Seagate Crystal Reports™ 7.0

Technical Reference

Volume 4

Seagate Software, Inc.

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© 1999 (manual and software) Seagate Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Seagate Software, Seagate, and the Seagate logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc., or one of its subsidiaries. Seagate Crystal Reports, Seagate Crystal Info, Seagate Info, the Seagate Crystal Reports logo, and Smart Navigation are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Software, Inc. All other product names referenced are believed to be the registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Chapter 1 - VCL Reference

TCrpe Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Properties By Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

WindowEvents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Error Codes - VCL Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Error Codes - Crystal Reports Print Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Sub-Class Properties and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

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What you will find in this chapter...

TCrpe Component, Page 2

Properties, Page 2

Properties By Group, Page 5

Methods, Page 131

Events, Page 166

WindowEvents, Page 176

Types, Page 200

Constants, Page 206

Error Codes - VCL Component, Page 207

Error Codes - Crystal Reports Print Engine, Page 210

Sub-Class Properties and Methods, Page 214

Note: Overview material for the Crystal VCL Component can be found in

Seagate Crystal Reports Technical Reference: Volume 1 -

Development Tools, Chapter 7.

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TCrpe Component

The TCrpe Component encapsulates the functionality available in the Seagate Crystal Reports Print Engine DLL(CRPE32.DLL) and can be easily added to any Delphi project and compiled into your final executable application.

Properties

These are the Properties that belong specifically to the TCrpe class. Each Sub-class also has its own Properties which can be viewed by going to the section for that particular Sub-class.

Property Name	Read Only	Run-time only	Design-time only	Sub-class
About, Page 6	x
AreaFormat, Page 7				x
AreaFormatFormulas, Page 10				x
CanCloseEngine, Page 13	x	x
Connect, Page 13				x
ConnectMethod, Page 15
DesignControls, Page 17			x
DetailCopies, Page 19
DialogParent, Page 20		x
DiscardSavedData, Page 21
Export, Page 21				x
FieldMapping, Page 26
Formulas, Page 27				x
GraphData, Page 30				x
GraphOptions, Page 32				x
GraphText, Page 34				x
GraphType, Page 36				x

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GroupCondition, Page 39				x
GroupOptions, Page 41				x
GroupSelection, Page 43				x
GroupSortFields, Page 46				x
HasSavedData, Page 47	x	x
IsJobFinished, Page 48	x	x
JobNumber, Page 49	x	x
LastErrorNumber, Page 49	x	x
LastErrorString, Page 50	x	x
LoadEngineOnUse, Page 51
LogOnInfo, Page 52				x
LogOnServer, Page 54		x		x
Margins, Page 56				x
Output, Page 58
Pages, Page 59		x		x
ParamFields, Page 61				x
PrintDate, Page 67				x
PrintEnded, Page 68	x	x
Printer, Page 68				x
PrintOptions, Page 81				x
ProgressDialog, Page 83
Records, Page 84	x	x		x
ReportName, Page 85
ReportOptions, Page 87				x

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ReportTitle, Page 89
SectionFont, Page 90				x
SectionFormat, Page 93				x
SectionFormatFormulas, Page				x
96
SectionHeight, Page 98				x
Selection, Page 100				x
SendOnExecute, Page 104
SessionInfo, Page 105				x
SortFields, Page 107				x
SQL, Page 108
Status, Page 111	x	x
Subreports, Page 112				x
SummaryInfo, Page 114				x
Tables, Page 116				x
Version, Page 118	x			x
WindowButtonBar, Page 119				x
WindowCursor, Page 121
WindowEvents, Page 123
WindowParent, Page 124
WindowSize, Page 126				x
WindowState, Page 127
WindowStyle, Page 128				x
WindowZoom, Page 130				x

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