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    Write Structure to File.

    Hi All,

    I have A5 Doc and can print out a file structure, what I would also like to do is save it as text file.

    Is there a function to do this?
    Regards
    Keith Hubert
    Alpha Guild Member
    London.
    KHDB Management Systems
    Skype = keith.hubert


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

    #2
    Re: Write Structure to File.

    Keith, it's easy enough to save an image or pdf file from the print preview of the A5 Doc file using 3rd party tools. I don't know of a single function that can create a "text" file, but it wouldn't be that difficult to create one in xbasic.

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      #3
      Re: Write Structure to File.

      Hi Tom,

      I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult in xbasic if one knew which functions to work with to read the DBF structure and write to a text file. The same as A5 Doc does but not printing it as a report.
      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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        #4
        Re: Write Structure to File.

        Keith

        look at

        http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...INFO_GET().htm


        or

        http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...NFO_DUMP().htm


        Still have to get that into a text file

        Tom Baker

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          #5
          Re: Write Structure to File.

          Right, Tom. And the "File" functions will do that nicely.

          -- tom

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            #6
            Re: Write Structure to File.

            Here is little code to help

            Code:
            dim tbl as p
            tbl=table.open("yourtablename")
            dim struct as c
            struct=tbl.Field_Info_Dump("n,t,W")
            tbl.close()
            'msgbox("",struct)
            dim foo as c
            dim fp as p
            dim ln1 as n =20 'this is the length of first column in text
            
            fp=file.create("c:\testingfp2.txt",FILE_RW_EXCLUSIVE) 'this would be the name of your text file
            
            for each foo in struct
            	n1=word(foo.value,1,",")
            	
            	padout=20-len(n1)
            	n1=n1+space(padout)
            	n2=word(foo.value,2,",")+space(2)
            	n3=word(foo.value,3,",")
            	select						'this allow for space for the length of the type field from 1 to 3 spaces 
            	    case len(n3)=1
            	    	n3=space(2)+n3
            	    case len(n3)=2
            	    	n3=space(1)+n3
            	    case else
            	    	n3=n3
            	end select
            	
            	
            	fp.write_line(n1+n2+n3)
            next
            Just need to format the foo.value before writing to the file to make it easier to read.

            Tom Baker

            edit:changed the coding to allow for formatting the text file structure
            Last edited by Tbaker; 09-11-2010, 01:00 PM. Reason: change the coding

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              #7
              Re: Write Structure to File.

              Hi Tom,

              Thanks for that.

              That is just what I was looking for.
              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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                #8
                Re: Write Structure to File.

                Originally posted by Keith Hubert View Post
                I have A5 Doc and can print out a file structure, what I would also like to do is save it as text file.
                The easiest way is to open up the structure dialog, highlight, copy &paste into notepad or whatever,
                Peter
                AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                [email protected]
                https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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                  #9
                  Re: Write Structure to File.

                  It's not an "official" page yet because I still have a lot of videos to create but take a look at the "App Basics" video on this page that shows (or will show) how each of my AIMS Grab Bag routines are used. I started building videos because some of the routines are very hard to explain adequately in writing. The output from the App Basics routine is more basic (surprise, surprise) than what A5Doc does - it isn't as fancy or as complete but it's fast, relatively easy to print, and may meet your needs.
                  Last edited by CALocklin; 09-11-2010, 02:35 PM.

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                    #10
                    Re: Write Structure to File.

                    Keith

                    To make it easier I wrote a function

                    Dump_tbl_structure()

                    Code:
                    FUNCTION dump_tbl_structure AS L (Tablename AS C)
                    
                    dim pt as c
                    dim tbl as p
                    dim hdr_txt as c
                    dim struct as c
                    pt=a5.Get_Path()
                    
                    hdr_txt=upper(Tablename)+"->Table Structure"+crlf()+chr_multi(45,25)+crlf()
                    
                    Tablename=pt+chr(92)+Tablename
                    txt_file=Tablename+"_tbl_structure.txt"
                    
                    tbl=table.open(Tablename)
                    
                    struct=tbl.Field_Info_Dump("n,t,W")
                    tbl.close()
                    
                    dim foo as c
                    dim fp as p
                    dim ln1 as n =20 'this is the length of first column in text
                    
                    fp=file.create(txt_file,FILE_RW_EXCLUSIVE) 'this would be the name of your text file
                    fp.write_line(hdr_txt)
                    for each foo in struct
                    	n1=word(foo.value,1,",")
                    	
                    	padout=20-len(n1)
                    	n1=n1+space(padout)
                    	n2=word(foo.value,2,",")+space(2)
                    	n3=word(foo.value,3,",")
                    	select						'this allow for space for the length of the type field from 1 to 3 spaces 
                    	    case len(n3)=1
                    	    	n3=space(2)+n3
                    	    case len(n3)=2
                    	    	n3=space(1)+n3
                    	    case else
                    	    	n3=n3
                    	end select
                    	
                    	
                    	fp.write_line(n1+n2+n3)
                    next
                    
                    END FUNCTION
                    It takes one parameter, that is the name of the table you want to send the structure to a text. I have attached a zip file with the text that you can import to your code tab and will put the dump_tbl_structure() function on the code tab of your app. It will get the path of the tablename and then break the structure down and format it to a text file in the folder of your app.

                    For instance dump_tbl_structure("ABC") will dump the table structure to a text file name ABC_tbl_structure.txt.

                    The function used tablename as its imput so you use control down arrow to get the names of the tables in the current app.

                    Tom Baker

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                      #11
                      Re: Write Structure to File.

                      Originally posted by Peter.Greulich View Post
                      The easiest way is to open up the structure dialog, highlight, copy &paste into notepad or whatever,
                      Peter,

                      I remember an estafette in XDialog about the structure of a table/tables.
                      You were one of the participants.
                      Can you please point us to that thread?

                      I think this is usable and easy to adopt for a txtfile

                      Ton
                      Most things are simple but unfortunately only after the first time

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                        #12
                        Re: Write Structure to File.

                        Originally posted by Ton Spies View Post
                        You were one of the participants.
                        Can you please point us to that thread?
                        Hi Ton,

                        Sorry, I don't remember at all.
                        Peter
                        AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                        [email protected]
                        https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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                          #13
                          Re: Write Structure to File.

                          Tom,

                          Thank you so much for that script, that was very kind of you and is very much appreciated.
                          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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                            #14
                            Write Structure to File for Keith

                            Originally posted by Peter.Greulich View Post
                            Hi Ton,

                            Sorry, I don't remember at all.
                            Searched for it in V9 and could not find it because its in the code archive

                            http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ad.php?t=79628

                            This thread was started by Chris Hawkes (with code from Mike Wilson, Cal Locklin, Lenny Forziati, & Andy Dibble) with improvements by Chris and Peter.


                            Something for you Keith?



                            Ton
                            Most things are simple but unfortunately only after the first time

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                              #15
                              Re: Write Structure to File.

                              To All:
                              here was my version
                              I added Forms and reports and sets

                              Thanks cal for your help

                              Charlie Crimmel

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