My first thought would be to recreate the report data into a temp
table and base your form on that. I have some production monitor
screens that are similar to that.
A second option, print your report to a HTML file or PDF. Create a
form that has a full screen browser or PDF viewer on it. Have your
form timer recreate the report to the same file name and then refresh
the form object
Bob Thompson
LaPorte, IN
219-363-7441
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On Apr 4, 2011, at 2:40 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I asked this once on the list and got no response. I found a
workaround, but the issue has just come up again. Using 7.6. I
have a very complicated set of
data (read-only) that I will need to have refreshed every 10 minutes
on a large factory monitor. In my last attempt I ended up going
with a very cool looking form with a form timer that works very
nicely to refresh the 8 temporary-table DBGrids located on the form.
That isn't going to work with the new spec I was given. A report
might work better than a form for this one, but I still need the
report to 'refresh' every 10 minutes. I know that if I had an MDI
form with an alias, my form timer could close an MDI form. But if
I put up an MDI report, I don't see where my timer could close that
report and generate a new one, is there? I could even put up a PDF
file, but I would have to close that PDF file in order to refresh.
Any ideas?
BTW: You'll see another email from me shortly asking for design
ideas on this one....
Karen
