Thanks Doug. What I need is specifically related to using the command QR REPORT
with a prebuilt .4qr file which exports a selection of records to a text file.
I am not at all concerned with where the file is being saved, but what the file
name will be.
I do not see any way to force QR REPORT to bypass the Save As dialogue, or to
set the suggested file name to anything other than My Report.txt.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think what you suggested will work with
QR REPORT to set the file name or to otherwise use the .4qr file such that I
can specify the file name.
John
> On Dec 27, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech
> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
> John:
>
> If it's a beefed up save file dialog, ABM Mac Extras Plugin might be of
> some help on OS X. I'd go with Win32API on Windows.
>
> ABM 1.5.2 is in a system that's running in 12.6. I traded email with
> Matthias in 6/15 about using it in a newer version and he indicated that it
> works in 13. I've used it in preliminary testing in 14.6 and it works OK.
>
> [time passes]
>
> Here's something from the wayback machine:
>
> "Am/On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:57:11 -0700 schrieb/wrote Ed Glassgow:
>
>> I am trying to do something that seems that should be trivial but it
>> doesn't seem to be possible. I am trying to set a default path for
>> saving a document that I am going prompt the user with something like
>> "$theDoc:=Create document("";"txt"). I would like the "Save As" dialog
>> to open showing the contents of a certain folder.
>
> you can use our ABM_MacExtras Plugin for the Mac and Win32API for Windows.
> Let me know, if you're interested and I send you the last UB build.
> We will soon post it on our website.
>
> All the best
>
> Matthias
>
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> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 4:43 PM, John Baughman via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
>> I am executing a report with…
>>
>> QR REPORT([Timesheets];Get 4D folder(Database folder)+"Resources"+Folder
>> separator+"TimeSheetEmployeeExport.4qr”)
>>
>> This works fine, but I want to dictate or at least offer a preset file
>> name to the end user in the save dialogue. Tried various approaches without
>> any success.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> John Baughman
>> Kailua, Hawaii
>> (808) 262-0328
>> john...@hawaii.rr.com
>>
>>
>>
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