Change between RTC and Classic mode during runtime

Alex_Chow

Is it possible to change the mode of how a process is ran during runtime?

I'm trying to print a classic report using RTC using the SAVEASHTML function, but it errors out because SAVEASHTML is not supported in the RTC.

ara3n

You mean something like this?

if ISSERVICETIER then
  report.SAVEASEXCEL
else
  Report.SAVEASHTML

Alex_Chow

No...

I'm talking about something like this:

if ISSERVICETIER then
  Client.Servicetier := FALSE;

-OR something like this-

if ISSERVICETIER then  
  report.run(50000,false,false,SalesHeader,CLASSICMODE);

This way, I can force reports to run in classic client mode when working in the RTC when coding.

ara3n

RTC only runs in classic mod if there is no RDL in the report.

So make a copy of the report. Delete the Layout and call one or the other report.

Alex_Chow

ara3n wrote:

RTC only runs in classic mod if there is no RDL in the report.

So make a copy of the report. Delete the Layout and call one or the other report.

No, that doesn't work during run-time.

When you run a report during RTC environment, it assumes you're going to run the report in RDLC. Only after the report is called does it determine whether there's RDL.

So when you use report.saveashtml, it still assumes the report is going to be RDLC formated. So it'll kick out with an error.

ara3n

you could save it as excel. Use excel automation and save it as html? I haven't tried save as html in excel.

Alex_Chow

ara3n wrote:

you could save it as excel. Use excel automation and save it as html? I haven't tried save as html in excel.

No, the RDLC is required if you want to save it as Excel.

ara3n

I'm guessing you have a classic report that you hasn't been fully upgraded and you want to save it as html.

I guess you could use NAS to run the report for you.

Alex_Chow

ara3n wrote:

I'm guessing you have a classic report that you hasn't been fully upgraded and you want to save it as html.

I guess you could use NAS to run the report for you.

What I'm trying to replicate is the ability to e-mail sales invoices that's not formatted in the RDLC. Before, you can just click on Send Report by E-mail, now you can't.

I found a blog by Claus that does this, but it requires the report to be in RDLC.

ara3n

Time to get the reports to fully upgraded?

Alex_Chow

ara3n wrote:

Time to get the reports to fully upgraded?

Tried, but I just can't get the invoice to look nice without spending a ton of hours on it...

ara3n

Have you tried to take a nav std invoice report that already has RDLC and make the necessary changes.

Marije_Brummel

How about run the report in a NAS?

Alex_Chow

Mark Brummel wrote:

How about run the report in a NAS?

On demand?

TonyH

Alex Chow wrote:

Tried, but I just can't get the invoice to look nice without spending a ton of hours on it...

I hear ya..... Brutal hours on some reports...


The NAS is an option, but a huge effort.

You could create a table that the NAS Scans on the timer. Add new records when the user hits "print", populate table. NAS sees the record for a new report print with parameters of the record to print off and prints it for you... painful but is it less painful than putting the report in RDL?

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Marije_Brummel

Yes, you can let the NAS scan a table that contain jobs to print reports. This has been done before in warehouses and shop floors to print bar code stickers etc. Not really a lot of effort. Only a few hours of work.

Alex_Chow

Then have the NAS it to dump into some where and have the client customer requesting the report to automatically create an e-mail and attach the file?

:-k