Missing Features Using LOADREPORT (OIPI.Net)
At 10 APR 2022 02:10:46AM Donald Bakke wrote:
OpenInsight 9.4.6
I appears that when loading a BRW report into an OIPI.Net preview window using the LOADREPORT message, the Save and Email buttons do not work. I don't recall this being reported before. Is this expected or a bug?
At 11 APR 2022 08:03AM bshumsky wrote:
OpenInsight 9.4.6
I appears that when loading a BRW report into an OIPI.Net preview window using the LOADREPORT message, the Save and Email buttons do not work. I don't recall this being reported before. Is this expected or a bug?
Hi, Don. I would expect that using LOADREPORT wouldn't interfere with whatever other settings you told the OIPI.Net window to use during the INIT call. Did you specifically allow, or disallow, the 'save' and 'email' buttons? Or are you saying they're there, but not functional - in which case, it almost sounds like there might be a mismatch between the assemblies and the OI programs (at one point, we did move the functionality for the save and email buttons _into_ OI itself from the assemblies). Might you be running the assemblies from an updated version, but in an OI that hadn't been updated?
Thanks,
- Bryan Shumsky
At 12 APR 2022 12:34AM Donald Bakke wrote:
OpenInsight 9.4.6
I appears that when loading a BRW report into an OIPI.Net preview window using the LOADREPORT message, the Save and Email buttons do not work. I don't recall this being reported before. Is this expected or a bug?
Hi, Don. I would expect that using LOADREPORT wouldn't interfere with whatever other settings you told the OIPI.Net window to use during the INIT call. Did you specifically allow, or disallow, the 'save' and 'email' buttons? Or are you saying they're there, but not functional - in which case, it almost sounds like there might be a mismatch between the assemblies and the OI programs (at one point, we did move the functionality for the save and email buttons _into_ OI itself from the assemblies). Might you be running the assemblies from an updated version, but in an OI that hadn't been updated?
Thanks,
- Bryan Shumsky
Hi Bryan - The behavior was that we allowed all buttons but the 'save' and 'email' buttons were not functional at all. There could be an assembly mismatch although I thought we had carefully checked to make sure the latest .NET components were installed (i.e., we manually removed them and ran the latest ClientSetup with the latest assemblies). I'll double check to see if OI is truly 9.4.6 as I was led to believe. I'll report back when I have something.
On a somewhat related topic, when the buttons are functional the 'email' button seems to behave just like the 'save' button. That is, it only prompts me to save the report with a dialog. Is this expected?
At 12 APR 2022 11:46AM bshumsky wrote:
Hi Bryan - The behavior was that we allowed all buttons but the 'save' and 'email' buttons were not functional at all. There could be an assembly mismatch although I thought we had carefully checked to make sure the latest .NET components were installed (i.e., we manually removed them and ran the latest ClientSetup with the latest assemblies). I'll double check to see if OI is truly 9.4.6 as I was led to believe. I'll report back when I have something.
On a somewhat related topic, when the buttons are functional the 'email' button seems to behave just like the 'save' button. That is, it only prompts me to save the report with a dialog. Is this expected?
Hi, Don. Yes, it's intentional - the "email" provision was outdated, as there wasn't really anywhere to set up all the email credentials for the modern world. That's why we removed the email option entirely as we moved forward.
Hope that helps,
- Bryan Shumsky
At 12 APR 2022 11:54AM Donald Bakke wrote:
Hi Bryan - The behavior was that we allowed all buttons but the 'save' and 'email' buttons were not functional at all. There could be an assembly mismatch although I thought we had carefully checked to make sure the latest .NET components were installed (i.e., we manually removed them and ran the latest ClientSetup with the latest assemblies). I'll double check to see if OI is truly 9.4.6 as I was led to believe. I'll report back when I have something.
On a somewhat related topic, when the buttons are functional the 'email' button seems to behave just like the 'save' button. That is, it only prompts me to save the report with a dialog. Is this expected?
Hi, Don. Yes, it's intentional - the "email" provision was outdated, as there wasn't really anywhere to set up all the email credentials for the modern world. That's why we removed the email option entirely as we moved forward.
Hope that helps,
- Bryan Shumsky
Yes, this helps. It also better explains previous discussions on this matter. I hadn't connected the dots until now because we'e never had a need to use the Email button. I also understand why there was a request made to provide a custom hook so that OI developers can implement their own solution.