Jan, Thanks for your reply! I have been ill for the past two weeks. As soon as I feel better I will take a look at your suggestions. This is the first time I looked at my e-mail for two days. If I have further question, I will e-mail you.
Thanks again! Jan Schenkel wrote: > > My apologies for the late reply, Charles - I was (foolishly) relying on > the RSS feature to tell me if a new post had been placed onto the forum, > and for some reason Safari didn't pick it up. And I left my Yahoo mail > unread for about a week, so I didn't catch this post until this morning. > > First of all, your reports are simply a different representation of the > same data as in your stacks (or any other data source.) So your job as > report designer is to provide a layout that the reprt engine can 'pour' > the data into. > > You can use revTalk expressions to determine the content of data fields > and whether or not certain report items are to be printed. > Unfortunately, checkboxes are not in the toolbar, so you'll have to mimick > them somehow. Two ideas spring to mind: referenced images or some > graphics, in either case overlapping and with mutually exclusive printing > conditions. > As for printing in bold those checkboxes that are checked, again use two > overlapping label fields, one in plain and the other in bold text; and > apply the same mutually exclusive printing conditions. > See the example 'printing with stacks' for an example of two label fields > which are printed based on the 'mark' property of the current card. > > Which brings me to the last part of the question: if your stack has > multiple cards, you decide which cards are used in the report (see the > examples and the manual for different card range options) - the report > engine will then go to each card and evaluate the data field expressions > and printing conditions within the context of that card as it builds the > report. > > Hopefully this clarifies things somewhat - if you have more questions or > remarks do not hesitate to contact me. > > Best regards, > > Jan Schenkel > ===== > Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution > <http://www.quartam.com> > > ===== > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." > (La Rochefoucauld) > > > --- On Mon, 10/12/09, Charles Szasz <csz...@mac.com> wrote: > >> From: Charles Szasz <csz...@mac.com> >> Subject: Quartam Reports questions >> To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 10:35 AM >> >> I have run into some problem using groups and checkboxes in >> Quartam Reports. >> I could not any solutions in Quartam Reports documentation. >> I also posted my >> questions at the Quartam Community web site but have >> received no responses >> to my questions. >> >> I have a card with 18 checkboxes, which represent >> recommendations. Which is >> one of the following is feasible? >> >> 1. Can Quartam Reports print only the recommendations that >> have been >> checked? >> >> 2. Can Quartam Reports print all of the checkboxes but >> print in bold the >> checkboxes that have been checked ? >> >> My second problem: I have a first name field, a last name >> field, grade, >> school and birth date fields. The fields are grouped into >> one group named >> group "info". The group is utilized as a background so they >> can be used on >> multiple cards. How do I script to have the group printed >> in Quartam Reports >> so they can be printed on one card? >> >> Thanks for your time! >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Quartam-Reports-questions-tp25860024p25860024.html >> Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage >> your subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Quartam-Reports-questions-tp25860024p25913146.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
