Rave Reports Developer Reference

TBaseReport. SetColumns method

Declaration

procedure SetColumns(NewColumns: integer; Between: double);

Category

Column

Description

This method sets up a specific number of columns, NewColumns, with a separation, Between, between each column. The column width is calculated to fit within the current SectionLeft and SectionRight.

See also

TBaseReport Class, ColumnWidth, SectionLeft, SectionRight, SetColumnWidth

Example (Delphi)

// This code shows how to create 4 columns and send output to them. Also see PrintMemo. { with 0.5" between each }

SetColumns(4,0.5);

while ColumnLinesLeft > 0 do begin

PrintLn(IntToStr(LinesLeft) + '/' +

  IntToStr(ColumnLinesLeft) + '/' +

  IntToStr(LineNum)         + '/' +

  IntToStr(ColumnNum));

end; { while }

Example (C++Builder)

rp1->SetColumns(4,0.5);

while (rp1->ColumnLinesLeft() > 0) {

rp1->PrintLn( IntToStr(rp1->LinesLeft())   + "/" +

              IntToStr(rp1->ColumnLinesLeft()) + "/" +

              IntToStr(rp1->LineNum)         + "/" +

              IntToStr(rp1->ColumnNum));

}/ while