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    What is easist way to show user message in report

    What is easist way to show the user a message in report preview if there are no records.

    Instead of showing blank page , give use a message there are no records to print

    Charlie Crimmel
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    Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

    "Easiest way" depends on part in how you're producing the report.

    Nearly all of my stuff happens via Xbasic.

    One way, depending on how long the query would take, is to run a query and branch depending on the number of records in the query. A snippet might look like this:

    Code:
    query.order = "someOrder"
query.filter = "somefilter"
qdx = t.query_create()
if qdx.records_get() = 0
  msgbox("Sorry", "No records to report.")
else
  report.preview("myreport", query.filter, query.order)
end if
    -Steve
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      #3
      Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

      Originally posted by crimmelcp View Post
      What is easist way to show the user a message in report preview if there are no records.

      Instead of showing blank page , give use a message there are no records to print

      Charlie Crimmel
      You can select the default "no Records" message under Settings > Preferences > Reports, although of course that is only for your own copy...

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        Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

        Andrea,
        I REALLY was hoping your were incorrect in this as it makes no sense then to even have this as a preference for many applications. I did some testing and it is only used ON the computer it is chosen for---it does NOT get transferred via an install for a runtime either which I assumed incorrectly that it would. I would guess that this applies to all the settings then that can be changed...which some (hope all) should be able to be changed by xbasic so that runtimes can have the settings wanted in any application that is used outside one's own computer without having to manually set them.

        Guess I have some checking to do sometime....
        Mike
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        It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
        It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
        Henry David Thoreau
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          Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

          Originally posted by MikeC View Post
          Andrea,
          I REALLY was hoping your were incorrect in this as it makes no sense then to even have this as a preference for many applications. I did some testing and it is only used ON the computer it is chosen for---it does NOT get transferred via an install for a runtime either which I assumed incorrectly that it would. I would guess that this applies to all the settings then that can be changed...which some (hope all) should be able to be changed by xbasic so that runtimes can have the settings wanted in any application that is used outside one's own computer without having to manually set them.

          Guess I have some checking to do sometime....
          I have a feeling this is something you can probably set via Xbasic in the startup file... if it isn't already, then it SHOULD be :)

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            Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

            The autoexec could be used where xbasic would write to the registry where most likely these are entered ...but I did find this in the help

            http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...l/Settings.htm

            But do seem to remember a thread regarding the .view_settings.dbf and that it was not required .......

            Still checking this out but can't for a while now....later...
            Mike
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            It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
            It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
            Henry David Thoreau
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              Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

              Hi again....I couldn't leave with this unanswered!! :)

              http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...r_settings.htm

              Finding the above in the help I was able to easily set the "pre-calculate record count" using xbasic:
              Code:
               
'initialize the UserSettings variable
UserSettings.dummy = ""
:registry.LOAD_SETTINGS("preferences",UserSettings)
UserSettings.Reports.Pre_calc_Record_Count = "Yes"
:registry.SAVE_SETTINGS("preferences",UserSettings)
              All the settings can be set using this method.
              This could easily be used in the autoexec script, on a form's field to maybe have it equal a value in a table if maybe different users wanted different settings, or....
              Mike
              __________________________________________
              It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
              It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
              Henry David Thoreau
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                Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

                I note there are 2 (preferences and init) - are there any more?

                UserSettings.dummy = ""
                :registry.LOAD_SETTINGS("preferences",UserSettings)
                :registry.LOAD_SETTINGS("init",UserSettings)

                with these 2, looks like with a bit of work one could easily set all the users settings in the autoexec, and maybe keep track of it, so it only ran once, and then maybe a function in a utilities menu to reset
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                  Re: What is easist way to show user message in report

                  Martin,
                  Anything that is located in the registry for Alpha is fair game here I believe--just pick one and choose.
                  For instance I just used this--

                  Code:
                   
UserSettings.dummy = ""
:registry.LOAD_SETTINGS("A5_System_Fonts",UserSettings)
UserSettings.auto_help.font="Tahoma,6"
:registry.SAVE_SETTINGS("A5_System_Fonts",UserSettings)
                  and it changed the font from 10 to 6.
                  Mike
                  __________________________________________
                  It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
                  It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
                  Henry David Thoreau
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