5.7 *report

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Jean-Pierre A. Radley
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:35 AM
> To: FilePro Mailing List
> Subject: Re: 5.7 *report
> 
> Richard Kreiss propounded (on Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 05:53:58AM +0000):
> 
> | Just want to know if this action is correct:
> |
> | I have a report totaling on field 9 defined as (9,,2) using =9 at the
> | grand total.
> |
> | When the report is run the total is larger than the field is defined.
> | However it does print properly as 50,083,525.00 which is (13,,2).
> |
> | This is helpful as the totals print correctly although larger than the
> | field definition.
> 
> Did you just now stumble on totals that comprise more digits than any of
the
> addends?
> 
> I'm always grateful that we never need to write any processing for
subtotals
> and totals because filePro's totalling mechanism behaves so gracefully.
> 
> Every time I'm on a web site and I have to enter a phone number in three
> separate fields or in one ten-character field, or I get rejected if I use
dashes
> when typing Social Security or Tax ID numbers, I once again appreciate the
> elegance of filePro edits.
> 
> While I'm on the topic of web pages, am I the only one who resents having
to
> scroll through a column with a mouse instead of just typing the two
characters
> of my state?
> 
> --
> JP


Since I started with filePro years ago, I always thought I needed to have
the proper size field to show totals.  I have cast fields larger than
necessary to accommodate their use in totals.  Looks like I didn't need to
do this.

As for scrolling through a popup state list, try typing the first letter of
the state's name and then use the down arrow or repeat the letter.  If
programmed properly, that should get you to your states name without
scrolling the list.

Richard Kreiss