The reason why you need that special view (20L vs 12L) is because you are constrained by your 132 column printer (or 240 cols).
As a cube uses the screen as it's canvas, which has a scroll bar, you can just SCROLL across .... or simply "shrink" the column display width (just like in Excel) This also avoids having dictionaries "cluttered" with (what I would call) redundant definitions Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage – an Evolution in Software Development >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 2:00 PM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:46:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Neither you, nor the user, need to worry about "format" statements, as >this information will come directly from your dictionary (though there is >an API that you can use if your database does "naughty" [with the benefit >of historical >> hindsight] things). > >Ross c'mon :) >Do you really believe that a mature application uses one field in exactly >ONE format? I have report sets that use a single field with five different >formats. So being an old-school kind of person, I create five different >DICT items. Nowadays people might use FORMAT statements on the command >line but hey different strokes. > >The point being that a single cube cannot know every possible format that a >single piece of data needs. Unless you want to sit down and reformat a >report that is utilizing every possible character on a 132 char wide >printout so it can use the 20L justification instead of the 13L "short >description" field I had to create... then no. > >I Still have to create a special view. >Will >-- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.659 / Virus Database: 423 - Release Date: 15/04/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.659 / Virus Database: 423 - Release Date: 15/04/2004 -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
