REport Writers for xHarbour

[Mel Smith]

Hi:

I'm looking for Report Writers for xHarbour which have .PDF output
capabiliities, *and* have the ability to format records on a page in
newspaper style columns (like a 2-column phone book).

btw, I have an old copy of R&R, but I don't *think* it can format in
newspaper columns (but it *can* output a .pdf file)

Any suggestions ??

--
Mel Smith

[Michael Hagl]

Hi Mel,

have a look on List & Label (www.combit.net).

But I don't know, whether it is working with xHarbour. There ist a test
version.

I'm using Pagescript, but here yopu have to write the report yourself. But I
think automatic word wrap to the second column is not possible in
Pagescript.


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[Mel Smith]

Michael Hagl said:

"Michael Hagl" <hag...@hagl.de> wrote in message
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> Hi Mel,
>
> have a look on List & Label (www.combit.net).
>
> But I don't know, whether it is working with xHarbour. There ist a test
> version.
>
> I'm using Pagescript, but here yopu have to write the report yourself. But
> I think automatic word wrap to the second column is not possible in
> Pagescript.
>

I'll check out the link.

btw, the President of our Senior's Park has said that he wants the
hardcopy of my current phone book of 613 lots/people to be oriented in the
same manner as other phone books, i.e., sorted top-to-bottom in each column.
Currently, I print in two columns alphabetically from left-to-right all the
way down the page.

Thanks for the link !

-Mel Smith

[dlzc]

Dear Mel Smith:

On Jan 31, 8:40 am, "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syn...@aol.com> wrote:
> Michael Hagl said:
>
> "Michael Hagl" <hag...@hagl.de> wrote in message
>
> news:jg86bi$bf2$1...@news.albasani.net...
>
> > Hi Mel,
>
> > have a look on List & Label (www.combit.net).
>
> > But I don't know, whether it is working with xHarbour.
> > There ist a test version.
>
> > I'm using Pagescript, but here yopu have to write the
> > report yourself. But I think automatic word wrap to the
> > second column is not possible in Pagescript.
>
> I'll check out the link.
>
>     btw, the President of our Senior's Park has said that
> he wants the hardcopy of my current phone book of 613
> lots/people to be oriented in the same manner as other
> phone books, i.e., sorted top-to-bottom in each column.

... and laying on my front porch, because they are not worth bringing
in. Not yours, just the various "yellow" pages.

> Currently, I print in two columns alphabetically from
> left-to-right all the way down the page.

Could probably modify your line-break and page-eject routines to:

line-break: just CR+LF

page-eject:
- if column 1
- position to top-of-same-page
- set margins to column 2
- else
- form feed
- set margins to column 1

David A. Smith

[Mel Smith]

David said:

... and laying on my front porch, because they are not worth bringing
in. Not yours, just the various "yellow" pages.

:)))

> Currently, I print in two columns alphabetically from
> left-to-right all the way down the page.


Could probably modify your line-break and page-eject routines to:

line-break: just CR+LF

page-eject:
- if column 1
- position to top-of-same-page
- set margins to column 2
- else
- form feed
- set margins to column 1

David:

As usual, I found the solution *after* posting my help request :((

Its, an obvious 'button-click' in the R&R Report Riter 'Record
Formating' set up for a report. There is a toggled check-box (called
Order: ) that asks whether multi-columns should be left-to-right, or
top-to-bottom. The default is left-to-right.

I have never even looked at this box --- everywhere else, but not here
:(

So I checked the top-to-bottom button and Voila !

*Why* does this happen to me --- Stupid !

Thanks to you and Michael for helping me.

-Mel Smith

[GDFord]

R&R will do what you want.
Select "Format" then "Record Layout"
Then you can select how many columns and whether it should be ordered
across or down.

[Mel Smith]

"GDFord" <gale...@wwrowland.com> wrote in message
news:jg9ltd$9pv$1...@dont-email.me...

> R&R will do what you want.
> Select "Format" then "Record Layout"
> Then you can select how many columns and whether it should be ordered
> across or down.

Yeh, I went over that screen a dozen times looking for a way to accomplish
the 'telephone-book type formatting, and my eyes passed over that 'Ordered'
box several times without realizing that it was that exact box, and
one-click that fixed the whole situation. How I missed it I don't know :((

Thanks for the response.

-Mel

[Otto Haldi]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:31:10 -0700, "Mel Smith" <med_cuto...@aol.com> wrote:

Hello,
Why not with PageScript32. You can print so exactly in mm or inches.
With PageScript you can print anywhere on the page until you use the function PsNewPage()
I used this way to go for a Laser Labels paper for Address.
I think it would not need a lot of code to do this.
Regards
Otto

[Mel Smith]

Otto said:
> Why not with PageScript32. You can print so exactly in mm or inches.
> With PageScript you can print anywhere on the page until you use the
> function PsNewPage()
> I used this way to go for a Laser Labels paper for Address.
> I think it would not need a lot of code to do this.
> Regards

Hi Otto:

I've already solved this problem of my own blindness. See the posts
above. But I'll keep PageScript in mind for later.

My copy of R&R is from 2001, (Version 9), and is still working fine on
my XP Pro machines (I haven't tried developing reports using R&R on my Win 7
Pro machine yet --- but soon I will)


But thanks for the response.

-Mel

[Otto Haldi]

H
I understand and I think R&R it is a good software.
I also used external tools early with clipper. But, with PageScript
you only have one external .dll.
All code are inside of your .exe and if you have correct index's. reporting are much faster.

Regards
Otto

[cal]

I'll make another recommendation of R&R Report Writer. I have used it
for about 20 years to do Clipper reporting, and now xHarbour. It's a
great product and the support is excellent.

PageScript is a fine tool, too. I've used it for few really unusual
requirements that weren't exactly "reports".

Cal

[fatfat]

except can't support cjk characters started from windows version :(


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[cal]

On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 23:43:30 +0800, "fatfat" <fat...@fatfat.com> wrote:

>except can't support cjk characters started from windows version :(

Pardon my ignorance, but what are "cjk" characters?

cal

[cal]

Sorry for the bother. Google answered my question.

cal