BlobSize. This value defines the maximum size for a blob. The default value is 32, which is too small for most reports. Increase the size to 1024 or 2048 to accommodate your largest report definitions. If you are using  Full Article…

Question “How do I store descriptive information with my report template?” Solution If you are storing the templates to a database, then you can use the Report.Template.OnSaveEnd and OnLoadEnd events to store and load the custom information to appropriate data fields for the record. (This is the technique used by the ReportExplorer.) If you are  Full Article…