At 03:28 PM 10/8/2009, you wrote:
We have just converted five applications from
7.5 to the latest (10.01) version of 8.0.
We noticed the following issue and were wondering if anyone has noticed this.
Report Conversion We have forms in different
applications (databases) which have a Print
button that prints 3 reports when an order is
finished being entered. The first report has an
on before generate eep which makes certain text
fields visible or invisible on the report. So the button eep says this;
Print Report1 where etc
Print Report2 where etc
Print Report3 where etc.
Return
The On before generate eep in Report1 says this;
if vthis=4 or vthat='5' the
property CompID visible 'true'
else
property CompID visible 'false'
endi
ret
In 7.5 these reports print just fine. In Report1
there is an on before generate eep which was
entered in the 7.5 report designer by clicking;
Report/Actions/Before Generate.
This database (and others) was then converted
over to the latest version of 8.0(10.01) .
When we ran the above report in 8.0 (using
Runtime) only Report1 printed and totally
bypassed printing Report2 and Report3.
In order to correct this situation we had to
change where the before generate eep was located on report1.
We modified Report1 by moving the On Before
Generate eep (which was entered as described above) using this method;
Right click on the Page Header section, click
Before Generate Custom Eep and re-entered the
eep there. We than re-ran the application and
all 3 reports printed as expected.
This is quite embarrassing as these reports are
generated in front of our customers.
My question is this; If this report printing
routine worked perfectly in 7.5, why wouldnt it
print the same way in 8.0 ? This begs another
question Are there any other issues that we
have to look for which would cause the
application to not function as it did in 7.5 ?
Hello Bill,
This issue you're experiencing is specific to a
change made in the R:BASE Reports Generator
package in the 2nd Quarter of 2008.
From that moment on, the "Before Generate"
Report Actions are only to be used for creating
temporary tables or for declaring variables. Any
PROPERTY commands used to alter the display of
report objects must be placed on the Report Bands.
As you have already moved your code to the Report
Band, you see your expected results can be attained.
This logic change was detailed in the "What's New
in R:BASE Turbo V-8" PDF documentation for that
specific released build of R:BASE Turbo V-8.
Please be sure to review the various documents in
order to avoid such surprises in the future.
Very best,
John
