Thank you, Bernie, yes, I'm sure it will, but it was the ability to print what was selected on the screen that was bothering me.
I could be wrong, but I remember in Dos that you used to be able to make your query results up how you wanted them and then get R:Base to print them in the column and row sequences that were current. The only thing (that I remember) that Dos changed was the width of columns which returned to the default so as all the data in a column was printed. Now, I rarely print anything these days - there's usually other ways to present the data in my case - but, sometimes, it's easier to quickly print off a set of results and work from that having got the data on the screen. That's the important part - the data has already been obtained on the screen and THEN the need to print arises. R:Base provides a print option that does this but it seems to have its own agenda for printing rather than mine. I just thought that the obvious thing for this option to do was to print what was current - I even remembered to switch to landscape to allow for the columns that I didn't need to be printed - but I got only 4 (out of 20 or so) columns and then they were put in the default sequence across the page. I have no idea where the other columns went - certainly not onto the paper! I got the correct number of rows ok - just not the right columns. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that R:Base does not currently save the screen layout properly - cell height, moved columns, maybe hidden columns as well - I can't remember for sure, are not saved with save layout on. Razzak, do you remember that we exchanged e-mails on that subject back in October last year? I trust v7 is going to resolve this one? Regards, Alastair, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Lis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:54 PM Subject: Re: Printing results of a query from the screen > Alastair, > will this give you what you want? > > out printer > sel col3,col1,col4 from MyView > out screen > > Bernie Lis > Megabytes, Inc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "R:Base ListServer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:33 AM > Subject: Printing results of a query from the screen > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I had a need to create a one-off query this afternoon and print the > results. > > > > Now, in my innocence, I assumed that having selected the data in the qbe > > browser - which was simple enough from a pre-defined view - that all I > > needed to do would be to arrange the columns in the browser in the order > > that I wanted them and then click on File|Print. > > > > That's what used to work in Dos - as far as I remember - but in Windows I > > got the default column order for the first 4 columns only which meant that > I > > did not get the data that I wanted. > > > > The only way I could get what I needed was to get it on the screen > correctly > > then go to PaintShopPro and capture the area I wanted then print that from > > PaintShopPro! > > > > Apart from creating a special view and saving it with the columns in the > > right sequence - a bit excessive for 7 rows and 3 columns - can anybody > tell > > me, please, what I should have done? > > > > Regards, > > Alastair. > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
