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Uniface 9: How To Print "Gridlines" From an Entity With Multiple Occurrences

  • November 19, 2018
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Jan Cees Boogaard

How To Print "Gridlines" From an Entity With Multiple Occurrences

Author: kathy.seeman@noris.org (kathseem)

Hi,

I'm running a Uniface form on Client-Server.  The form presents data in a tabular format (kind of like an Excel Spreadsheet, but not in a grid widget).  When printing out the results of the form, we'd like to have gridlines print to allow for easier reading of the data.   Is there any way to do the equivalent of "print gridlines" in Excel, so that lines would print between each row?

We are running Uniface 9.3.02. 

Any help is appreciated!

Kathy

 

 

 

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    Jan Cees Boogaard

    How To Print "Gridlines" From an Entity With Multiple Occurrences

    Author: kathy.seeman@noris.org (kathseem)

    Hi,

    I'm running a Uniface form on Client-Server.  The form presents data in a tabular format (kind of like an Excel Spreadsheet, but not in a grid widget).  When printing out the results of the form, we'd like to have gridlines print to allow for easier reading of the data.   Is there any way to do the equivalent of "print gridlines" in Excel, so that lines would print between each row?

    We are running Uniface 9.3.02. 

    Any help is appreciated!

    Kathy

     

     

     

    on option which does not appear during display:

    specify a breakframe which contains a line

    in the leave printed occurence trigger of the entity, just enter

    printbreak BreakFrameName


    Author: ulrich-merkel (ulrichmerkel@web.de)
    Jan Cees Boogaard

    How To Print "Gridlines" From an Entity With Multiple Occurrences

    Author: kathy.seeman@noris.org (kathseem)

    Hi,

    I'm running a Uniface form on Client-Server.  The form presents data in a tabular format (kind of like an Excel Spreadsheet, but not in a grid widget).  When printing out the results of the form, we'd like to have gridlines print to allow for easier reading of the data.   Is there any way to do the equivalent of "print gridlines" in Excel, so that lines would print between each row?

    We are running Uniface 9.3.02. 

    Any help is appreciated!

    Kathy

     

     

     

    another option which does not need additional lines is the "zebra":

    in each odd occurence ($curocc % 2), change the color to one (expl. yellow which is col=6) which is printed as a light grey with the occurence gets focus trigger:

    if ($printing)
      $fieldvideo ( Field1 ) = "col=6"
      $fieldvideo ( Field2 ) = "col=6"
    endif

    and revert it in the leave printed occurence trigger

      $fieldvideo ( Field1 ) = ""
      $fieldvideo ( Field2 ) = ""

     

    Or you can use the example from the helpfile (which takes much longer to process compared with the hardcoded one): 

    operation MAKE_COLORFUL
variables
   string LIST_OF_FIELDS
   string FIELD
endvariables

LIST_OF_FIELDS = $entinfo($entname, PaintedFields)
while (LIST_OF_FIELDS != "")
   getitem FIELD, LIST_OF_FIELDS, -1
   ; give this field bright colors
   fieldvideo FIELD, "COL=53"
   delitem LIST_OF_FIELDS, -1
endwhile
end

    Author: ulrich-merkel (ulrichmerkel@web.de)

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