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Bug or by design?
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From
10/07/2009 14:54:24
 
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01411272
Message ID:
01411483
Views:
49
>>>>I found one strange situation with Report Designer
>>>>
>>>>If this is a bug then I wander how old is it.
>>>>
>>>>If it is 'by design' then it is at least problematic I wld say.
>>>>
>>>>See picture attached.
>>>
>>>I believe, it happened because in your case the rectangular covers several bands. If you create a rectanle that cover only detail band, then it will work as expected.
>>
>>Yes I realised that.
>>But still, result rendering is not something you would expect or I am wrong ?
>>
>>It is really far from being an issue, just curious what is the reason for rendering it this way instead of shape actually covering
>>strings as it is in FRX.
>>
>>I am working on improving little bit FRX2RS interpreter, so I wander should I render it the same way FoxPro does it now
>>(Even though it might be wrong) or it is better to folow expected behaviour.
>>
>>Any input is highly appreciated.
>>
>>TIA
>
>I would better create an expected behavior.

I was not sure at first if this is indeed expected behaviour or it is just a minor glitch in VFP rpt engine.
Still not sure wather to pursue refactoring here. It might render some reports differently then VFP does it.

Will give it a bit more thought.

Thks for the input!
*****************
Srdjan Djordjevic
Limassol, Cyprus

Free Reporting Framework for VFP9 ;
www.Report-Sculptor.Com
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