I have considered the options given on this list and want to try a couple of different ways of printing already existing DOC files. Right now I can print them by "Launching" them from RBASE and hitting the print button. This works but is time consuming if there are too many files to print in a day.
I created a table and imported the same files by changing them to RTF files. I then created a report that prints the format perfectly and will work great as a stand alone report. What I want to do now is include these RTF files in a report that already prints my drawings. The column in the table where both the RTF file and drawings are is VARBIT. The RTF file did not print. It comes up as a blank page. I tried MaintainAspectRation and the Stretch properties. Jim ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:13 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Instruction files in table Jim, That should work. What I've done is have another table called BASEPATH that has a path type column and a column to hold the path itself. That way, I use tabular data to give me the path to the location where I'm going to store certain types of files. If I need to move them, all I do is change the data in the table, not the code. So in your case, the path type would be "DocInstructions" and the basepath would be "S:\JPBAssyInst\" Note that I include the trailing backslash in the path, so all you then have to do is concatenate that path and the doc name and you have the full filename. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Belisle Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:45 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Instruction files in table Emmitt, If I were to go the route of having a path to my WORD documents, would the example below work? I will create the table DocInstructions and have these columns: MODEL InstructionPath BLA6A27V4 S:\JPBAssyInst\Bla5a27v4.doc Both would be text fields. Any comments? Jim ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:16 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Instruction files in table Jim, You can use a VARBIT column to store the Word docs, but your file 4 will grow immensely. If you're talking about a lot of documents, store them in a subfolder and, within R:BASE, just store the path to the doc. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Belisle Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:27 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Instruction files in table I have many WORD documents that are instructions that go with the products we ship. At present we can print them from a form I created that uses the LAUNCH command. Can I import these documents into a table within RBASE and if I can what data type would I use? Jim I am using the latest version of 7.6.
