Razzak, Thanks. I figured that is what I would need to do.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:43 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Tip of the Day #4: Using MagnifyingGlassin R:BASE 9.0 At 08:24 AM 7/7/2009, Jim Belisle wrote: >Razzak, > >Can you use this option (or any other options) from the WHERE builder or >does is have to be from the R prompt or in an EEP? Jim, To include any and/or all PRINT OPTIONs, you will have to write a command and then use that as Custom EEP, Form Action, RUN commandname.ext at the R> prompt, or Database Explorer. This will allow you to Run R:BASE Your Way! Very Best R:egards, Razzak. >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. >Razzak Memon >Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:13 AM >To: RBASE-L Mailing List >Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Tip of the Day #4: Using Magnifying Glassin >R:BASE 9.0 > >At 06:18 AM 7/7/2009, John Docherty wrote: > > >Having two monitors on the desktop opens up a few more possibilities > >and one thing that would be useful would be to be able to have some > >more windows open while allowing the focus to be switched back to > >database explorer etc. For example it would be useful to be able to > >use the print preview window to display data using a report, and then, > >while having the print preview screen open on one monitor, use that to > >edit data on the other (similarly for the data dictionary). I was just > >wondering if allowing such things to happen would be feasible? (I could > >open two versions of the same database, but ....) > >John, > >Did you know that you can PRINT report(s) on SCREEN as MDI which will >allow you to move the report to the side (or other monitor) and give >control back to you to do other stuff without closing the report? > >Here's how: > >-- Example 01 (Printing single report as MDI) > > IF (CVAL('DATABASE')) <> 'RRBYW16' OR (CVAL('DATABASE')) IS NULL >THEN > CONNECT RRBYW16 IDENTIFIED BY NONE > ENDIF > CLS > PRINT Invoice WHERE TransID = 1002 OPTION SCREEN MDI + > |WINDOW_STATE MAXIMIZED + > |ZOOM_TYPE PERCENTAGE + > |ZOOMPERCENT 62 + > |THEMENAME Vista CG + > |PREVIEW_CAPTION Running R:BASE Your Way! > RETURN > >-- Example 02 (Printing multiple reports as MDI) > IF (CVAL('DATABASE')) <> 'RRBYW16' OR (CVAL('DATABASE')) IS NULL >THEN > CONNECT RRBYW16 IDENTIFIED BY NONE > ENDIF > CLS > -- First Report > PRINT SalesSumAndSubTot WHERE CustID = 127 + > OPTION SCREEN MDI + > |ZOOM_TYPE PERCENTAGE + > |ZOOMPERCENT 90 + > |THEMENAME Vista CG + > |PREVIEW_BACKGROUND_COLOR [R234,G234,B234] + > |PREVIEW_CAPTION Running R:BASE Your Way! + > |TOP 100 + > |LEFT 100 > -- Second Report > CLS > PRINT Invoice WHERE TransID = 1002 + > OPTION SCREEN MDI + > |ZOOM_TYPE PERCENTAGE + > |ZOOMPERCENT 90 + > |THEMENAME Convergence + > |PREVIEW_BACKGROUND_COLOR 16180442 + > |PREVIEW_CAPTION Running R:BASE Your Way! + > |TOP 130 + > |LEFT 120 > -- Third Report > CLS > PRINT Invoice WHERE TransID = 1009 + > OPTION SCREEN MDI + > |ZOOM_TYPE PERCENTAGE + > |ZOOMPERCENT 90 + > |THEMENAME Wood + > |PREVIEW_BACKGROUND_COLOR [R234,G234,B234] + > |PREVIEW_CAPTION Running R:BASE Your Way! + > |TOP 160 + > |LEFT 140 > -- Fourth Report > CLS > PRINT Invoice WHERE TransID = 1010 + > OPTION SCREEN MDI + > |ZOOM_TYPE PERCENTAGE + > |ZOOMPERCENT 90 + > |THEMENAME Homestead + > |PREVIEW_BACKGROUND_COLOR [R81,G81,B81] + > |PREVIEW_CAPTION Running R:BASE Your Way!' + > |TOP 190 + > |LEFT 160 > >That's all there is to it! > >Very Best R:egards, > >Razzak.
