John:
I wasn't sure of how QR REPORT worked. I checked the docs and the path at
$2 is the path to the report so my thinking was there there was a save file
dialog needed.
The other thing that came to mind was is you could handle this like you
would with 4D Write - create an offscreen area, run the report in the
offscreen area, and then handle the report as desired. That's what the last
example (#5) in the docs does - it creates the report in a BLOB which you
can handle with 4D document commands. Is that something that might take
care of it?
--
Douglas von Roeder
949-336-2902
On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:54 PM, John Baughman via 4D_Tech <
4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> Thanks Doug. What I need is specifically related to using the command QR
> REPORT with a prebuilt .4qr file which exports a selection of records to a
> text file. I am not at all concerned with where the file is being saved,
> but what the file name will be.
>
> I do not see any way to force QR REPORT to bypass the Save As dialogue, or
> to set the suggested file name to anything other than My Report.txt.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think what you suggested will work
> with QR REPORT to set the file name or to otherwise use the .4qr file such
> that I can specify the file name.
>
> John
>
> > On Dec 27, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >
> > John:
> >
> > If it's a beefed up save file dialog, ABM Mac Extras Plugin might be of
> > some help on OS X. I'd go with Win32API on Windows.
> >
> > ABM 1.5.2 is in a system that's running in 12.6. I traded email with
> > Matthias in 6/15 about using it in a newer version and he indicated that
> it
> > works in 13. I've used it in preliminary testing in 14.6 and it works OK.
> >
> > [time passes]
> >
> > Here's something from the wayback machine:
> >
> > "Am/On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:57:11 -0700 schrieb/wrote Ed Glassgow:
> >
> >> I am trying to do something that seems that should be trivial but it
> >> doesn't seem to be possible. I am trying to set a default path for
> >> saving a document that I am going prompt the user with something like
> >> "$theDoc:=Create document("";"txt"). I would like the "Save As" dialog
> >> to open showing the contents of a certain folder.
> >
> > you can use our ABM_MacExtras Plugin for the Mac and Win32API for
> Windows.
> > Let me know, if you're interested and I send you the last UB build.
> > We will soon post it on our website.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Matthias
> >
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> > --
> > Douglas von Roeder
> > 949-336-2902 <(949)%20336-2902>
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 4:43 PM, John Baughman via 4D_Tech <
> > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am executing a report with…
> >>
> >> QR REPORT([Timesheets];Get 4D folder(Database folder)+"Resources"+Folder
> >> separator+"TimeSheetEmployeeExport.4qr”)
> >>
> >> This works fine, but I want to dictate or at least offer a preset file
> >> name to the end user in the save dialogue. Tried various approaches
> without
> >> any success.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >> John Baughman
> >> Kailua, Hawaii
> >> (808) 262-0328
> >> john...@hawaii.rr.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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