I appreciate the attempt. I am not really a PB guy, so maybe some additional information would help.
The application was ported to .NET and the reports are stored in a .PBL/.PBD on the server. It is a third-party app so I don't have access to source; the only thing I have access to is the...
So.. after some additional experimentation, I have proven to myself that the formulas do indeed work based on page() and pageCount() in that I can make text appear in different places and in different text-box sizes based on the values of the page() and pageCount() functions.
The frustrating...
This couldn't have anything to do with the fact that it generates a PDF instead of sending it directly to a printer, could it?
Is it possible to embed the control sequence for PDF/PS?
TIA
Unfortunately it's not possible to change the application to do so, so I'm stuck with playing with the report that it calls. Basically the report dumps the data twice using two Groupings.
I put a computed field at the bottom of the page with the following formulas for controlling visibility...
I should probably have mentioned that I tried putting a computed field at the top of the report header with the formula
IF(report_for='MERCHANT' AND page()=1 AND mod(pageCount(),2)=1,'~f',string(page()))
I put the 'string(page())' in for testing to make sure that I was getting *something*...
Hi All...
I am trying to print duplex reports using PB 10.0. but can't figure out how to get the second "copy" to start on a fresh page.
Basically, I have a single report that contains a customer copy and a merchant copy. The printer is set to duplex print all documents that hit it (don't ask)...
Hi All,
Is it possible to specify a timeout within a PowerBuilder report?
Basically, we have a .NET application that calls a PB control that runs a custom report. The report itself has a couple of report windows also. One of the subwindows runs a query that takes anywhere from 2s - 120s to...
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