TfrUserDataSet

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• philippe

  December 2003 edited 3:41AM

  Never mind folks, I finally managed to figure it all out. My OnGetValue event wouldn't get called simply because I was using a Detail Data band instead of a Master Data band in my report. It all works perfectly now.
  
  I even figured out the purpose of the OnFirst and OnNext events of a TfrUserDataSet. Interestingly enough, the OnNext event is called once for each row in the report which allows you to prepare all the information for the next series of TfrReport.OnGetValue calls which in turn are done once for each column in the row. Very useful if you need to do any preparation at the row level. Also, I've noticed that if the Two-pass report option is selected then the OnNext event is called in both passes while the OnGetValue event is called only in the second pass; something that might be worth knowing.
  
  At this point, after evaluating all the major report tools for Delphi, I think that FastReport is probably the best. I only wish it would have better documentation however. I hope this last comment can be taken positively
  
  Philippe
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  January 2004 edited 3:41AM

  Hi
  don't forget to write an on previous event handler to dec the index you incremented in the on next event handler.
  regards