request output

[Jose Lerebours]

Is this selection criteria entered in a screen set to gather information 
prior to executing the report or is it the filePro built in selection 
table where user would have to type in field #, operator and string values?

As a side note, I have a full filePro based reporting mechanism you can 
easily install in your application and have all reports ran off of it.  
Selection criteria is gathered using standard input and passed to 
selection ( -v ) processing table and printing processing thus making it 
possible to print a nicely laid out header or footer with all entered 
"selection criteria".

Additionally, a nicely written web based ( PHP ) script can

(1) Parse your filePro menu
(2) Extract the filePro command
(3) Allows you to map your output to configure column layout
(4) Generate report using whatever command you have in your menu (no 
user input should be required if running from web within filePro as it 
should be gathered and passed by web script)
(5) Export to excel, pdf or email as pdf attachment

In short, have a full blown web based reporting tool that interacts with 
your filePro files, menus and allows you to keep your filePro tables, 
output formats free of changes.

Imagine, have your filePro menu extracted directly from filePro ~/menus, 
associate each option to an output mapping/layout which will be retained 
outside filePro so no new tables are required (MySQL, simple text files 
...)  -  When needing to print a report, simply point your browser to 
[ip].[ip].[ip].[ip] and let the games begin!!!

Regards,


Jose


PS:  None of this may be possible but all can be done!




On 02/01/2016 11:19 AM, D Rottkamp via Filepro-list wrote:
> I have a client that wants to automatically print what they type into selection criteria on a report
>
> 1. is there a file created when a user types in criteria and records it
>
> if yes than I could add an lp statement in the prc table that runs the report
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Rottkamp
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