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Creating reports? - got any good ideas?

  • November 5, 2016
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Dominique Sacre
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Hi all,

How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

Regards, Linden

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    Claude Greiner
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    • November 5, 2016

    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

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    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thank you for your suggestion greiner.

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thank you for your suggestion greiner.

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thank you for your suggestion greiner.

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

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    Kevin

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thanks Kevin

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    • Anonymous
    • November 7, 2016

    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    We here use Crystal Reports for Visual Studio, serves us very well!

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thanks WPita_MMSIS, useful to hear what people are using. Regards, Linden

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thanks WPita_MMSIS, useful to hear what people are using. Regards, Linden

    Dominique Sacre
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    Hi all,

    How to simplify the user experience re. generating, viewing and printing reports in a Windows environment?

    Currently I display report output in an MF Dialog system window and have a [print] button to print using various MF COBOL routines, PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT, PC_PRINTER_SET_FONT etc. The reports are basic using fixed-spaced characters to force column alignment. They look old-fashioned and text is small.

    HOW DO YOU PRINT from Visual COBOL?

    I'm wondering about launching a browser to handle the print so users can re-size, use browser's print / pdf-export etc. Any thoughts?

    I'm about to switch to MYSQL - perhaps you use a tool that reports from MYSQL directly?

    ANY THOUGHTS WELCOME.

    Regards, Linden

    Thanks WPita_MMSIS, useful to hear what people are using. Regards, Linden

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