XML Library and Windows

[Karen]

On 2 Mar 2006, at 14:20, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

>
> A popular cross-platform function to get the
> appropriate path was written by Richard Gaskin:
> ##
> function AppPath
>   put the filename of this stack into tPath
>   set the itemdel to "/"
>   If (IsOSX()) then
>     get offset(".app/Contents/MacOS/", tPath)
>     if it > 0 then -- 2.4.3 or later
>       delete char it to len(tPath) of tPath
>     end if
>   end if
>   delete last item of tPath
>   return tPath &"/"
> end AppPath
>
> function IsOSX
>   if the platform is not "MacOS" then return false
>   get the systemversion
>   set the itemdel to "."
>   if item 1 of it >= 10 then return true
>   return false
> end IsOSX
> ##
> (for a more complete explanation, go to:
> <http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/file008.htm>)
>
> So, armed with the function above, you can change the
> path to the report layout file as follows:
> ##
> on mouseUp
>   -- prep all the variables
>   put AppPath() & "reports/myreport.qrl" \
>       into tLayoutPath
>   put "MyDataStack" into tStackName
>   put true into tPreviewFlag
>   put "all" into tCardRange
>   -- and print the data stack
>   qrtReports_PrintReportFromStack \
>       tLayoutPath,tStackName,tPreviewFlag,tCardRange
> end mouseUp
> ##
>
> Hope this helped,
>
> Jan Schenkel.
>
> Quartam Reports for Revolution
> <http://www.quartam.com>

Jan,

Thanks for all your help with this - it is very much appreciated.  I  
now have my program generating attractive reports on both the Mac and  
Windows :-).  I'm very pleased with Quartam Reports and I'm looking  
forward to seeing what v1.1 brings.

Thanks,

Karen