[EXTERNAL]Report style table on the fly

[Brian A O'Sullivan]

Hi Xavier,
This sounds like a good opportunity to use the "report data grid", an external component that can be placed in your report.
Each column in the grid can set the "::columntype" property to "kRLclmnAutoSize" to automatically expand based on the list content.

David Swain wrote a Tech Note on this component many years back - hopefully it's still available at the Omnis website. I presented an example of creating a "generic grid report" at a prior EurOmnis. I'll send you the demo library from that session if I can find it!

Brian A. O'Sullivan
Bear, Delaware, USA


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Subject: [EXTERNAL]Report style table on the fly

Hi,

I need to print a report with a table of products and variable number of details.


SKU     Length     Width     Height     Weight     Material      Colour
36102   490         300        200        1,1    Polypropylene     Red
36103   500         300        225        2,0    Polypropylene     Blue
36104   600         350        225        2,5    Polypropylene     Grey


The number and width of columns varies depending on the product line.
So, I need to set the number of columns in the report and the adjust the width of the columns based on the content max length of the column and set position to the columns title labels.

Is there a way to know how much space takes a report field based on the content and font used?

Any advice to build a variable table style report on-the-fly ?

regards

xavier

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