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RTF Report

Hi all,
I write a VB program to report in form of .RTF file.
I have a RTF template file with the structure that I define, such as:

MONTHLY REPORT
1. <ITEM>

I will read in database to generate rtf report. I will read in the template file and replace <ITEM> with the data I have. It works fine, but when I want to generate a tree form, such as

MONTHLY REPORT
1. 30/11/2000
   Fish
       - A     : 10Kg
       - B     : 1Kg
   Gas
       - D     : ...
2. 31/12/200
   ABC
       - A     :...

The items are dynamic, not fix. How can I do that?
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You should be able to keep adding to the end of your RTF file.

So you you need to identify the code you need for each of the indentation levels and just append this to the end of the template.

Create a shortcut for Notepad on your desktop and you can drag & drop a sample RTF file onto the ICON and then see what RTF codes are being used.
I created a new standard exe and added the RichTextBox component and added it to Form1 as RichTextBox1.

----- code -----

Private Sub Form_Load()
    RichTextBox1.Text = "Item 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(2) & "sub 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub1" & Space(4) & ": Other 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub1" & Space(4) & ": Other 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(2) & "sub 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub2" & Space(4) & ": Other 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub2" & Space(4) & ": Other 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(2) & "sub 3"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub3" & Space(4) & ": Other 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub3" & Space(4) & ": Other 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & "Item 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(2) & "sub 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub1" & Space(4) & ": Other 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub1" & Space(4) & ": Other 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(2) & "sub 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub2" & Space(4) & ": Other 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub2" & Space(4) & ": Other 2"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(2) & "sub 3"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub3" & Space(4) & ": Other 1"
    RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & Chr(10) & Space(4) & "- doubleSub3" & Space(4) & ": Other 2"
End Sub

----- end code -----

The above code shows how to format in a simple way.  However, you won't want to do that if you are reading from a database.

You will want to create a procedure that programatically does it.

for example:

----- code -----

Private Sub Form_Load()
    PopulateRTF
End Sub

Private Sub PopulateRTF()
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim ii As Integer
    Dim iii As Integer
    Dim MyString As String
   
    MyString = "My Report"
    For i = 1 To 3          'This would actualy be the # of <ITEM> records in your database.
        MyString = MyString & Chr(10) & "Item " & i  'Replace "Item 2" with your <ITEM> database
        For ii = 1 To 3     'This would be the sub item collection that relates to <ITEM>
            MyString = MyString & Chr(10) & Space(6) & "sub " & i & "." & ii
            For iii = 1 To 2
            MyString = MyString & Chr(10) & vbTab & "- doubleSub" & ii & Space(4) & ": Other " & iii
            Next iii
        Next ii
    Next i
   
    RichTextBox1.Text = MyString
End Sub

----- end code -----

As you can see, I am creating the information to put into the text for example purposes.

hth
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