Re: Power Objects

From: Kári Poulsen <kapo_at_olivant.fo>
Date: 1996/07/27
Message-ID: <01ba5baf$0fb90ca0$11ebb6c2_at_default>#1/1


Konstantinos Agouros <elwood_at_rumba.m.isar.de> wrote in article <1996Jul25.192740.521_at_rumba.m.isar.de>...
> Hi,
>
> is it possible to do textfields with multiple line that adapt in
> size to the number of lines the record has in a report in
> Power Objects 1.0?
>
> Konstantin
>
> --
> Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blues. Internet:
 elwood_at_rumba.m.isar.de
> Otkerstr. 28, 81547 Muenchen, Germany. Tel +49 89 69370185
>


> "Treason, like beauty, lies in the eye of the beholder." Garak
>

We've had the same problem. Since reporting is such a pain in OPO we did this:

Make a temporary table which holds one line of text, and use this in your report.

Basically, use 3 columns. #1 for userid or sessionid (ie. if you have several users), #1 for numbering
the lines and use 'orderby' property on this. #3 column holds the text line.

Seems a little messy, but it works.

BTW beware on how to split the multiline text, you know qutes and such..

BTW BTW: For most of our reports we ended up doing them manuallly, ie. building an OS file and
printing this thru an editor (RTF & Wordpad on Windows 95). Talk about workaround!!

Happy computing Received on Sat Jul 27 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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