Saving PPMemo to Text File
i was wondering how to save a Memo to a text file. i have report which also
uses subreports. when the reports are generated, the memo is on the screen.
when it is printed to a ret text file, all the subreports are printed to the
text file excluding the memo
thanks for the help
uses subreports. when the reports are generated, the memo is on the screen.
when it is printed to a ret text file, all the subreports are printed to the
text file excluding the memo
thanks for the help
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this is a limitation of the text-device.
When I have to print Memos with the text-device I use RAP to fill a
TppVariable with it (single lines only!)
regards,
Chris Ueberall;
also
screen.
the
that you can only print a single Line? If this is so then what good is
having a memo field?
Ambiguous? In what case?
Sorry, but I thought that this acronym should be known to a ReportBuilder
user, for further information you may look into the tech-tip section there
is a RAP thread, explaining RAP in short (or look into the other
documentation shipped with RB).
Yes.
Sorry, but I miss the point here.
regards,
Chris Ueberall;
The problem with printing memos to file, is somehow figuring out how to map
the printed page to the file. A file has a fixed character grid to print
on. If you use a font like Courier New 10 pt, and generate a memo in the
report, then you should be able to have the memo print to the report
emulation text file. See demo #107 in the main reports demo project in your
installation of RB, which has been carefully tailored to map dbTexts to the
report emulation text file's character grid.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
info@digital-metaphors.com
Gary
You shouldn't assume a person is knowledgeable of ReportBuilder simply
because they are a User. I happen to know that Kara is a beginner and is
struggling with this print problem. I, myself, have only written three
applications that require printing and those compared to this one are pretty
straight forward.
But while I have you here, this is the problem we are trying to get past.
We are trying to create a report that has three types of information on it.
One type is Demographic the next is Contacts and finally (the problem)
Service area. Writing the Service Area data to a Memo component is one
method she is trying.
We are using subreports for the three elements. The problem with the
Service Area is that it is a columnar report the can have any number of
columns (States) and each column can have any number of details(Counties
within the State).
Currently the report reads like this:
State State State
County County County
County County County
County County County
County County County
County County County
County County County
We would like it to read:
State
County County County County County County
State
County County County County County County
State
County County County County County County
Any thoughts?
Gary
makes it easier for others to browse through each new thread, when they're
just looking for some information, when they only look at the first thread's
header.
What you could use is set the DetailBand.ColumnTraversal property. However,
we found a bug in the current version relating to left to right traversal in
columnar subreports. If you are using RB 5.56, then you should have no
problems.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
info@digital-metaphors.com
2001.
was released on the 29th, you should have 6.01 if you downloaded on the
30th. If you go into the Help | About in the report designer, you can see
which version you have installed, or check the release notes. Contact
info@digital-metaphors.com if you need the 6.01 version. Once again, it's
still a free upgrade. If you didn't receieve the 6.01 email notification,
then email info@ with your correct email address as well.
Cheers,
Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
info@digital-metaphors.com