Instructions & Documentation 

For information on using the FreeReports ActiveX control in your development environment, please see your documentation. 

The ActiveX interface offers a number of functions to use FreeReports.  These are listed below, with instructions on their use. 


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void AddField(LPCTSTR pszFieldName, double dFieldWidth);

pszFieldName - Field name to add to the report
dFieldWidth - Field width of field in millimetres

If dFieldWidth is specified as -1, FreeReports will automatically fit the field on the page


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void AddRow(LPCTSTR pszTabDelRow);

pszTabDelRow - A row of data to add to the report, delimited by tabs.

Example: "Paul\tMaddox\tVisual C++"


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void ClearDate();

Clears all data from the report, including rows and fields.


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void GotoNextPage();

For a multi-page report, move to the next page.


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void GotoPage(short nPage);

nPage - Page number to jump to

For a multi-page report, move to the page specified.


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void GotoPrevPage();

For a multi-page report, move to the previous page.


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void Print();

Show common print dialog and print report.


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void SetBottomMarg(double dBottomMargin);

dBottomMargin - The bottom margin for the report in millimetres


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void SetColumnarCols(short nColumnarCols);

nColumnarCols - Number of columns

For a columnar report, specify the number of columns the data will the shown between.


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void SetContinuous(BOOL bSetContinuous);

bSetContinuous - True (grid-like output), False (one row per sheet)


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void SetDrawFtDate(BOOL bDrawFooterDate);

bDrawFooterDate - True (display date on footer), False (do not display date on footer)


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void SetDrawHGrid(BOOL bDrawHorizGrid);

bDrawHorizGrid - True (Show horizontal grid lines on grid layout)


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void SetDrawVGrid(BOOL bDrawVertGrid);

bDrawVertGrid-  True (Show vertical grid lines on grid layout)


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void SetLeftMarg(double dLeftMargin);

dLeftMargin - The left margin for the report in millimetres


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void SetPageA4Land();

Set report as A4 landscape sized.


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void SetPageA4Port();

Set report as A4 portrait sized.


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void SetPageLtrLand();

Set report as Letter landscape sized.


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void SetPageLtrPort();

Set report as Letter landscape sized.


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void SetRightMarg(double dRightMargin);

dRightMargin - The right margin of the report in millimetres


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void SetSubTitle(LPCTSTR pszSubTitle);

pszSubTitle - Sub title that appears on the main report header


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void SetTitle(LPCTSTR pszTitle);

pszTitle - Main title that appears on the main report header


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void SetTopMarg(double dTopMargin);

dTopMargin - The top margin of the report in millimetres