Simple Invoice

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• kamiller42

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  I am not a FR expert, but I don't think it can do fixed regions, which is what it sounds like you need. I know how to accomplish using the SQL results. It can be accomplished using data groups. Join with a sequence of numbers, zero based, and divide by 25 to get the group number. That's the number you will group by in FR. So, row 0 will be group 0, row 24 will be 0, row 25 will be 1, and so forth. With the group numbers and FR groups defined, you can force a page break on group numbers and use group headers and footers to add additional detail.
  
  How this all happens depends on your database. What are you using?
• ReinaldoCrespo

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  kamiller42 wrote: »

  How this all happens depends on your database. What are you using?

  
  I'm using Sybase ADS. But the detail data comes to FR as a userdataset as it is already stored on an array. Your post has help me figure out an idea, that I think will work. I could just fill the array with empty lines up to 25 if necessary.
  
  Not only do I need the detail line to be of fixed height, I also need to print alternating gray bars on that space. Sort of what's called a "pijama effect". The pijama effect I got to work ok. But since it only prints as many lines are the data source has rows, the rest of the space is not filled with the alternating gray bars.
  
  The idea of filling the array with empty lines is not pleasant. But I suppose that it will work.
  
  BTW - I could not find fr3 samples of invoices anywhere. Can someone point to them?
  
  Thank you,
  
  
  
  Reinaldo.
• kamiller42

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  By user dataset, do you mean in memory clientdataset fed by an array? That makes things easier. You can fill the dataset with whatever you want, e.g. add filler rows as necessary.
  
  I don't have any sample invoices. But, I have had a need to accomplish something similar using another report system. It was accomplished using report design concepts basic to all report systems, specifically detail bands and grouping.
• Mick.pl

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  Have a look at the topic from March this year [topic="7796"]Print fixed number of rows at one page[/topic]
  I attached 3 examples (PDF files) to show how it can be done.
  I mean - no matter of how many rows I get from ADOQuery I can print no more 7 lines (rows) per each page.
  
  And if you find those examples interesting then you may follow my solution included in FR file below.
  
  Mick
  
• ReinaldoCrespo

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  Mick;
  
  Thank you for helping. Unfortunately I can't download from any of the links. Would you please email them as attachment? I'd love to look at them.
  
  
  reinaldo dot crespo at gmail dot com
  
  thank you very much,
  
  
  
  Reinaldo.
• Mick.pl

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  Have you received my e-mail?
  
  Mick
  
• ReinaldoCrespo

  July 2011 edited 3:28AM

  Mick.pl wrote: »

  Have you received my e-mail?
  
  Mick

  Mick;
  
  I'm sorry I never responded. Yes I did. I studied your solution to finally come up with a similar one. Thank you very much.
  
  Basically, what I did is to detach the detail band from the data source and assign a fixed number of rows to the detail data band. Then with code, I skipped an internal counter. Something like this:
  

  var
  dSet:TfrxDataSet;
    
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Procedure Page1OnBeforePrint( Sender:TfrxComponent );
  begin
     dSet.first;                        
  end;
  
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                                                                  
  procedure MemoOnBeforePrint( Sender: TfrxComponent );
  begin
    
    TfrxMemoView(Sender).Visible := not dSet.eof;
      
  end;
  
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                                                                  
  procedure ItemsOnAfterPrint( Sender: TfrxComponent );
  begin
    
    dSet.next;
      
  end;
  
  Begin
     dSet := Report.GetDataSet( 'Detail' )                                                                                        
  End.
  

  
  In the code above, I used memoOnBeforePrint for before print event of all memos on the detail band. The detail band itself executes ItemsOnAfterPrint on the after print event. This idea worked really nice.
  
  Again, thank you for your help.
  
  
  Reinaldo.
• Balbir

  December 2011 edited 3:28AM

  Hello Dear,
  
  I am also in the same situation.
  
  I Need to print 15 rows in Detail Band. But some times there are 2-3 records in database then it shrinks everything up and does not look good.
  
  Please suggest me what to do, i could not understand from your conversation how you solved your problem.
  
  here is attached my report file.
  Thanks,
  
  Balbir
• gpi

  December 2011 edited 3:28AM

  See attach
• Balbir

  December 2011 edited 3:28AM

  gpi wrote: »

  See attach

  
  Thank you dear GPI, you saved me and gave me this valueable solution. I was looking for this since long.
  
  Thanks Alot Alot for your help.