Thanks, Jan. As a single seat user I look for ways to get good looking
reports without a lot of coding. I do prefer to use simple command lines
instead of a lot of "mouse work". How nice it would be to have your
stationery for reports print out as part of the report by using a theme
(not just on the screen) and not have to set it up in the designer.
Joan
On 5/18/2010 8:42 AM, jan johansen wrote:
Joan,
A report is definately different than a form. Since the original
intent of a report is to go to a printer, there really doesnt' seem to
be a reason to have theme selection in the designer.
When you stop and think about it, being able to change the THEME of a
screen option by command line is very powerful.
If you have a selected a theme for your application, you can use the
GETPROPERTY command in the after start eep of your main menu form as such
GETPROPERTY RBASE_FORM THEMENAME pThemeName
(I use p because I ofter clear my variables by issueing CLEAR VAR v%)
Then any dialogs, report calls, pause statements, custom popups can be
changed to your theme by simply adding the option
|THEMENAME &pThemeName like such;
*
IF
2 *USING* '-ERROR- You Must Select Customer and PO First!' *+
* CAPTION* ' Oops!' *+
* ICON* STOP * +
* BUTTON* 'Press any key to continue ...' * +
* OPTION* *BUTTON_FONT_COLOR* *GREEN* * +
* |MESSAGE_FONT_NAME *+
* |MESSAGE_FONT_COLOR *+
* |MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 10 * +
* |MESSAGE_FONT_BOLD *+
* |THEMENAME* &pThemeName
* RETURN*
*ENDIF*** ** *ON* ** ** * RED* ** ARIAL ****** vQuoteCustomerID *IS*
*NULL* *AND* vQuotePurchaseOrder *IS* *NULL* *THEN*
* CLS*
* PAUSE*
This is just my opinion but I don't believe it is good idea to have a
theme selector in the report designer but you can always request an
enhancement request. A nice new feature in Extreme 9.0 is the ability
to select all your forms at once and change or remove any applied theme.
Jan
-----Original Message-----
From: Joan Peterson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List)
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 16:23:28 -0400
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Tip of the Day: Using Custom Themes in
R:BASEeXtreme9.0
Are you saying use a command line to print? I would want to see it in
the report setup.
Joan
On 5/17/2010 11:36 AM, Steve Vellella wrote:
> You can declare a theme when using the "Print xxxxxx option
screen" that
> will use the theme for the print preview screen.
>
> Steve Vellella
> Office: 520-498-2256
> Cell: 520-250-6498
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joan
> Peterson
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:46 AM
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Tip of the Day: Using Custom Themes in
R:BASE
> eXtreme9.0
>
> It would be nice to be able to apply or change a theme to
Reports in the
> Report Designer as part of the print setup. I see that a theme
can be
> declared as part of Form Design.
> Joan
>
> On 5/17/2010 12:11 AM, A. Razzak Memon wrote:
>
>> Monday, May 17, 2010
>>
>> Tip of the Day: Using Custom Themes in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32/64)
>>
>> Supported Versions: R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32)
>> Supported Versions: R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32)
>> Supported Builds..: 9.0.1.10511 or higher
>> R:BASE Updates: http://www.rupdates.com
>>
>> Did you know that you can integrate your own custom theme in R:BASE
>> eXtreme 9.0?
>>
>> There are 86 (35 old + 51 new) pre-defined themes available in
R:BASE
>> eXtreme 9.0. These themes can be applied to Internal Forms,
External
>> Forms (.rff), Applications (.rba), the Print Preview window,
CHOOSE,
>> DIALOG, PAUSE, PLUGIN (RCalculator), and PRNSETUP dialog windows.
>>
>> Here is a list of documented themes in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0:
>>
>> 01. Aqua
>> 02. BeOS
>> 03. Blade
>> 04. Blue Monkey
>> 05. Bugatti
>> 06. Catalyst
>> 07. Celestial
>> 08. Chrome
>> 09. Clear Orange
>> 10. Convergence
>> 11. Crystal Blue
>> 12. Dazzle
>> 13. Elegance
>> 14. Eternal
>> 15. Forest Green
>> 16. Destiny
>> 17. Gallardo
>> 18. Homestead
>> 19. iTunes
>> 20. KDE
>> 21. Legends
>> 22. Luna
>> 23. Luxor
>> 24. Metallic
>> 25. Mind Wood
>> 26. Mint
>> 27. Navy
>> 28. Office 2007
>> 29. Panther
>> 30. Plex
>> 31. Prof Skin
>> 32. QNX
>> 33. Radiance
>> 34. Royale
>> 35. Sentinel Blue
>> 36. Sentinel Green
>> 37. Sentinel Red
>> 38. Sentinel Purple
>> 39. Sentinel Silver
>> 40. Seven
>> 41. Sniper
>> 42. Soft Blue
>> 43. Swing
>> 44. Venom
>> 45. Vienna
>> 46. Vista CG
>> 47. Vista New
>> 48. Water Color
>> 49. Windows Media Player 11
>> 50. Wood
>> 51. Yrgen Style
>>
>> If that is not enough, now you can integrate your own custom theme
>> in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0.
>>
>> Here's how:
>>
>> 01. Create a separate folder, such as "Styles" under the same
folder
>> with your database and application(s).
>>
>> 02. Copy your own custom designed theme (themename.msstyles)
file in
>> "Styles" folder.
>>
>> 03. Use the following PROPERTY command to load your custom designed
>> theme in your application startup or RBASE.DAT file.
>>
>> -- Load Theme
>> PROPERTY LOAD_THEME 'themename' 'Styles\themename.msstyles'
>> -- your additional code here
>> RETURN
>>
>> 04. Use the following PROPERTY command to release your custom
>> designed theme from memory, such as application EXIT routine.
>>
>> -- Release Theme
>> PROPERTY RELEASE_THEME 'themename' 'TRUE'
>> RETURN
>>
>> 05. Use the following PROPERTY command to change custom theme.
>>
>> -- Change Theme
>> PROPERTY CHANGE_THEME 'themename' 'filepathandname'
>> RETURN
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> PROPERTY CHANGE_THEME NewLuna 'Styles\LunaXP.msstyles'
>> RETURN
>>
>> After this command is issued, the theme NewLuna will use
>> the styles defined in the LunaXP.msstyles file.
>>
>> This command parameter is provided to alter the theme file,
>> and to avoid changing the specified "theme name" is every
>> location within the code.
>>
>> 06. In a compiled application, you may embed your custom themes
>> as built-in resource without including external files.
>>
>> R:Compiler 9.0 | Additional Resources | Themes
>> Add Themes ... (*.msstyles)
>> Load Theme(s) from Library...
>>
>> Note:
>>
>> All previously defined Forms which are redefined to use Themes
>> should be thoroughly checked prior to putting into production,
>> as objects and text may look substantially different.
>>
>> Have fun!
>>
>> Very Best R;egards,
>>
>> Razzak.
>>
>> P.S. To review all Themes in a live form, run the "Dynamic R:BASE
>> eXtreme 9.0 Theme Selector" form, RBG90_ThemeSelctr, within the
>> RRBYW16 sample database (bundled with full installation) of R:BASE
>> eXtreme 9.0 (32) and (64).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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