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- EXPORTING REFLEX DATA INTO LOTUS 1-2-3 OR SYMPHONY
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- 1. Run REFLEX2.
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- 2. Choose REPORT.
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- 3. Retrieve the REFLEX file that you want to export.
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- 4. Create a Report Design with the following characteristics:
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- A. Every Reflex field that you want exported to Lotus must
- be placed side-by-side on the first row of the Report
- Design.
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- B. Leave a blank space between each Reflex field in the
- Report Design.
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- 5. If you have a Reflex field that has a DATE type and you want
- the date field to be a LOTUS Date field then enter the
- following formula in your Report Design where you would
- normally enter the Reflex Date field.
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- =@DAYSBTWN(@DNULL, DATE) + 1
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- Where 'DATE' is the name of your date field in your REFLEX
- database. This converts your Reflex date into a Julian
- number which is subsequently used by Lotus.
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- 6. Choose VARIABLE WIDTH from the ATTRIBUTE Menu.
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- 7. Select each item on your single row Report Design, press F10
- and choose WIDE AS NEEDED.
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- 8. Choose FORMAT from the ATTRIBUTE Menu.
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- 9. Select each Numeric or Integer field on your single row
- Report Design, press F10 and choose General as the Display
- Format.
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- 10. Choose EXPORT from the ATTRIBUTE Menu.
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- 11. Select each TEXT or REPEATING TEXT item on your Report
- Design, press F10 and choose QUOTES.
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- 12. Choose Change Printer Settings from the Print/File Menu and
- set the following parameters:
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- Output: To Disk File
- Left Margin: 0
- Right Margin: 254
- Top/Bottom Margin: 0
- Print With Page Breaks: No
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- 13. Select the cell next to the 'To Disk File' check box and
- enter a file name. This will be the file that you import
- into Lotus.
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- 14. Select the PRINT box.
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- 15. Exit the Report View.
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- 16. Exit REFLEX2 back to DOS.
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- 17. Make sure the file you created in steps 1 through 14 above
- is located in your default Lotus directory.
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- 18. Run Lotus 1-2-3 or Symphony.
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- 19. Choose the File Command. (If using Symphony, open the
- Services Menu).
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- 20. Choose the Import Command.
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- 21. Choose the Numbers Command. (If using Symphony, choose the
- Structured Command). Lotus will display a list of
- all files in the default directory that have a .PRN file
- name extension. The file you created using the Reflex
- Report View should be listed. If the file is not listed you
- will have to change the Lotus directory and try again.
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- 22. Choose the file. Lotus will read the file into the
- worksheet.
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- 23. Format any Julian number columns into Lotus dates using the
- Lotus Format command.
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- TRICKS/TRAPS
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- If you are exporting records that contain NULL (Blank) values in
- a Numeric, Integer, or Date field you need to add the following
- steps:
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- Do these steps BEFORE completing Steps 1 - 23 above:
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- 1. Run Reflex. Retrieve the database that is going to be
- exported.
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- 2. Choose FIELD & SORT SETTINGS from the RECORDS Menu.
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- 3. Select the Formula Cell for each Integer or Numeric field
- and enter the following:
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- -32767
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- this will cause the number -32767 to display in all Reflex
- records only where a null value had previously displayed.
- Actually any number can be used. If you don't care about
- the difference between the number 0 and a Null or non-
- existent number, you can use 0 instead of -32767. This
- number will serve as a place holder in your export file.
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- 4. Select the Formula Cell for each Date field and enter the
- following:
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- 1/1/00
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- This will cause the date 1/1/00 (or January 1, 1900) to
- display where a null date value displayed before.
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- 5. Save your database to a temporary file name. You will use
- this file in the Reflex Report View to create your export
- file.
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- 6. Follow steps 1- 23 above.
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- Do these steps after completing steps 1 - 23 above:
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- 7. For each column of numbers that has one or more place holder
- values you should delete the values.
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- 8. For each column of dates that has one or more place holder
- values you should delete the values.
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