Hello everyone
and sorry that I’m asking so many questions here in the forum. I think TapForms Pro is a good product, and although it is still in the early stages of development, it is already very good and, above all, very powerful—especially for the price being offered. So once again, many thanks to the team.
I do have one more question about reports, though. At the moment, the report is essentially predefined. I need a way to print more than one page with individual customization. My idea was to create a view in which the fields are filled via a script. However, this runs into limitations because it’s not possible to create dynamically sized fields for custom layouts, nor can you predefine more than one page. That led me to the idea of using reports. Reports do exactly what I’m looking for, but unfortunately you can’t design them yourself—at least I haven’t found a way to do so. By that I don’t mean selecting which fields are used, but actually positioning fields yourself and filling in custom text. Is there a plan to introduce a dynamically customizable report designer?
Thank you for all the ideas, and please let me know if I’ve overlooked anything.
Kind regards, and have a great week
Steve
On a custom layout you can define multiple layouts and have Tap Forms print each layout in succession for the same record. Set the Print Next option to the next layout you want printed. For example, if you have 3 layouts called Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3, set the Print Next setting on the Page 1 layout to Page 2. Then on the Page 2 layout set it to Page 3. Leave Page 3’s Print Next setting empty.
The PDF generating engine I’m using for the Reports area is not designed to place items in specific locations on the page. I have to pre-code how I want fields to be placed on the page. I’ve built two layout so far. The Table and the Details view. I would like to add more in the future, but I don’t think it’ll ever be as flexible as the custom layout engine in that respect.
Hi that is ok, I think I can build something from that 👍 Thanks for the hint 🙃
Steve
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