Report Snapshot?

[mcoupal]

I have a report that is created via multiple tables (with relationship links) in a data environment and a few variables. I would like to save this report to a file so I could reprint it again, just the way it looked originally.

I tried using the REPORT FORM .. TO FILE command, but it gets highly distorted when re-printing (copy using the to LPT /B method). Using the "ASCII" type REPORT FORM is useless too. I considered doing a select statement to save a snapshot of the dataset (the displayed field from the various tables), but this is unweildy. Any suggestions?

 

[jspellman]

mcoupal,

one suggestion would be the following.

use [filename] order [indexname]
copy to [backup filename].[backup extention] for [fieldname] = [filter information]

then create the report with a file you can zap and replace the information in the file with the following.

use [filename] order [indexname] excl
zap
append from [backup filename]
report form [reportname] to printer preview

I do this on several reports to allow for multiple monthly reports.

Thanks,

jspellman

 

[Mike Lewis]

MCoupal,

Jspellman's suggestion is a good one. Another would be to output the report to a PDF file. Then, everytime you want a new copy, just print the PDF.

Mike


Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk