JobDataOdbc Class Reference

Provides access to JobDataOdbc (an ODBC connection that serves as JobData for a Job). More...

Public Member Functions
	JobDataOdbc ()
	Constructor for JobDataOdbc. More...
	JobDataOdbc (String sDsn, String sUser, String sPassword, String sSqlSelect)
	Constructor for JobDataOdbc. More...
String	getDsn ()
	Gets the DSN (ODBC data-source-name). More...
String	getPassword ()
	Gets the password for the database connection. More...
String	getSqlSelect ()
	Gets the SQL select statement for fetching the records from the database. More...
String	getUser ()
	Get the user-name for the database connection. More...
boolean	isHandleEscapeSequences ()
	Gets/Sets a flag indicating whether escape sequences in DataField values like \n or \x40 should be translated by TFORMer SDK. More...
boolean	isReuseValues ()
	Gets a flag indicating whether DataField-values should be reused in consecutive records. More...
void	setDsn (String sDsn)
	Sets the DSN (ODBC data-source-name). More...
void	setHandleEscapeSequences (boolean bHandleEscapeSequences)
	Sets a flag indicating whether escape sequences like \n or \x40 should be translated by TFORMer. More...
void	setPassword (String sPassword)
	Sets the password for the database connection. More...
void	setReuseValues (boolean bReuseValues)
	Sets a flag indicating whether DataField values should be reused in consecutive Records. More...
void	setSqlSelect (String sSqlSelect)
	Sets the SQL select statement for fetching the records from the database. More...
void	setUser (String sUser)
	Sets the user-name for the database connection. More...

Detailed Description

Provides access to JobDataOdbc (an ODBC connection that serves as JobData for a Job).

Overview

The JobDataOdbc enables TFORMer SDK to use arbitrary database-tables or queries as JobData for printing a Job.

The data in such a table provides the values of the DataFields. The table is read Record by Record using the specified SQL SELECT statement. TFORMer SDK matches the column-names of the table or query with the corresponding DataField names in the FormLayout. If required use SQL aliases to provide identical column names.

The order of the columns in the table or query does not matter.

The DSN represents the name of the database connection as defined in the Microsoft Windows Control Panel. Please keep in mind that the DSN is a part of the connection string and thus a complete specification is required.

This may yield the following code:

  // Set the DSN programmatically
  jobDataOdbc.setDsn("DSN=TFORMer_Sample");

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the pre-installed ODBC data-source (named TFORMer_Sample) for generating a report as PDF. The table tbl_Example looks like follows:

ChapterNumber	Caption	PageNumber
1	Content	2
1.1	Table of Figures	6
1.2	List of Tables	6
2	Disclaimer	7
...	...	...

This is the code to use this table as a JobDataOdbc:

  // Create a new Job instance
  Job printJob = new Job();
  
  // Select the stand-alone FormLayout named ODBCReportPDF.tff
  // This FormLayout is usually installed as part of the TFORMer Examples in
  // - Windows Vista or later: C:/Program Data/TEC-IT/TFORMer/7.5/Examples
  // - Older Microsoft Windows versions: C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/TEC-IT/TFORMer/7.5/Examples  
  printJob.setRepositoryName("C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/TEC-IT/TFORMer/7.5/Examples/Command Line/ODBCReportPDF/ODBCReportPDF.tff");

  // Create a new JobData instance using the installed sample ODBC connection named TFORMer_Sample
  JobData jobData = new JobDataOdbc("DSN=TFORMer_Sample", "", "", "SELECT  FROM tbl_Example");

  // Assign the JobData to the Job
  printJob.setJobData(jobData);

  // Select PDF output to /temp/out.pdf 
  printJob.setOutputName  ("/temp/out.pdf");
  printJob.setPrinterType (EPrinterType.PDFFile);

  // Generate output based on the FormLayout and the JobData
  printJob.print ();

More Information

For a general description see JobData.

See also

JobData

Note

Thread-safety: A single instance of this class must not be used by different threads.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

JobDataOdbc

(

)

Constructor for JobDataOdbc.

Initializes a new instance of the JobDataOdbc class.

JobDataOdbc	(	String	sDsn,
		String	sUser,
		String	sPassword,
		String	sSqlSelect
	)

Constructor for JobDataOdbc.

Initializes a new instance of the JobDataOdbc class.

Parameters

sDsn	The DSN (ODBC data-source name)
sUser	The (optional, may be empty) user name as required by the ODBC connection
sPassword	The (optional, may be empty) password as required by the ODBC connection
sSqlSelect	The SQL-SELECT statement

Member Function Documentation

String getDsn

(

)

Gets the DSN (ODBC data-source-name).

Returns

The DSN

String getPassword

(

)

Gets the password for the database connection.

Returns

The password for the DSN (optional)

String getSqlSelect

(

)

Gets the SQL select statement for fetching the records from the database.

Returns

The SQL select statement (required)

String getUser

(

)

Get the user-name for the database connection.

Returns

The user-name for the DSN (optional)

boolean isHandleEscapeSequences ( )

inherited

Gets/Sets a flag indicating whether escape sequences in DataField values like \n or \x40 should be translated by TFORMer SDK.

Returns

true if escape sequences in DataField values are translated

See also

JobData, Escape Sequences

boolean isReuseValues ( )

inherited

Gets a flag indicating whether DataField-values should be reused in consecutive records.

Returns

false if DataField-values are cleared between records

See also

JobData

void setDsn

(

String

sDsn

)

Sets the DSN (ODBC data-source-name).

Parameters

sDsn

The DSN

See also

JobDataOdbc

void setHandleEscapeSequences ( boolean  bHandleEscapeSequences )

inherited

Sets a flag indicating whether escape sequences like \n or \x40 should be translated by TFORMer.

Parameters

bHandleEscapeSequences

true if escape sequences in DataField-values should be translated

See also

JobData, Escape Sequences

void setPassword

(

String

sPassword

)

Sets the password for the database connection.

It depends on the database connection if the password is required or not.

Parameters

sPassword

The password for the DSN (optional)

void setReuseValues ( boolean  bReuseValues )

inherited

Sets a flag indicating whether DataField values should be reused in consecutive Records.

Parameters

bReuseValues

false if DataField-values should be cleared between Records

See also

JobData, DataField

void setSqlSelect

(

String

sSqlSelect

)

Sets the SQL select statement for fetching the records from the database.

Parameters

sSqlSelect

The SQL select statement (required)

void setUser

(

String

sUser

)

Sets the user-name for the database connection.

It depends on the database connection if the user-name is required or not.

Parameters

sUser

The user-name for the DSN (optional)