Print cards with headers

Sarah Reichelt sarahr at genesearch.com.au
Fri Apr 23 00:27:49 EDT 2004


> I think I'd use the form "print card into <rect>". It takes some 
> twiddling but it can do almost anything. The basic idea would be:
>
> create a stack to hold your header stuff
snip

> When you have a full page, issue:
> print break
>
> which forces a page break and sends that page to a print record. Keep 
> looping until all cards are done. Then issue:
> close printing
>
> which actually sends the print job to the printer.
>
> Tedious, but powerful.
>

Wow - I never realized that print card into rect was so powerful! I 
have used it put only to print a single card into a single page. Now 
that I know you can use it to build up a complete report, the sky is my 
limit!
Thanks very much,
Sarah



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