Hi, there some option to control the qty of user using the same data base in a network? thanks Juan Antonio Salhus Chile
--- El sáb, 13/9/08, Tim Rude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > De: Tim Rude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Asunto: Re: [Dataperf] Text Field in Reports annoyance... > Para: "Dataperfect Users Discussion Group" <[email protected]> > Fecha: sábado, 13 septiembre, 2008 4:06 > Brian, > > I believe it will but I've never put it to the full > test with that much text. Sounds like a good experiment for > you. :-) > > Tim Rude > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Hancock > To: 'Dataperfect Users Discussion Group' > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:29 AM > Subject: RE: [Dataperf] Text Field in Reports > annoyance... > > > Thanks Tim, > > > > Just the solution I needed. I haven't ever bothered > using cat.c on long text fields as I thought it also might > have a smaller character limit, will it handle up to the 64k > allowable in a Text field? > > > > > > Regards > > Brian > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim > Rude > Sent: Saturday, 13 September 2008 11:35 PM > To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Text Field in Reports > annoyance... > > > > Brian, > > > > Since you cannot successfully concatenate your data and > codes while outputting it, you need to concatenate it > *before* you output it. Create a report variable that > appends your starting and ending tags to the contents of > your AxAy field before outputting it all as one chunk. > Fortunately the cat.c function isn't limited to 78 chars > as so many of the other text handling functions are. > > > > Assign RV1: > cat.c["<myhtml><!CDATA[";P1F1;"]]>"] > > > > Then in the report, output it as: > > > > # > > </myhtml> > > > > (where # represents RV1 formatted as A0A0) > > > > Assuming P1F1 contained your sample text, the output is: > > > > <myhtml><![CDATA[<br> This is some data > inside a CDATA section. > > The <u>Quick</u> Brown fox jumps over the > lazy dog]]> > > </myhtml> > > > > Tim Rude > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brian Hancck > > To: 'Dataperfect Users Discussion Group' > > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 7:40 AM > > Subject: [Dataperf] Text Field in Reports annoyance... > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have been putting up with a minor annoyance in DP > reports for some time as it has always seemed too hard to > rectify; if it can be rectified. > > > > When using a Text Field AxAy in a Report, when you > insert the field with the F4 Key it inserts the field format > as AyA0 (where y is the width of the field in the panel.) > The A0 part basically says output all of the field's > data, irrespective of how many lines it takes. If you want > fine control you can change the AyA0 to say AyA1 which > outputs only the first line but keeps the position counter > at the beginning of the next line, if you then output the > same field again with AyA1 it outputs the next line, and > repositions the output counter to the next line. You can use > other numbers other 1 to output the next n lines. It is only > when you format an AxA0 to output the balance of the field, > or use the Print Mode Indicator ;;N does the position > counter reset itself back to the beginning of the field. It > generally provides all the control I need. I might have > missed something because this doesn't actually help my > problem, although I suspected that there might be some > manipulation that would > > > > The output I usually want from DP is XML or XHTML. > Generally to use the data, just in case there are XML > entities lurking in the data, I often would use AxA0;;W (The > ;;W print mode indicator changes the entities to valid XML > eg < becomes < etc. On occasions my AxAy fields > are actually filled with HTML data which I can render in a > browser so I do not want to use the ;;W. At other times I do > not want the content to be parsed by an XML processor at > all, and so you do that in XML by wrapping the data in a > CDATA section. > > > > An example of an XML element with a CDATA section is > this > > > > <myhtml><![CDATA[<br> This is some data > inside a CDATA section. > > The <u>Quick</u> Brown fox jumps over the > lazy dog]]> > > </myhtml> > > > > Lets say I output this from DP like this > > > > <myhtml><!CDATA[##########]]> > > </myhtml> > > > > Where ######## is an AxA0 field instead of what I > wanted I would have gotten > > > > <myhtml><![CDATA[<br> This is some data > inside a CDATA section.]]> > > The <u>Quick</u> Brown fox jumps over the > lazy dog > > </myhtml> > > > > ie the CDATA section is closed off at the end of the > first line instead of after the last line, and this is > altogether different from what I require. (This can be areal > gotcha as in the example I have just done it would still be > well formed XML and so you would not get any indication from > the XML Processor (eg browser) that something was not right > > > > Alternatively, which is my workaround, I can output > from DP like this: > > <myhtml><!CDATA[########## > > ]]> > > </myhtml> > > > > ie putting the closing of the CDATA section on a new > line, and although this gives me the generally correct XML > result, it inserts an extra CR after the data and before the > closing of the CDATA section. > > > > <myhtml><![CDATA[<br> This is some data > inside a CDATA section. > > The <u>Quick</u> Brown fox jumps over the > lazy dog > > ]]> > > </myhtml> > > > > > > Usually the extra CR is no problem, and is just an > annoyance, but there are other times when it can interfere > with the results I want. > > > > If I could guarantee that the HTML content was actually > well formed XHTML I might not need to use the CDATA at all > and the extra CR would not be an issue, but I cannot > guarantee that, so I need another way. > > > > Basically I would like to get the closing ]]> to > be appended immediately after the last bit of data from the > DP Text field on the same line. It is rare that I can't > get DP to deliver exactly what I want and it is giving me > the @#$%s that I haven't found an elegant way of doing > it. > > > > I am sure the same need to output text on the same line > after the last character in a AxAy field, occurs in other > applications, so I am hoping that someone has come up with a > solution > > > > Regards > > Brian > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
