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    preview report problem

    I have a table with a number of reports and have a problem with only one of the reports.

    1.) The problem report works on three machines that have A5v9 Pro when signed in as administrator or as the owner of the machine. The report will not run on these machines if signed in as any other person that has permissions to run the report.

    2.) The report will run on all run time machines when signed in as
    administrator.

    3.) The report presents the following error message when attempting to preview the report:

    Script: On push line 22: Report,preview("Previous Days Receipts"), Query.filter, query. order) Improper Character.

    I have tried to rebuild the on push using the genie and the x-basic is the same as the original.

    A similiar error message appears when attempting to print the report.

    The report filter is:

    IF(DOW(date())=2,Q_DATE=date()-3,Q_DATE=date()-1)

    The on push x-basic is:

    'Preview previous day's receipts report.

    query.filter = ""
    query.order = ""



    'Prompt user whether to print, or preview the layout. Set default to Preview
    prompt_result = ui_get_print_or_preview("Preview ")
    If prompt_result = "Print" then

    :Report.Print("Previous Day's Receipts",query.filter,query.order)

    Else if prompt_result = "Preview" then
    :Report.Preview("Previous Day's Receipts",query.filter,query.order)
    End if



    Please help.
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    #2
    Re: preview report problem

    I don't think it is the problem but what happens if you lose the punctuation in the report name. Make it

    "Previous Day Receipts" or
    "Previous Receipts"

    and edit the script to match?
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: preview report problem

      Robert -

      Can you explain your setup a little more in detail? I got confused by your initial comments regarding which computers are having the problem. From the sounds of it, you are able to reproduce this issue on ALL workstations, is this correct?

      You mention that when signed in as "Administrator" or as "Owner" you are able to run the report. Are these user account names for the workstation or are they account names for the A5 built in security? You said that when signed in as "any other person" they generate the error messages that you provided. Is "any other person" signon for the workstation or for the A5 built in security.

      "that has permissions to run the report" from this comment it sounds like you are running the A5 built in security. Otherwise I am not aware of what method you are using to allow or deny access for running a report.


      My first thoughts are a permissions issue with the workstation. I throwing out a wild guess that "Adminstrator" and "Owner" are part of the "administrators" user group for the workstation. The "any other person" is assigned to the "users" user group for the workstation. I would test to see if moving the "any other person" user account to the "administrators" will allow the successful completion of the report.
      Andrew

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        #4
        Re: preview report problem

        Thanks Stan and Andrew.

        I tried changing the name of the report and Alpha made a copy of the original with the new name instead or renaming the original name.

        The newly created report (Previous Days Receipts instead of Previous Day's Receipts) works fine. All I needed to do is select the new form name in the operations genie.

        Again thanks for your help!!

        Bob O.

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