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Adding a Report to a Custom Reports by User
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21/04/2024 11:22:53
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Menus & Menu designer
Miscellaneous
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01687873
Message ID:
01687914
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>>>>I am sure that the table-based approach would work. But, at this point, I do not want to change the menu in the application.
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>>>You'd have to have a table of all reports and a table of users' short lists, so some way to pick from the big table and add to a personal list is needed, and a way to run any report from it... Sounds like a job for a report launcher form, with just a big listbox and a few buttons (add, remove, run).
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>>As I read Dmitry, he likes to stuck with a menu approach.
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>>I think he needs something to manage the reports - i.o.w. a form - and I would use this as a launcher as well. But users are used to interfaces, and we are not M$ changing the UI on every snow flake.
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>>Possibly he can try a two way approach - create the manage form, later add the launcher capability while creating the menu and later remove the menu.
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>Thank you, both, for your suggestions. I will consider everything.

I think you should combine Dragan & Al:
first make it EASY for each user to identify / find specific report
- description table based in a grid,
- perhaps 2nd window or description field form
add Search option in Reports Menu
Build MRU Menu via tables
allow deletion in MRU Menu

my 0.002 €
thomas
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