selection for report without selection table

[Bruce Easton]

Mark wrote Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:53 AM:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I need a pointer.  There's a report someone did that relies on a 
> processing
> table that uses SELECT.
> 
> I need to issue this report, complete with the grand total section, etc.,
> but from inside a dreport session that's running on another table 
> entirely.
> I need to basically do it all via lookups or whatnot.
> 
> I -could- do it via a separate process, but -not- as a system call, and I
> need to get the selection data to any process without using selection
> tables to issue the selections, since it can't be run interactively.
> 
> If I have a weak spot in fP, it's printing, mostly because I've rarely
> needed it.  Hence...Help???  :)
> 
> TIA,
> 
> mark->
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Mark - above where you say 'selection tables' (3rd paragraph) - 
are you thinking selection sets or selection processing?  
Either way, both can be used non-interactively.  Also, I'm 
curious - why does it have to run from another table?

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.