TEReport (EasyReport Designer)

Source: source/classes/tereport.prg

TEReport is the interactive visual designer for EasyReport (.vrd / .erd) report files. It wraps TEasyReport and provides a full-featured MDI editor with a menu bar, button bar, report area design surface, item insertion (text, image, graphic, barcode), undo/redo, database management, font/color configuration, and preview/print capabilities. It is the primary tool for designing report layouts visually.

Key DATA Members

DATA	Type	Description
`oER`	TEasyReport	Underlying EasyReport engine instance
`cFileReport`	Character	Current report file path
`oGenVar`	TExStruct	General variables container (colors, brushes, fonts, settings)
`aFonts`	Array	Array of TFont objects (up to 20) defined for the report
`aAreas`	Array	Report areas (bands) accessed via `:oER:aAreaIni`
`aItems`	Array	Report items per area, accessed via `:oER:aItems[nArea, nItem]`
`oBar`	TButtonBar	Main designer button bar
`lVRDSave`	Logical	Whether unsaved changes exist

Methods

Method	Description
`New( oP )`	Create and run the designer as an MDI child of an existing window, or as a standalone MDI window
`Activate( ... )`	Activate the designer as a standalone MDI application with command-line file support
`OpenFile( cFile, lChange, lAddDelNew )`	Open a .vrd or .erd report file into the designer
`SaveFile()`	Save current report state (all areas, general settings)
`SaveAs( cFile )`	Save report to a new file path
`SaveAsNewFormat()`	Convert and save as new .erd format
`Undo()`	Undo the last designer action
`Redo()`	Redo a previously undone action
`BuildMenu()`	Build the full designer menu structure
`BarMenu()`	Build the designer button bar with all tools
`SetGeneralSettings()`	Load and apply report-level general settings (measure, grid, databases)
`ClientWindows()`	Create all MDI child windows for each report area, loading area data
`DefineFonts()`	Load font definitions from the report file into TFont objects
`OpenDatabases()`	Open and load database definitions from the report configuration

Example: Run EasyReport Designer from Code

#include "FiveWin.ch"

function Main()

   local oER

   oER := TEReport():New()  // Standalone designer

return nil

Example: Open a Report File in the Designer

#include "FiveWin.ch"

function Main()

   local oER

   oER := TEReport():New()
   oER:OpenFile( "myreport.vrd" )

return nil

Notes