Rave Reports - Execute

[Jason Coley]

I am a newbie to Rave Reports (as you may have guessed), started with it
yesterday.

Is it possible to just have the preview show when you use Execute, or do you
always have to see the Print/Preview/File dialog?

Also, I would like to have the details section of the report always a
certain height, with vertical lines down the details section to make
columns. If the details don't fit on the one page then they will go onto the
next page, is this possible?

Jason

[Thomas Pfister]

QUESTION:

How can I totally bypass the setup dialog and go directly to the printer.

ANSWER:

With the RAVE-IDE you can set your desires with Edit-> Options-> Preferences
menu option. Then

on the "Preferences" dialog - select the "Printing" option on the left side.
Set the "Output Options"

and the "Print Definition" sections to your output requirements.

For your application's, you must set the RvProject component engine property
to a RvSystem

component. If you do not already have a RvSystem available, then drop one on
the same form as

your RvProject. Once you have set the engine property, then go to the
RvSystem-component and

you have a lot of properties that you can set, as needed. Some of the more
popular ones are:

To disable the Output Dialog from showing:

RvSystem1.SystemSetups := RvSystem1.SystemSetups - [ssAllowSetup];

To change the default destination of the output (File, Preview or Printer):

RvSystem1.DefaultDest := rdPrinter; (sets default as printer)

To set the Preview Windows for maximized size

RvSystem1.SystemPreview.FormState := wsMaximized

Post by Jason Coley
I am a newbie to Rave Reports (as you may have guessed), started with it
yesterday.
Is it possible to just have the preview show when you use Execute, or do
you always have to see the Print/Preview/File dialog?