[Demos] Mail Merge

[Sergey Tkachenko]

Only call of Format requires a parent form.

Workaround for this problem:
1) Assign some form as a parent, but make the component hidden
or
2) Use TRVReportHelper.RichView. TRVReportHelper is formatted using Init method, and it does not require a parent form.

[Sergey Tkachenko]

One more mail merging demo:

http://www.trichview.com/support/files/ ... edtext.zip

Field codes: text in {}, for example {NAME}.
Field values: multiline text, optionally with the specified color.

Unlike previous mailmerge-text demos, it uses RVInsertString function from RVInsertItems unit, so its code is much simpler.

Code: Select all

procedure RVInsertString(RVData: TCustomRVData; ItemNo: Integer;
  const s: String; StyleNo, ParaNo: Integer; const Tag: TRVTag = RVEMPTYTAG);

(if ParaNo = -1, this function adds a new text item without starting a new paragraph)

PS: In Report Workshop, you can define text color in field format strings and using $if commands.