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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have used this method before for simple
reports, but if the report is completely user definable, and some of the flag
fields are in a table or some other construct, how do I know to insert a new
row? This is the problem I am having difficulty with.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>David O'Brien</span></font><font
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style='color:navy'><a href="mailto:dave@iccs.co.nz"><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>dave@iccs.co.nz</span></font></a></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Steven Knight<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 9 February 2005
9:14 a.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">NZ
Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> List</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [DUG] User definable
report.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I do it using a lot of find and replaces
of flag fields in the template. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Where I have a repeating block. I keep
reinserting the flag with each block. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Then after the repeats are finished remove
the extra flag.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Steven</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> David O'Brien
[mailto:dave@iccs.co.nz]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 09 February 2005 09:04<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">NZ
Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> List</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [DUG] User definable
report.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What is the best method
of providing an easy to use, user definable report.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I need to produce an A5 booklet
(A4 folded) where the user has complete control of Font, Style, and Layout
etc... I thought a Word template would be the answer, but I am having trouble
working out how to set it up. A Word template would be good, but how do I fill
in the document with multiple records of data?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I can easily fill in a
fixed report from a template; it's just a variable number of records I can't
get my head around...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is there a better way?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I'm using D2005 pro.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ta,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(</span></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:navy'><a href="mailto:dave@iccs.co.nz"><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>dave@iccs.co.nz</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>)</span></font><font color=navy><span lang=EN-NZ
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