Rave Tips and Tricks

Listed below are all sorts of goodies for Rave users, both code-based and visual.

Rave - General


Calculated Fields in Rave
Printing TCharts in Rave
Printing the current page number
Using Parameters with RAVE
DLLFile Property of TRaveProject
Saving Report Changes when using the end-user designer
Distribution of Rave runtime packages for Delphi and C++Builder
RAVE 4.0 Simple Security
List index out of bounds (-2)
Change 'About box'
In-Text Formatting In Rave
PIVars and Page Counts for RAVE Report Subsets
Rave Language: Counting the number of rows
Rave Language: Highlighting Text
Printing Multiple Rave Reports as a single print job.
Exporting Reports Programmatically
Multiple reports as single print job with changes in orientation
Multiple Report Printing with correct Page 1 of X numbering per report
Multiple Application Instances Using Rave
Master-Detail Reports With SQL Data Views
Define parameters in QueryParams Tab of the SQL/Driver Data View property editor
Rave Language: Getting and Setting Parameters
Using coGreater Operator in CalcOp Components
Adding my Parameters to the Parameter List.
How to override the standard setupdialog
Create Rave Reports without using the Visual Designer
Date Ranges via Parameters with different Driver DataLinks.
Rave End-User Design Support
Print dynamically generated bitmaps in a report created in Visual Designer
Knowing which Rave version an NDR File was made with



Rave - Mirrors


Hiding bands at runtime



Rave - Data Connections


Custom Data Connections Don't Show in RAVE
Rave 4 Dynamically Created DataViews
Retaining table filtering on detail table in master/detail report [RAVE]
Refreshing Dataviews Dynamically
Master-detail reports are slow when using 3rd party datasets and DataSetConnections
Using ADO Driver Viewers in Reports with Delphi
Dynamic Database Connections
error "No DATA Link drivers have been loaded ..."
DataSet Connection - how to skip a blank address line



Code Based - General


Printing Memos from a database using TMemoBuf
Integrating WPTools with Rave
Printing RichText across multiple pages
Gaining Access To RAVE Components from Delphi/C++Builder
Sample OnPrint event code for C++Builder
Printing bitmaps in scale to both printer and the preview screen
Problem with Postscript printers
Printing memos more than one page long
Problem with using PRINT as the name for a unit
How to transfer the contents of a TMemo component to a memo buffer
How to transfer text from a TMemo component to a ReportPrinter 1.1 TMemoBuf
Explanation of BOXLINExxxxx Constants
Sending output to a file
PDF printing from ReportSystem bypassing the setup dialog
Lines show through instead of being covered by other printed objects
Converting NDR Files to PDF Files
Printing JPEG's
Modifying the Standard Rave 4.0 and earlier Preview Form to suit your own needs
Converting NDR files to HTML
Getting the bin index from the Bins stringlist
Changing the Rave 5.x Preview Form
Converting NDR File to PRN File
Printing columns reports that span accross multiple pages