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…

Question “How do I reassign event handlers?” Solution Whenever you save a template to an .rtm file, all of the published properties of the Report are saved. This includes all Properties and Events that are visible in the Object Inspector. For the events, the ‘name’ of the event-handler procedure is saved. When you load an  Full Article…

Question “How do I programmatically load reports that were saved using the Report Explorer ?” Solution The ReportExplorer has a run-time interface you can use to load reports using the ReportExplorer.LoadReport method. You can use this method without actually ‘showing’ the report explorer form. (See the online help topic for TppReportExplorer.) If you want use Report.Template.LoadFromDatabase,  Full Article…