Re: Hilighting records in a report
Tony McGuire
Check out the 'Impossible ObjectPal' article on www.thedbcommunity.com -
which shows how to do exactly that.
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Egbert Babst
Mike,
you also may download then following example forms with free code;
http://www.babstsoft.com/Paradox/Examples/PdoxExplorer.zip
The form is an example of a self made record-explorer with which you can
highlight some records and select their numbers in a table for further use.
Also you can change the column-width with only OPAL methods.
To test it, you have to unzip the PdoxExplorer.zip, make this folder your
work-folder and then start the form "StartExplorer.fsl". The latter is
necessary, if you would try to start the Explorer.fsl you'll get an error
message.
I use it in my apps and it's working fine for me. It is saved with P9. If
you have another version you'll compile and resave all *.fsl and *.lsl
files.
As it is only an example a lot of functionality of this "Explorer" isn't
shown. But to study the principle the code in the TestBib.lsl will give you
a lot of hints.
Egbert, 16:28 in Germany
"mike.potter" <mike....@merlincircuit.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi
> This may well be impossible but does any one know a simple way of setting
a
> filter or a calculation that highlights specific records in a report
table.
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> Mike Potter
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Tony McGuire
Egbert,
He's asking how to do this in a REPORT rather than a FORM.
That requires that methods/code be added to the report, which is totally
different than adding code to a form.
Egbert Babst
Hi,
the testsample shows all error messages when fail() is used.
Corrected this just by using errorPop()
You may download the file once more to avoid correction this lines yourself.
Egbert, 17:10 in Germany
Egbert Babst
Ahh,
this I misunderstood.
Nevertheless, it may be of interest for others.
Thanks Tony,
Egbert
"Tony McGuire" <cng.paradoxcommunity@com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Uwe Tiedje
Hi Tony,
i've downloaded the article and am trying to follow the description of how
to enter OPAL to a report.
1. Open the report you wish to add code to in design mode.
2. Open a form (any form) in design mode, and bring up the "methods"
dialog box.
Does this mean to open the object explorer's METHOD TAB, then click on <New
Method> to get to the little box where the metod's name has to be entered ?
3. Pin down the "methods" dialog by clicking on the icon in the upper-right
corner. (This step is optional.)
I can't detect an icon in the upper-right corner of that box (besides the
CLOSE icon), therefore I think I am already on the wrong trace, am I?
Completely lost with the last steps to follow.
4. Click on the report object you wish to add code to.
5. The "methods" dialog should now be displaying a list of methods available
for that report object. You can now open ObjectPAL editor windows as
if you were working on a form.
Would be very thankful for a more detailed desription.
Uwe.
"Tony McGuire" <cng.paradoxcommunity@com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Jeff Shoaf
The article was written using an older version of Paradox for reference.
Later version have removed the icon for pinning the PME dialog - it's
now an option under the "View" menu of the PME dialog.
Oh, yeah - PME = "Properties, Methods, Events".
Vladimir Menkin
Uwe,
BTW, ProView directly supports report's methods editing (ProView Advanced
Floating Panel)
Valdimir