Setting text/database components at run-time 1

[StevenK]

I am using Delphi 5 to set up various versions of the same report - setting ordering and groupings but see no simple way of setting a text/database component to visible/invisible according to a user selection. Can anyone help me ?

 

[Ruairi]

how about formulas to control the visibility. Make A new formula called field1Visible just put text in it "FALSE".
Select one of the fields which can be visible or invisible. Right click it and choose Format Field. Then click the pencil next to supress. Double click the formula 'field1Visible' from the field window to enter it into the formula. Then type '= "FALSE"'. Now that field will only show if you change field1Visible to "TRUE" through the RDC or .OCX or whatever method you're using at runtime. Ruairi

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[dcm]

StevenK: You might also investigate the use of a logical condition to suppress a field - you can suppress a field if user parameter response was No to question "Do you want to see Grand Total Y/N?" David C. Monks
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[StevenK]

Thanks for the suggestions - I've solved the problem in a sense. I have set up a formula field within the report and setting it to '' (empty string) if a defined parameter field is False - if it is True then I am setting the formula field up as required.