Have resolved the issue! It was a syntax error in the way I was referring to report variables in the rfxml file - don't know why it gave the types of messages that it did - but its fixed. Thanks Rodgy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Lovelock" <[email protected]> To: "Dabo Users list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [dabo-users] Report Designer Problem
> Actual message I am getting in place of my field is :- > 'CaselessDict' object has no attribute 'TotThisYear' > > Hope that helps. > > Rodgy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul McNett" <[email protected]> > To: "Dabo Users list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:30 PM > Subject: Re: [dabo-users] Report Designer Problem > > >> Roger Lovelock wrote: >>> I seem to have answered my own question! >>> >>> I can still work with the 'lower case' field names while I am in the >>> ReportDesigner running off the TestCursor - but as soon as I run against >>> my >>> live database then the attribute can't be found message appears on the >>> report. >>> >>> I previously generated some reports (about Nov '08 I think) and this >>> conversion of field names to lower case in the editor was not happening >>> then. It appears to happen on loading the rfxml file as the changed data >>> appears in the xml editor if you go to that tab immediately after >>> loading >>> the file. At the same time the conversion of ' to ' occurs. >>> Interestingly when I use my original rfxml file against my 'live' >>> database >>> programatically rather than in the ReportDesigner it works perfectly, >>> but >>> leaves the upper/lower case and the ' punctuation unaltered. >>> I'd really like to use the Visual Editor for my reports, but the way it >>> changes field names makes this impossible currently. >>> >>> Where do we go from here? >> >> Well we need to figure out what revision of Dabo broke this. Are you game >> for some >> regression testing? Are you on Subversion? >> >> I just committed a reversion of a change I made in December 2008. Perhaps >> that fixes it? >> >> Paul >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/44b90f1c724e4a2f81acdfc512293...@roger
