[RBASE-L] - Re: Printing Issue - SOLVED!!

[Doug Hamilton]

Dennis, couldn't that cause problems if the code relies on the actual logged-in
R:Base user's name?
How 'bout something similar to:
--Somewhere before code is run
SET VAR vSpecialCase TEXT = 'W2print'

--In the code
IF vSpecialCase IS NOT NULL AND +
   vSpecialCase = 'W2Print' THEN
  --Do Special Case
ENDIF

Doug

Dennis McGrath wrote:
   
  
 
  
   
      
    
  This brings up
a really handy technique for doing things like this, where you want something
special but will have to remove the code when done.  It is too easy to forget
and trip over it later.
  
   
  
  IF (CVAL(‘NAME’))
= ‘unusualandunique’ then
  
      --DO THE SPECIAL
THING
  
  ENDIF
  
   
  
  At the R> SET
NAME unusualandunique
  
   
  
  Now run the code.
  
   
  
  If you forget
to remove the extra code, no one will ever trip over it.
  
   
  
  Dennis McGrath
  
   
  
   
  
    
    
    
  
  From: rbase-l@rbase.com [mailto:rbase-l@rbase.com]
  On Behalf Of Gray, Damon
 Sent: Wednesday, January
14, 2009 9:30 AM
 To: RBASE-L Mailing List
 Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re:
Printing Issue - SOLVED!!
  
  
   
  
  Man, this is NUTS!! 
Someone had hard coded in the W2.ASC to print all W2s where LName < “phillips”
  
  
   
  
  Augh!!!  
  
   
  
  There was probably
some issue last year that caused them to need to restart the run or something,
so my predecessor’s predecessor, hard coded a value in there…  
  
   
  
  Anyway, as always,
thanks to everyone on this list.  You’re all always so helpful!
  
   
  
  - damon
  
   
  
    
    
    
  
  From: rbase-l@rbase.com [mailto:rbase-l@rbase.com] On Behalf Of James Bentley
 Sent: Wednesday, January
14, 2009 7:22 AM
 To: RBASE-L Mailing List
 Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re:
Printing Issue
  
  
   
  
    
  Are their non-standard characters in any fields
of that particular record?
  
    
   
  
  
  Jim Bentley
 American Celiac Society
 jamesraybent...@yahoo.com
 tel: 1-504-737-3293
  
    
   
  
  
    
   
  
    
    
    
  
  From: "Gray, Damon" <dg...@anvilcorp.com>
 To: RBASE-L Mailing List
<rbase-l@rbase.com>
 Sent: Wednesday, January
14, 2009 9:17:13 AM
 Subject: [RBASE-L] - Printing 
Issue
  
    
  We are printing W2 forms for
about 650 employees.  R:Base 6.5++ is printing about 2/3 of them, and stopping
on a specific name.  Thinking it may be a print buffer issue, we tried a
beefier printer.  Stopped on  exactly the same name.  Similarly, we tried
printing from a different machine.  Exact same result. 
  
   
  
  Thinking this may be a workaround,
I removed all rows from the temporary table down to the “Ps” which included
the last employee printed and the two above him, leaving us with about 150
or so rows and re-ran the print job.  It printed three W2s;  the last employee
printed and the two above him.  
  
   
  
  Why won’t these W2s print? 
I don’t even know where to begin investigating this.
  
   
  
   
  
                  Damon J. Gray
  
  Anvil Corporation Business Services
  
                     (360)
937-0770