Advanced Reporting
Purpose: |
Print an advanced report created with the Report Designer utility. Tables used by the report should be opened, sorted and queried if needed prior to printing. To view a report prior to printing, see dbpPreviewReport. |
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Category: |
Advanced Reporting |
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Syntax: |
dbpPrintReport "database id" "report file" "options" database id The name assigned to the database. This parameter may be left blank when printing reports that do not contain any database elements. report file The name of the file containing the report to be printed. Report files can be created and edited using the Report Designer utility. options This is a compound parameter and can contain any combination of the following items:
Separate multiple items in a compound variable with semicolons (;). Unneeded items can be omitted. |
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Example: |
dbpPrintReport "AddrBook" "SampleReport.dbr" "PrintDialog=Yes" |
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SQL Equivalent: |
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Purpose: |
Preview an optionally print an advanced report created with the Report Designer utility. Tables used by the report should be opened, sorted and queried if needed prior to previewing. The preview screen's interface can be customized using the dbpTranslatePreviewHints action. To print a report without previewing, see dbpPrintReport. |
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Advanced Reporting |
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Syntax: |
dbpPreviewReport "database id" "report file" "options" database id The name assigned to the database. This parameter may be left blank when printing reports that do not contain any database elements. report file The name of the file containing the report to be printed. Report files can be created and edited using the Report Designer utility. options This is a compound parameter and can contain any combination of the following items:
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Example: |
dbpPreviewReport "AddrBook" "SampleReport.dbr" "DisplayMode=FacingPages" |
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SQL Equivalent: |
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Purpose: |
Customize or translate the hints and text used by dbpPreviewReport's preview screen. |
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Category: |
Advanced Reporting |
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Syntax: |
dbpSetPreviewHints "hints" hints This is a compound parameter and can contain any combination of the following items:
Separate multiple items in a compound variable with semicolons (;). Unneeded items can be omitted. |
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Example: |
The following will translate the preview screen's title and page number indicator into Spanish: dbpSetPreviewHints "Title=Divulgue La Inspección previo;Page=Página" |
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SQL Equivalent: |
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