Specifies the application used by Visual FoxPro to generate instances of a report preview user interface in order to satisfy requests from instances of the ReportListener class.
For more information on custom report previews, see Extending Report Preview Functionality
_REPORTPREVIEW = cProgramName |
Parameters
- cProgramName
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Specifies the object factory application invoked by Visual FoxPro.
Note:
If the application is located in a directory other than the current default directory, include a path name with the program name.
Remarks
By default, _REPORTPREVIEW refers to ReportPreview.App, located in the main Visual FoxPro directory.
You can also specify an application to use in _REPORTPREVIEW using the File Locations tab in the Options dialog box. For more information, see File Locations Tab, Options Dialog Box.
The application in _REPORTPREVIEW is passed a NULL reference parameter, into which it must place an object reference to an instance of a class supporting the The Preview Container API. The application must then terminate, returning the Preview Container object reference:
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pc = .NULL. DO (_REPORTPREVIEW) WITH pc |
The variable pc
will now contain an object reference.
Consider the following statements:
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rl = NEWOBJECT("Reportlistener") rl.ListenerType = 1 REPORT FORM customers.frx OBJECT rl |
When Visual FoxPro executes these commands, it checks the Reportlistener's PreviewContainer property for a valid object reference. If it does not find one, it obtains one by calling the _REPORTPREVIEW application.
Visual FoxPro will generate an error if it does not locate an application for _REPORTPREVIEW during a report preview.
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When distributing report preview factory programs with your applications, you may find it convenient to explicitly set _REPORTPREVIEW in the Visual FoxPro configuration file, Config.fpw. For more information, see Including Report Files for Distribution and Setting Configuration Options at Startup. |
Example
The following line of code sets the _REPORTPREVIEW system variable to the default Report Preview application:
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_REPORTPREVIEW = HOME()+"ReportPreview.app" |