FHSWIN - Preparing for Reports (continued)
Report Program Print Form
Main Menu option "Reports/Charts" provides the means to print most reports and charts produced by FHSWIN. For all reports or charts except the "Report Index" the selection of the report for printing will result in the display of the following form:
The "Report:" line identifies the report or chart that was selected to be printed by its 4-letter Report Code and a description. (The list of "Report Codes" are in one of the System Tables.) If the program that actually processes the report is able to also print other related reports, clicking on the little "down-arrow" to the right of the report code will show a list of Report Codes for all of those reports. (In this case the list would include report codes: ARPT, ASUM and ADUP.) You could then choose any of those reports for printing.
The "Setup:" line shows the current Printer/Page Setup. The "drop down" arrow can be used to display a list of all available Printer/Page Setups to allow switching to another. The "Change" button opens a display of the current Printer/Page Setup, allowing you to make changes to individual parameters before "Return"ing to this form.
The "Print to" line allows you to select a "Print" destination of "Screen", "Printer" or "File". Its initial value is the "Dest:" that is in the Printer/Page Setup.
If the "Print to" destination is "Printer" the formatted report will be written directly to the default printer using the Font and Page parameters specified in the Page/Printer Setup. A message will let you know if the Report Width is greater than the Page Width in the Printer/Page Setup. You can go back and make changes that will reduce the Report Width (page orientation, font size, report options, etc) or choose to print it in 2 or more "strips".
If the "Print to" destination is "Screen" the report will be shown on the screen using FHSWVIEW Form.
If the "Print to" destination is "File" then the formatted report will be written to the named ".TXT" file as "plain text", using Page Parameters to format the pages. The output file is placed in the "Reports" folder in the Family File Definition. The "Browse" button can be used to choose a different folder for the output file. The "View" button allows you to see the contents of the file using the Form FHSWVIEW.