something different in a V5 reporter

I am working for as client who don’t like the way Business Objects filters a table on a report by clicking on the Filter Icon and then choosing the values from a list.

They want drop boxes ( similar to the way drilling works).

Is this possible ?? :confused:

Cheers,

Andrew


Grizzly-Law :uk: (BOB member since 2004-07-01)

A) You could use drilling (as you already mentioned)

B) You would have to customize via SDK (separate license), and you have to see if it is really worth the effort.


Andreas :de: (BOB member since 2002-06-20)

Customer really wants this functionality.

Does anyone have any idea how to do this using the SDK through VB??


Grizzly-Law :uk: (BOB member since 2004-07-01)

[quote:a609b8401d=“Grizzly-Law”]Customer really wants this functionality. Does anyone have any idea how to do this using the SDK through VB??
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If you have no experience with the SDK, then you seriously need to reconsider the requirement. Is it possible? Yes, I guess so. Is it easy? NO! Remember that the BusObj SDK doesn’t have any “click” events or drawing layer on the report itself, so you’re talking about a menu choice or toolbar to get the VB form going. Then you’d have to choose which field to use. Then it would populate the list to pick from. Then set the filter. This would be a HUGE effort, and you would end up with something similar to (and probably less desirable than) the built-in right-click functionality.


Dwayne Hoffpauir :us: (BOB member since 2002-09-19)