TPrintDecisionGrid is advanced descendant of standard TDecisionGrid with ability to print / print-preview report pages.It is native Delphi 3, 4 or 5 Client/Server Suite component.TPrintDecisionGrid doesn't need any additional printing tool to do this work. Now you shouldn't use Form.Print method to print DecisionGrid - there's a special component, which can print large crosstab reports very quickly and accurately!TPrintDecisionGrid allows you - to print report (available in design-time) all the cells of grid are automatically distributed among horizontal and vertical pages - to preview report pages in special PreviewForm (available in design-time) you can navigate through pages in both horizontal and vertical directions - to adjust best column width so all the cells' strings will be entirely visible - to set page margins Left, Top, Right, Bottom (in millimeters) - to define in your report title and subtitle this is optional additional information about query result in grid - to switch on/off color in your report so you can save printer toner - to use your own Print-Preview forms you just have to place on your modal form special TPDGPreview component and specify OnPreviewReport Grid's Eventsince version 2.0 - to set Header and Footer on each report page you can customize their text using static text and predefined parameters (such as Page Index, Number of Pages etc.) in Design Time and a special event in Run Time. - to duplicate FixedColumns and FixedRows on each horizontal/vertical page so your End-User will read more understandable printing output - to vary size of cells in report using ReportScalePercent property initial value 100% means that Grid cells and text strings will have on paper the same size, they have on screen - to add in report your own text or pictures using special OnReportPrintPage Grid's event - to switch on/off various report options (such as need print Title) using special ReportOptions set property - to copy data from cells to clipboard (available in design-time)since version 3.0 - to generate HTML Report you can produce web presentation your DecisionGrid as well as paper presentation! |