Thanks, Razzak, no problem to request an enhancement but, please, please, please, can you tell me what the page/paper/printer/etc. settings should be when printing to a file?
For example, I have one report that I run in a loop 36 times (26 alpha & 10 numeric) that used to take something like 30 minutes in v6.5++. Today I ran the v7.1 reports for the first time and they took three and a half hours. The report is NOT exactly the same but I don't think it is that different either and it does produce, as far as I can see, exactly the same results. Which is not to say that I have the report perfect yet but it can't be far off. What strikes me is that the flash screen reports something like 3,500-4,000 pages each time but there are not really any "pages" in my file. The "data section" is only two lines of data. If nothing else, wouldn't the overhead of reporting each page be slowing things down? To put some bones on it, the resulting file for the letter "R" - as good an example as any as it's about average size - from the word count function in Word shows: 255,434 words 3,518,211 characters (no spaces) 3,841,985 characted (with spaces) - that's where I know I can improve the report still! 58,832 paragraphs 215,874 lines I know that this is a fairly slow report in any case, that's not the problem, it's getting the new version optimised for the best results. Thanks again, Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 1:10 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Printing Reports - flash screen > > Alastair, > > Excellent points! > > The BEST place to request enhancements is the RBG7 R:DCC. > > http://www.rbase.com/rbg7rdcc and mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > > At 08:56 AM 6/25/2004 +0100, Alastair Burr wrote: > > >I suspect this subject is probably a group of questions for Razzak about > >the flash screen that appears when the print command is run: > > > >I am puzzled by the behaviour of this screen that gives information about > >the report that is being printed. This is the one that displays: > > > >Printing page nnnn for report > >[Report name] on the > >[Printer or file name] > >{Cancel button} > > > >I like this screen's data - it's a big improvement, but: > > > >Firstly, this seems to appear only sometimes but I am not sure what > >conditions cause it either to appear or not to appear. > > > >Secondly, sometimes is seems to change the first line to: > >Printing page nnnn of nnnn for report > >Again, I'm not sure what causes this. > > > >Please could you explain what controls this screen so I can standardise > >whatever is it that is causing the differences? I can't see anything > >different in my reports - I thought it might be the setting for the number > >of passes but it doesn't seem to be that. > > > >Also, is it possible to suppress the screen altogether? I have a very nice > >formatted pause message in my standard colours & fonts that gets > >obliterated by this screen. > > > >Alternatively, is it possible to format the screen in the same way as the > >pause messages and then drop my pause messages? Or insert the page > >number(s) into the pause text? > > > >Thirdly, and a much more minor point, when printing to a file (as opposed > >to a printer) the message looks a little funny: > > > >Printing page 1 for report > >Report_name on the > >Report_ file_name.EXT > > > >Maybe something like this would be nicer: > > > >Printing page 1 for report > >Report_name to [Text/HTML/etc] file: > >Report_ file_name.EXT > > > > > >And, a final request, would it be possible for you to do a "From the edge" > >- when you have time - on the best settings for printing to files? I'm > >thinking of things like what to set the printer to, the paper size, page > >settings - all the things that are not directly relevant to a file but, > >presumably, play some part in how well the report works. > > > >I have those reports that I print to files now working and they seem to > >give me the same results that I used to get from v6.5++ although much more > >slowly - due, I assume, to the sort of settings that I would like to know > >more about. >
