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Adding a Report to a Custom Reports by User
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17/04/2024 14:42:49
Lutz Scheffler
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Menus & Menu designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01687873
Message ID:
01687874
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46
>Hi,
>
>My app has many (100+) reports. There are all in the main menu Reports -> Reports Group A, Reports Group B, and so one. Under each Group there is a list or reports. Users are lost or do not know where to look for this or that report.
>Plus, the users - mostly - use one to 5 reports on the regular basis.
>I would like to allow them to add certain reports to a short menu list (let's call it Custom Reports). The way I envision it, a user would grab a report and drop it on the Custom Reports. Or, if necessary, delete a report from the Custom Reports list. All of the previous should be done at run time, by a user.
>
>Is it possible? If yes, how?
>
>TIA

Hi Dimitry,

Well, think different. Or better, normal - for a VFP guy.
Do not use a menu - menu is good for not much more then 10 items, and two levels. Anything more is a pain.
But hey, we have VFP! And tables! So why do you not store your reports (frx, name, entry point to data generation, groups and a priority) to a table like any other table, allow to user to alter certain fields, add, delete and let the user sort and filter and finally select the report from the table? Edit: From a grid.

One could go much farther, but I keep it simple. ;)

Lutz
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