Overlay

Andreetje

Hi,

Is it possible to overlay 2 reports.
For example i have 2 report files i want to overlay in 1 report

technisoft

Andreetje wrote: »

Hi,

Is it possible to overlay 2 reports.
For example i have 2 report files i want to overlay in 1 report

What do you mean? Print 2 reports on top of each other or merger 2 reports into one?

gpi

See a Programmer's manual:

wrote:

1.9 Building a composite report (batch printing)
In some cases it is required to organize printing of several reports at once, or
capsulate and present several reports in one preview window. To perform this, there are
tools in FastReport, which allow building a new report in addition to an already existing
one. The ?«TfrxReport.PrepareReport?» method has the optional ?«ClearLastReport?»
Boolean parameter, which is equal to ?«True?» by default. This parameter defines whether
it is necessary to clear pages of the previously built report. The following code shows how
to build a batch from two reports:
Pascal:
frxReport1.LoadFromFile('1.fr3');
frxReport1.PrepareReport;
frxReport1.LoadFromFile('2.fr3');
frxReport1.PrepareReport(False);
frxReport1.ShowPreparedReport;
C++:
frxReport1->LoadFromFile("1.fr3");
frxReport1->PrepareReport(true);
frxReport1->LoadFromFile("2.fr3");
frxReport1->PrepareReport(false);
frxReport1->ShowPreparedReport();
We load the first report and build it without displaying. Then we load the second
one into the same ?«TfrxReport?» object and build it with the ?«ClearLastReport?» parameter,
equal to ?«False?». This allows the second report to be added to the one previously built.
After that, we display a finished report in the preview window.

Andreetje

Hi,

Found it myself.

Add : Frxreport.InheritFromTemplate(filename);

before
the preparereport.

the report in the filename has only an "overlay" band which is "on top"
Then it displays as an real overlay !