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Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:25 pm
by Peter2
Hi Dan,
the $(reportDate) Tag in my reports does not generate any date, neither in preview nor the export.
cheers
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And $(ReportTitle) either
Peter
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:58 am
by abstr
Does the attached 'Test.rbt' file work for you?
If so, can you provide a copy of your non-functioning .rbt file please (you might need to zip it up)?
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:02 am
by Peter2
Sorry, no success. I used your report, your example file and change the language to English. See result in screencast in cloud:
https://www.mycloud.ch/s/S001F8C3185491 ... 4720DD95F4
Peter
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:40 pm
by abstr
Thx Peter.
I'm guessing that for some reason the report date is not being passed to the report builder.
To test that you will need to:
1. Close TDL
2. Add '-g -si' to the commandline
3. Restart TDL
4. Open the 'Report Builder'
5. Leaving it open, navigate to 'C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Local\Temp' in Windows Explorer
6. Attach a copy of 'Evidence Board.intermediate.txt' to your reply
7. On the 'Report Header' tab, click the 'Edit Html' toolbar button immediately to the left of the 'Report Attributes' button
8. Copy and paste the Html in your reply
9. Close TDL
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:52 am
by Peter2
Hi Dan
here are the data..
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:09 am
by abstr
Maybe this is the cause...
- missingreportdate.png (3.44 KiB) Viewed 1511 times
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:04 am
by Peter2
Yes, it seems that the option "Today's date" has to be selected to activate the $(ReportDate) variable. But ..
a) is it intended?
b) It works in Header, title and footer, but not in the body of the report
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:28 am
by abstr
Peter2 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:04 am
a) is it intended?
It's intended for every other exporter, so I'll have to think about how it might work here...
Peter2 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:04 am
b) It works in Header, title and footer, but not in the body of the report
Yes. It doesn't appear in the 'Task Attributes' droplist and also doesn't really make sense to apply the report date to every task in the report.
Re: Report Builder: $(reportDate) does not create any date
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:01 pm
by Peter2
abstr wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:28 am
Yes. It doesn't appear in the 'Task Attributes' droplist and also doesn't really make sense to apply the report date to every task in the report.
Yes, that's clear. When trying to test "everything" I "test / create" sometimes things which are not really useful
