Report Printing from @key / input processing

[Richard Tartaglia]

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Thanks everyone for all your help. It came intime to
save me some hair to pull out tomorrow. 

Thanks again.

Rich Tartaglia


--- GCC Consulting <gccconsulting at comcast.net> wrote:

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[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.c
> > elestial.com] On Behalf Of John Esak
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:53 PM
> > To: Richard Tartaglia
> > Cc: Fplist (E-mail)
> > Subject: RE: Report Printing from @key / input
> processing
> > 
> > Richard,
> > 
> > Here is the fix for the message I screwed up
> earlier using 
> > the PRINT command where it can not be used. I was
> making 
> > things much harder than they are to print a
> header-detail report.
> > 
> > 
> > I'll use roughly the same format (example only of
> course) but 
> > it doesn't need variables. Just use the real
> fields in the 
> > detail file.
> > 
> > 
> > Special Report Of Items Per Customer              
>            
> >  Date: *@td
> > Customer Code: *@pm                               
>            
> >  Page: <@pn
> > 
> > Date          Inv#         Amount
> >
>
========================================================
> > *4           *5            *6
> > 
> > 
> > You will use roughly the same code, but it will be
> in a 
> > dreport "called" by a SYSTEM command from the
> @key. You need 
> > to pass the value of the unique code to the
> dreport 
> > processing and use the FORM command instead of the
> PRINT 
> > command I had used erroneously in the previous
> message. Also, 
> > you must be certain to choose "Remove unnecessary
> blank 
> > lines." on the output format options page. So, it
> might look 
> > like this:
> > 
> > INPUT PROCESSING
> > 
> > @keyC    if:
> >        then: input popup q(1,yesno) "Are you SURE
> you want 
> > this report?
> > (y/n) "
> >          if: q ne "Y"
> >        then: end
> >        then: declare SysCmd
> >        then: SysCmd="dreport inv_file -f
> formatname -v getcus 
> > -a -iB -u -r"
> > < 3
> >        then: system SysCmd
> >        then: end
> > 
> > You need a sort/select (-v) processing table
> called "getcus" 
> > (or whatever you would like to name it) that looks
> like this.
> > 
> > SORT/SELECT PROCESSING (built with Define
> Processing -> 
> > Output Processing)
> > 
> >         if: 1 eq @pm
> >       then: select
> >       then: end
> > 
> > 
> > There is no OUTPUT PROCESSING required for this
> method.
> > 
> > 
> > Index.B should be built on the unique code. (Add
> to that a 
> > second key of date, and the records will be sorted
> by date.)
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, to have screwed up the previous sendings...
> I was on 
> > the phone at the time and not thinking correctly
> about anything. :-)
> > 
> > By the way, to do this *really* right... you
> should do it 
> > from @entsel with the @entsel/global-var trick
> I've shown a 
> > million times here. This way when someone presses
> the @key to 
> > run this report, it won't lock the header record
> while the 
> > report is running.
> > 
> > John
> 
> When in input processing the form & formm commands
> may be used to create a
> report.
> 
> One could create 2 forms for this, form1 a 5 line
> header and form 2 one line
> detail.
> 
> From your array: dim foobar(20)
> 
> Fill in the dummy fields for the header if they
> aren't static in the header
> form. 
> 
> If: 'print the header
> Then:formm form1
> 
> Next you are going to fill in the dummy fields from
> you array or from lookup
> to a detail file.  In the example below the then
> line should move data from
> your array to the dummy fields for printing.
> 
> Details If: foobar(ct) ne  ""
>      then: formm form2  (set field values from the
> array);ct=ct+"1"
>         if: ct le "19" and foobar(ct+"1") ne ""   
> 'if next element blank
> drop to use form to close the spooler
> 	then: GOTO details
> 	  if: 'this is the last line to print
>       then: form form2;END
> 
> You can add in what ever processing you need to do
> totals etc.
> 
> When you use formm, the spooler is held open until
> you use form, at which
> time the spooler is closed.
> 
> I have used this technique to print multi-page
> invoices where subtotal were
> needed at the bottom of each page along with a page
> #.  
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
>  
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