>Graig,
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>>>Does it also discuss the RDC approach in combination with the smartviewer OCX control. The normal Automation approach seems the be discontinued.
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>>>Personally, I've found some difficulties with this new approach, I'd like to see if you've got a solution for these.
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>>>Walter,
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>>I haven't gotten that far, but will add that. Personally, I prefer the COM Server over the ActiveX control.
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>I'm not refering to the normal ActiveX control, which could be used since version 4.5 or so. The automation approach you're refering will be discontinued; no further development will be done.
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>In stead Seagate has made a new COM based approach: RDC: Reports Designer Component. This COM based server has even more control over a report than the previous (CPRE32.DLL, CPEAUT32.DLL). The main advantage is that you can modify your report to some extend during run-time:
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>- Changing Font of text and field objects
>- Reposition them
>- Filling Textboxes
>- etc.
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>The big difference between the RDC appoach and the previous COM server, is that the RDC has no methods to display a preview. This preview can be made with the help of the smartviewer 7 OCX control, which can also be used for web development. Note that this is a different one than the old OCX control.
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>Walter,

Hmm...this is an area I haven't even gotten into yet, but is sounds interesting. I'm just getting things started on my whitepaper so it will be awhile before it's ready.