Reports - one more time

[David Vaughan]

Sarah

I wasn't the one to ask the question but thanks. This will be useful.

regards
David

On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:11 , Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> I have done a bit of work on such a display and here are the techniques 
> I used:
>
> A single field with tab-stops (turn on the vertical grid so you can see 
> what's happening)
>
> Shorten any text that is longer than the tab-stops:
> 	I do this using a hidden field with the same text properties and 
> the same width as the tab-stops.
> 	This function returns the shortened version of the text: (thanks 
> to Geoff Canyon for this function)
> 	The "Format Check" field must NOT be set to dontWrap and the 
> maximum number of complete words will be returned:
> 	
> 	function truncateToFit theString
> 	  put theString into fld "Format Check"
> 	  return (line 1 of the formattedText of fld "Format Check")
> 	end truncateToFit
>
> 	If you want the maximum number of characters and don't care about 
> complete words,
> 		then set the dontWrap of the Format Check field to true and 
> use this function instead:
>
> 	function trimToFit theString
> 	  put theString into fld "Format Check"
> 	  repeat while the formattedWidth of fld "Format Check" > the 
> width of fld "Format Check"
> 	    delete last char of fld "Format Check"
> 	  end repeat
> 	  return fld "Format Check"
> 	end trimToFit
>
> Use the format function to right-align numbers:
> 	format("%6.2f", myNumber)  -- 4.7  returns "  4.70"
> 	format("%6d",myNumber)     -- 56   returns "    56"
>
> Then use revPrintField and in the latest versions, it produces a 
> beautifully aligned print-out.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>
>
> On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 08:14  am, Barry Levine wrote:
>
>> I posted this question once before but only received one response 
>> (which I have not tried yet). How are you handling the printing of 
>> reports through Revolution? Do you put them into a field with tabs to 
>> separate columns of numbers/text? How about multiple fields lined up 
>> parallel to each other? What method do you use? Are there any stacks 
>> posted anywhere that illustrate the technique?
>
>
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