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15/12/2006 21:05:32
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01178103
Message ID:
01178240
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>OK, I see.
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>The detail band has an "On entry" expression, perhaps here you can invoke a function that increments a variable for every record. I guess this would be separate for each of the two detail bands.
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>Similarly, a report field has a "Print When..." condition, where, of course, you might invoke any function.
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>Provided the "Calculations" by itself (in the individual field, in a detail band) isn't enough.
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>Otherwise, it is starting to get a little awkward.
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>On the other hand, one thing I have been doing for a long time is prepare all the data (cursors) beforehand, especially data that is complicated to get through the report. For instance, you might loop through a R/W cursor, and increment a separate summary field.
I have never used On Entry expression, so I will have to look for it (actually the first shot at finding it in VFP 9 help not successful).
As to your last paragraph, of preparing cursor beforehand is what I mentioned in one of my messages. That would be creating a third cursor for storing the SUM values.
Again, thank you for your help (especially on Friday night when most people rest <g>).
>OK, I see.
>
>The detail band has an "On entry" expression, perhaps here you can invoke a function that increments a variable for every record. I guess this would be separate for each of the two detail bands.
>
>Similarly, a report field has a "Print When..." condition, where, of course, you might invoke any function.
>
>Provided the "Calculations" by itself (in the individual field, in a detail band) isn't enough.
>
>Otherwise, it is starting to get a little awkward.
>
>On the other hand, one thing I have been doing for a long time is prepare all the data (cursors) beforehand, especially data that is complicated to get through the report. For instance, you might loop through a R/W cursor, and increment a separate summary field.
I have never used On Entry expression, so I will have to look for it (actually the first shot at finding it in VFP 9 help not successful).
As to your last paragraph, of preparing cursor beforehand is what I mentioned in one of my messages. That would be creating a third cursor for storing the SUM values.
Again, thank you for your help (especially on Friday night when most people rest <g>).
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"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." W.Somerset Maugham