Re: Printing from Forms
From: Surfnet <jb_at_icuva.nl>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:56:38 +0200
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Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:56:38 +0200
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Hello Alvaro,
this looks unnessecary complicatied. Why don't you use Oracle Reports?
[Quoted] Regards, Joost
-- Joost Bataille University of Amsterdam ICT centre "Álvaro Palma Aste" <queria_direccion_at_el.perla.invalid> wrote in message news:ac0sbh$4f0$1_at_news.cec.uchile.cl...Received on Sat May 18 2002 - 14:56:38 CEST
> Hi. I´ve developed a form that shows a lot of rows from a table. I
> want that the users may print the data in the form in a formatted
> way. I can generate a file with the data, using text_io, but i
> don´t know how to print this data without opening a text editor. My
> question is:
>
> Is there a way to print a file from forms directly? I even try
> using
>
> host('type file > prn') but this works from DOS, not from Windows.
>
> Is there a form to send the data directly to printer, without
> passing through a file, something like
>
> text_io.put_line(prn,'formatted data here'); like in Pascal?
>
> Thanks a lot for your attention
> --
> Atte.
> Álvaro Palma Aste
> Grupo de Ing. Biomédica
> Depto. de Ing. Eléctrica - U. de Chile