Working with layers

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Use dataflex as development tool.

Trying to achieve the following:

There many reports and these reports have a generic class based view where selections are to be made by the end user. The selections shown are different per report but all have are based on the same per-defined selections. It could go up 20 selections.

I want the end user be in charge if the selections get non-printed, printed on the first page before the report object. or as last page.after the report object is done.

It is not possible (as far as I tried) to have 2 report objects in one report. So created logic which creates HTML of the selections available and added that as a Variable to the report. And a variable if it needs be printed, before after of not at all.

Looking to get it working in the report it looks there are 2 options

  • Using Outputting Free content Before and After a table.
  • Using layers.

Both I do not get working.

Using Outputting Free content Before and After a table.

On page 73 of the designer manual it states to append an element or sub element in objects Select table and select free content. Problem is I do not have free content. Looking at the dataflex sample it does have it so somewhere I am maybe (well most likely ) missing something in my frame work. Did not look at that as of yet.

Using Layers

This looked to me the more logical option. So used the pre defined first and last page layers. So added a HTML object added it to the first page layer Let the report start on paged 2 and sort of working.

Only the HTML is not looking how I want it to look. Just upgraded to 31.002. In 31.001 I never saw this problem. And it is not always the case like this, but at the moment do not get it displayed correctly;

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So I add the same HTML selection box to the last page layer but do not get it to be seen. Not dealing with the end user requirement at the moment. And did look at the manual page 117 with interlinking but do not see a working report

When set it to display on the last page (Page break before it is running in an infinitive loop.

Hard to state if it it in LL&L or the dataflex connection to L&L

Any help is appreciated

Peter

PS

If I reload the report I do get proper HTMl

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I just cannot my finger on when it does display well and when not.-

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I think it would make sense to continue this directly via support so that we can exchange the required files more easily and efficiently.

We would need to take a closer look at the HTML, the report file, and the related setup. Once we have analyzed this in more detail, we can share a possible solution with the community here afterward.

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The HTML issue did pop up after upgrading to 31.002 before that I did not see it.

The message was started for how to deal with the report how I want it to work and did not get through with Designer Manual en doing all ind of things. So i saw it as lack of know how or understanding of me…. Still learning the tool. And trying to find possible limits. Although I do not think this looks like very hard to do

But will post it in support.

Peter