On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:08:16 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 8 Jan 2024, Pique7 via fpc-pascal wrote: > > >> Disregarding the RTF for a moment, you'd need to save the contents of the > >> text fields in a TStringlist instance in the 'afterscroll' event of the > >> dataset. > >> > >> This instance can then be used to create a data loop for a sub band > >> (using TFPReportUserData). > >> The band connected to the dataset (the master band) would not print > >> anything. > >> Instead, the child band will print the cell content line by line and split > >> it over pages. > >> > >> From your drawing, it is not quite clear how you construct your columns, > >> if you're using columns, I'm not sure how the band will behave. > >> > >> Michael. > > > > Thanks again for your suggestions. I haven't tried it yet but now I've got > > the idea. Your are so optimistic but I still fear all the things which > > might make troubles in a more complex report with grouping, master/detail > > data, calculations, layout adjustments, HTML tags, table borders etc. > > > > However, finally I've tried to extend/improve the original FPReport classes > > and now I really have a FPReport version that supports band splitting for > > simple FPReportMemos. > > I was not able to implement this using inheritance - I've had to change the > > original source code in the FPC folder. > > Without any doubt there are still many bugs in my FPReport. But if you want > > a copy, let me know! :-) > > I am always open for improvements. > Please do send me your sources or a diff... I have sent an email direct to your email address, or rather, two emails (corrected version). > > Michael. > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
