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TBaseReport. OnBeforePrint event (read/write/published)

Declaration

procedure OnBeforePrint(Sender: TObject);

Category

Control

Description

This event is called before the print job has begun. This can be useful to initialize non-report items such as table record pointers. This event can also be useful to set report items that must be set before the print job begins (such as paper size and orientation).

See also

TBaseReport Class, Execute, OnAfterPrint

Example (Delphi)

procedure TReportForm.BeforePrintReport5(Sender: TObject);

begin { BeforePrintReport5 }

with Sender as TBaseReport do begin

   StatusFormat := 'Printing Page '#13''#13'';

   StatusText.Add('');

   StatusText.Add('');

end; { with }

CustomerTable.First;

end;  { BeforePrintReport5 }

Example (C++Builder)

void __fastcall TReportForm:: BeforePrintReport5 (TObject *Sender)

{

TBaseReport* rp = dynamic_cast<TBaseReport*>(Sender);

rp1->StatusFormat = "Printing Page \n\n";

rp1->StatusText->Add("");

        rp1->StatusText->Add("");

CustomerTable->First();

} / BeforePrintReport5