Jim, if you save your report data to a temporary table, and base both reports off that table, you should be able to accomplish this fairly neatly.
"Jim Van Dillen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bill, > >Thanks for your quick reply. > >The complication is that when you are doing runs for a 80 case docket, I >need to print all the tractor feed reports first, then I need to go >through again to fill in the preprinted forms after the printer has been >set up for single-sheet feed. Otherwise my assistant would be running >back and forth to the printer 80 times. �The trick is the preserve the >data so you only need to enter it once. > >The tedious task of locating the fields on the pre-printed forms can be >handled once the program is working correctly, its just a matter of >trial and error. > >JIM VAN DILLEN > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William >Stacy >Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:03 PM >To: RBASE-L Mailing List >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Saving data to rerun reports > > >I don't see why this has to be so complicated. �You are using exactly >the same values to fill in their preprinted forms as you are to generate > >your pin fed documents, no? �You just have to create a different report >that properly positions the various fields in the court's forms. �This >can be a bit tricky, esp. when the length of text fields varies and in >longer entries might have to span several pages, but it is totally >doable. > >In my case, I use transaction data to print a receipt for the patient on > >a blank sheet, but use the exact same data to print to a preprinted HCFA > >form. �It does require a bit of experimentation to locate each field, >but once you have it, you have it for good (until the next time they >change your form style). > >bill > >Jim Van Dillen wrote: > >>I have an application which produces court memorandums (reports) from >>column values taken from a table and data which is input from the >>keyboard to populate variables which are then used in the report. >> >>On any particular case sometimes two memos are required, one we produce > >>in whole on a tractor-feed dot-matrix printer and a second which is a >>court-supplied form which we fill in. �The idea is to produce a run of >>court memos for all the cases on a docket on the tractor feed printer >>and then switch to sheet feed on the dot-matrix printer to produce the >>memos on the cases which require the second memo on the court-supplied >>form. �At present we are entering data and extracting column values to >>produce the tractor-feed memos and then having to go back at the end to > >>type in the info on the court form. �This particular court will not >>accept our similar appearing forms, only their own forms, filled-in. >> >>My idea is to somehow save both the inputed data and the extracted >>table data for each file while or after producing the tractor feed >>memo, possibly to a temporary table and then, after inputing for all >>the files on a docket and producing the tractor feed form memo, have a >>procedure, possibly with a WHILE loop, �to go through the temporary >>table to print each court form memo in each case where it is >>appropriate, selecting records based on a condition (e.g. - where a >>summons is requested - the court memo form) to be printed out on the >>dot matrix printer after it has been switched over to single sheet feed > >>for the court form. >> >>This would save an enormous amount of time since the info would have to > >>be inputed and/or extracted only once for each record but still produce > >>a report on two different passes through the printer, one tractor feed >>and one single sheet feed. �I assume I can use a PROJECT to get the >>column values into the temporary table for each record but how would I >>get the inputed data which is in variables into the temporary table? >>Would I set up columns in the Temporary table somehow to hold the >>variable data inputed for each record and how to get the data into the >>Temporary table? >> >>Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >>VAN DILLEN and FLOOD, P.C. >>JIM VAN DILLEN #4599 ARN #22232 MBE >>Attorney at Law >>1505 S. Big Bend Blvd. >>St. Louis, MO. 63117 >>(314) 645-8008; Fax (314) 645-8016 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>. >> >> � >> > > -- Albert Berry RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive Sparwood, BC � �V0B 2G2 Canada (250) 425-5806 (250) 425-7259 __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
