[MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.6.1 - NPR Font Size

[Smith Michael]

Hi All,

I'm trying to increase the font size of some report headers. Since
they're just free text in the picture the field attribute SIZE doesn't
apply, and I don't see a line attribute that adjusts font size. All I
can think of is making custom fields that return "Header Name" since
that would allow me to use the field attribute SIZE.

Does anyone know of a quicker way, or am I just up the time consuming
creek? Thanks in advance for your help.

Michael D. Smith

Financial Analyst

Information Systems

Meadville Medical Center

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[Craver, Richard]

Mike, same happened to me. Computed field is the easiest. If you make the
field length the same as the picture width and center justify the computed
field it centers for your

xx.title

DAT=FREE
LEN=92 (or whatever your report width)
JFY=C
SIZE=L
VAL="Your Title Here"

Rich

Richard Craver
Database Analyst/Report Writer
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Managed Information Systems
71 Prospect Ave.
Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 828-8109

[Smith Michael]

Thanks Rich. I kind of figured I'd have to make a field, but it never
hurts to ask.

Darn Meditech.

Michael D. Smith
Financial Analyst
Information Systems
Meadville Medical Center
764 Kennedy Street, Suite 301
Meadville, PA 16335
(814) 333-5251 - Phone
(814) 373-2155 - Fax
msm...@mmchs.org
www.mmchs.org

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[Gary Hall]

You can also vary the size parameter infinitely (OK, infinite in a Meditech-relative way). I.e., SIZE=1.2 or SIZE=1.7, etc. That allows you to find the right size (pretty much) for the title or field you want.

Gary Hall
Director of Information Technology
Estes Park Medical Center
970-577-4443 (office)
970-744-9052 (cell)
970-577-4355 (fax)

Darn Meditech.

xx.title

Rich

Hi All,

Michael D. Smith

Financial Analyst

Information Systems

Meadville Medical Center

Meadville, PA 16335

(814) 333-5251 - Phone

(814) 373-2155 - Fax

msm...@mmchs.org

www.mmchs.org

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[Smith Michael]

Thanks Gary, that's good information.

It just kills me that there's no line attribute that will change the
font size for the whole line. I realize that fields are their own micro
chasms, but when you've got several fields with SIZE=L in a row and you
want to evenly space your columns you're left to guess and test since a
character outside the field is a different font. It would be nice to
have a field, then a space then another field. But if you did that and
your fields were SIZE=L then the data would overlap. Why did I agree to
make this report in a larger font?!

Frustrating.

[Jerry Beals]

The size can be varied by placing a number in the SIZE attribute. One equals the default size, and you can go up or down from there. I almost always increment in tenths, from 0.8 to 1.4 (usually 1.2 is large enough), which are plenty small and big enough, respectively, to stand out. No idea on the extremes beyond that, nor am I sure what numeric value SIZE=L equates to, but I'm sure there's room to experiment with on either side.

SIZE=0.8
SIZE=1.4

>>> "Smith Michael" <msm...@mmchs.org> 6/5/2009 3:51 PM >>>

Frustrating.

Darn Meditech.

xx.title

Rich

Hi All,

Michael D. Smith

Financial Analyst

Information Systems

Meadville Medical Center

Meadville, PA 16335

(814) 333-5251 - Phone

(814) 373-2155 - Fax

msm...@mmchs.org

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[Smith Michael]

Hi Jerry,

My gripe is more that fields overlap because the characters in the line
outside a field are not the same size as the characters in a field. And
while I don't know what version of Meditech you're using, alpha values
are accepted with the field attribute SIZE in Magic. Thanks for the
information.

SIZE

Font Size

Increases/decreases the font size of an individual field. This
attribute accepts S, L, V, X to produce small, large, very large or
extra large. A numeric value is also a valid response. If a numeric
value is used, this value is divided into the report CPI to produce the
font size of the field.

http://www.meditech.com/prrw/Pages/RWmbASattributes.htm

Michael D. Smith
Financial Analyst
Information Systems
Meadville Medical Center
764 Kennedy Street, Suite 301
Meadville, PA 16335
(814) 333-5251 - Phone
(814) 373-2155 - Fax
msm...@mmchs.org
www.mmchs.org

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SIZE=0.8

SIZE=1.4

Frustrating.

Darn Meditech.

xx.title

Rich

Hi All,

Michael D. Smith

Financial Analyst

Information Systems

Meadville Medical Center

Meadville, PA 16335

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[cbodn...@rcrh.org]

Have you tried concatenating all the fields in the line together? Then both your prompt and field fonts are controlled via the single field. If the line is too long (the 256 character limit) you could create in a macro, then place the value in this field...

HTH,
Cindy Bodnar-Anderson
IS, Regional Health

[Joe Cocuzzo]

The RW scales based on your number, or does a mapping based on the alpha code:

>From Z.rw.size program

@Z.rpt.real.cpi^OCPI,
IF{SZ?0A @GET.NEW.CPI.USING.KEYWORD,
OCPI:8D/NCPI:4D^SZ;
OCPI:8D/SZ^NCPI},
OHT*SZ^NHT

GET.NEW.CPI.USING.KEYWORD
SZ#0^SZ,
IF{@Z.rpt.pitch="P12" IF{SZ="S" 16.6667;SZ="L" 10;SZ="V" 8;SZ="X" 6;OCPI};
IF{SZ="S" 18;SZ="L" 12;SZ="V" 10;SZ="X" 8;OCPI}}^NCPI

So if you are a 12 CPI report, S is 16.6667, L is 10 CPI V is 8 CPI and X is 6 CPI. Otherwise (ie smaller pitch report) S = 18, L is 12, V is 10 and X is 8.

I find the letters too hard to remember, so I like using numbers.

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[Smith Michael]

I tried concatenating the fields, but I couldn't get it to work. And I
don't know the first thing about macros just yet. I've only been
writing reports for a few months. It's been a humbling experience
learning NPR.

I really appreciate your suggestion though, thanks.

[Jay Gilmore]

I have just noticed this posting, and there is a way to increase the size of
free text on the report picture. I believe Rob Sagerian from Meditech
helped me with this. You can place the following ECB line attribute on the
line of the text you want to increase/decrease in size:
ECB=%Z.rw.size(enter_size_here),

The size that you enter in parentheses goes by the same standards as if you
were using the SIZE attribute in a field.

The attribute will print all free text for the line you place this attribute
on and every line thereafter in this size until you use another ECB line
attribute as above to change the size back. If you place a field on any
line after the ECB attribute, the size will return to normal on the next
line.

I have also found that if you need to change your font type, the PF line
attribute does not work well combined with the ECB attribute. The text will
print in the larger or smaller size, but will still print in the same
position as if the font size was still 1 (or S). To get around this issue,
you can add another command in your ECB line attribute to change the font
type:

ECB=@Z.rpt.font.cmd["P"]_...@Z.rpt.font.cmd["enter_font_type_here"]^!,

The same font type arguments used in the PF line attribute can be used in
the attribute above.

So to combine the font type and font size commands on the same line:

ECB=@Z.rpt.font.cmd["P"]_...@Z.rpt.font.cmd["enter_font_type_here"]^!,
ECB=%Z.rw.size(enter_size_here),

To change the font type back to normal:

ECB=@Z.rpt.font.cmd["P"]_...@Z.rpt.font.cmd[""]^!,

We are Magic 5.61. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this
information.

Thanks,

Jay Gilmore

Systems Analyst
Crisp Regional Hospital
(229) 276-3167
jgil...@crispregional.org

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