Reference Objects in Report

[Auguy]

I'm used to opening and hacking the report files in VFP6 and changing all sorts of things. Is there a way to open and reference a report in VFP9 as an object? Something like

InvoiceForm.Column1.FontBold = .T.

Auguy
Northwest Ohio

 

[bborissov]

Nope, but why you need this?
you have Dynamics in VFP9 SP2

Borislav Borissov
VFP9 SP2, SQL Server 2000/2005.

 

[Auguy]

Thanks, I guess I have some catching up to do. I am still using SP1. Where can I go to read up on Dynamics. What I'm trying to do is alter the report to have between 6 and 10 columns and expand or contract the width of the columns to fill a landscape report and have the column widths as large as possible. In VFP6 I did this by hacking the FRX.

Auguy
Northwest Ohio

 

[DougHennig]

Hi Auguy.

You still need to hack the FRX to do what you want. You can use my report classes (

http://www.stonefield.com/techpap.aspx)

to create a new report using OOP but they don't support modifying existing reports.

Doug

 

[Auguy]

Thanks Doug. I will check those out. I do a lot of hacking on the FRX. I display a pick list of fields and let the user select which fields they want to print. Then I create a copy of the report and set the non-selected fields "Print When" to .F. and left justify the remaining columns so there is a fixed amount of white space between them. I also move the column titles, any summation fields, etc. In some cases I adjust the length of the row shading to match the width of all of the printed fields. There are several reports where there are more fields then there is room for and I have pre-marked some of them to not print. The users know this and select only the fields they need and that will still fit on the width of the page.

Auguy
Northwest Ohio