Amen, Amen, and Amen
>From Brother Jim
Dennis McGrath wrote:
>
> One way to overcome this severer limitation in the way RBWIN does reports,
> is to base the report on a temporary table. It will take some ingenuity on
> your part to include the columns you need for beakpoints and all. But, it
> usually can be done, but is an arduous exercise.
>
> The other option, of course is to go to an odbc report writer. You may have
> the same problems there too.
>
> On my wish list is reports within reports in RBWIN, especially if the
> sub-reports could be in break headers or footers, and be on independent
> tables. Would be an extraorinary tool, if done right, fixing the existing
> report bugs. Not a trivial undertaking, but a complete rethink of the whole
> process.
>
> -- Dennis McGrath
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>
> -- Tools for R:BASE programmers
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> -- Full time consultant with SQL Resources
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Rich Young
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:43 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Multiple Reports Processing
>
> Tom,
> Thanks for your reply.
> Append works in the dos report environment.
> Using this technique with windows based reports will save the text to the
> output file. However, all formatting (fonts, pitch, lines, etc.) are lost.
> This application currently is written in RBDOS and I am in the process of
> converting to RBWIN. I might have to re-think that !
> Hope all is well.
> Best Regards,
> Rich Young
> Advance Business Systems
> 10755 York Road
> Cockeysville, Maryland 21030
> (410) 252-4800
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Grimshaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Multiple Reports Processing
> >>
> Check out the APPEND parameter to see if it delivers the goods.
> OUTPUT filename.txt
> PRINT Report1
> OUTPUT SCREEN
> OUTPUT filename.txt APPEND
> PRINT Report2
> OUTPUT SCREEN
> OUTPUT filename.txt APPEND
> PRINT Report3
> OUTPUT SCREEN
> <<
