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    #1

    How to display the data on Excel

    For A5V10, Is it possible if it can transfer or move the result of calculate field to the embeded Excel. For example if the result from calculate field is 5.0 on the report and and pass its value to the embeded Excel (cell A1) that also display on the same report.

    Thanks
    Peterth
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    Re: How to display the data on Excel

    Hi Peter,

    If the field is in the table then the will be exported out to Excel. If it is a calculated field on a form or in a browse then it wont.

    Give it a try and see what you get.
    Regards
    Keith Hubert
    Alpha Guild Member
    London.
    KHDB Management Systems
    Skype = keith.hubert


    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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      #3
      Re: How to display the data on Excel

      Thank you for your quick reply, Keith

      Is it possible if I move or copy the data in the field to display in some cell of Excel on the report.?
      Just only one field and one cell of Excel (calculate field has the result is 5.0 and I want it display in Excel in cell A1 )
      and both calculate field and Excel can display in the same report

      I want to do this because I want to use some feature of Excel without coding more command.
      Last edited by peterth; 02-22-2010, 11:31 AM.

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        #4
        Re: How to display the data on Excel

        Hi Peter,

        I'm afraid you have lost me now. I don't know what you are talking about or what you are trying to do.

        Once you put data into a spreadsheet you can do what you want with it.
        Regards
        Keith Hubert
        Alpha Guild Member
        London.
        KHDB Management Systems
        Skype = keith.hubert


        For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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          #5
          Re: How to display the data on Excel

          If you want to pass values in Alpha 5 to an excel sheet you can use this DDE method shown below.
          You can either pass fields from a table or pass on variables which could of course include calculated fields.

          The example below shows a few different field types being poked to the sheet, numeric fields are being converted to a string in this example.

          There are other examples on the board for DDE with excel that will give you a broader view of whats possible.


          Code:
          var->xisofilename="c:\example.xls"
sys_open(var->xisofilename)
dde.send("Excel","Sheet1","R2C2","Q"+var->xq)
dde.send("Excel","Sheet1","R3C2",UPPER(RTRIM(tbl_quote->Company)))
dde.send("Excel","Sheet1","R4C2",UPPER(RTRIM(tbl_quote->job_name)))
dde.send("Excel","Sheet1","R5C2",str(tbl_quote->units,10,0))
          Chris Tanti
          Technical Support

          Nuance & Fathom Ltd - The data-driven marketing agency

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            #6
            Re: How to display the data on Excel

            Hi Keith,

            My point is I have a report. I can use the calculate field and show its value in the report with no problem. I want to pass value from calculate field to an Excel to display the amount in word (I can use the amount in word with excel in my langquage with no problem) and want to display the cell of Excell embeded on the same report
            to display the amount in number with calculate field and the amount in word with excel and display in the same time on the same report but the problem is I don't know how to pass the value form A5V10 field to the cell of sheet of Excel.

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              #7
              Re: How to display the data on Excel

              Hi Chris,

              Thank you for your advise also the code and sample.
              Is it possible, I can show the calculate value that pass to the cell of Excel and show its cell on the same report (I want to use the amount in word of Excel in my langqage)
              However I will search the DDE for more details follow your advise.

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                #8
                Re: How to display the data on Excel

                I am also interested in the answer to this. I have a form that the user inputs variable/record ranges. Then the form calls up several reports that do calculations. I'd like to copy the calculated values in the report to an excel sheet. Saving the reports as an Excel sheet is not working well due to formatting issues.

                What Chris suggests (dde.send) sounds very promising. However, I am not sure where to code that in a report...

                Any suggestions?

                Thanks,

                Inanc

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                  #9
                  Re: How to display the data on Excel

                  Anything you code in Alpha is triggered by an event. Reports have

                  Event Name
                  Occurs When

                  OnPrintInit
                  Before the report begins to print and at the beginning of preview.

                  OnRecord
                  After each detail record has printed.

                  OnPrintExit
                  After the report has finished printing. In the case of print preview, when the user closes the print preview window.
                  There can be only one.

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                    #10
                    Re: How to display the data on Excel

                    I put the following in a copy of the AlphaSports customer List report after creating a calculated field

                    comb = trim(customer->Firstname)+" "+trim(customer->Lastname)

                    Onprintinit:

                    Code:
                    var->xisofilename="c:\example.xls"
sys_open(var->xisofilename)
dde_session = dde.open("excel", "system")
                    Onrecord:

                    Code:
                    dde.send("Excel","Sheet1","R"+alltrim(str(mrecno()))+"C2","Name: "+calc->comb)
                    Onpintexit:

                    Code:
                    dde_session.close()
                    Screenshot shows sample of excel file (created empty example.xls before report was run) output.
                    There can be only one.

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                      #11
                      Re: How to display the data on Excel

                      Thank you Stan. This will give me a good starting point.

                      Best,

                      Inanc

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