re: printing a report in reports 2.5

From: Phil <phil_at_netfront.net>
Date: 1996/11/04
Message-ID: <327e062c.5833728_at_news.netfront.net>#1/1

 On Sun, 3 Nov 1996 22:42:11 GMT, in comp.databases.oracle you wrote:

>Derin Hildebrandt wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to easily print a record a second time in
>> Reports 2.5?
>>
>> An example of the problem is as follows:
>>
>> Within a system we are developing there is a receipt printing facility.
>> If a duplicate receipt is required, a NUMBER column (DUPLICATES) is set
>> to identify how many duplicates are required.
>>
>> Ideally we'd like to be able to reprint the current record if DUPLICATES
>> > 0, instead of having to flag something on the database and running the
 report again.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Derin Hildebrandt
>> Senior Consultant
>> VELA Information Management Consultants
>> Saskatoon, SK, CANADA
>> 306.668.5214
>> derin_hildebrandt_at_vela.ca
>If I understand you correctly you just want to print a duplicate report.
>You should be able to set your copies parameter at runtime....don't know
>the syntax as I'm at home.

Create a 'parameter form'.
This allows you to specify system and user parameters for the report. .......select the default parameter form from the tools menu. and specify the fields that you want to appear on the form.

philip.

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