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WARNING: Only users of Clarion Professional Developer and Report
Writer(tm) will be able to benefit from the files included in
this .zip file.
PURPOSE: To call Report Writer(tm) reports from Designer
applications.
FILES INCLUDED:
BBSBASE.DAT - Sample data file
MPBBSDB.DEF - Report Writer database definition file
README.DOC - File you are now reading
REPORTS.DAT - Data file for report definitions
REPORTS.K01 - Key file for report definitions
RWS.HLP - Sample help to include in designer app
RWSHELL.APP - Application file for designer
RWSRPT1.DEF - Report Writer report definition file
DISTRIBUTION: Feel free to copy, modify, include, exclude, any
and all ideas in the rwshell.app file. I take NO responsibility
for the huge amounts of new dollars you'll be making utilizing
ideas that have come from at least 4 different sources.
After reviewing the RW_IN_DE.ZIP file I downloaded from Clarionet
(Clarion Software Corporation's BBS) for calling Report
Writer(tm) Reports from Designer applications, I still felt a few
things were missing since everything was combined (definitions
and printing) on one screen. Course, the techs at Clarion aren't
supposed to do all our homework (except for those HIGH designing
fees - smile), so here is an alternative.
RW Shell
EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Clarion Professional Developer
Report Writer(tm)
AND all your favourite computer
equipment to run the above.
CREDITS:
Paul, Tech 22, Clarion Software Corporation
Cynthia Marr
Sam, Diversified Technology Solutions
Myself, Dave Troxell, Encourager Software
OBJECTIVES:
1. Let the user choose printing to the printer, disk, or to
the screen.
2. Have a separate screen for report definitions, so that
end-users wouldn't have to look at report definitions by
accident.
After reading Sam and Cynthia's tips, and starting with Paul's
basic .app from RW_IN_DE.ZIP, I developed the rwshell.app with
the criteria I had in mind. I've included some help screens that
will at least give you a start on developing some of your own.
Lots of room for improvement, but I'd like to think that Paul had
something similiar in mind when he gave us a good starting point.
Page 2
Here's Paul's original readme.doc for the advantages of using
such a design.
Integrating Report Writer With Designer
This application allows you as a developer a quick and easy way
to integrate Report Writer reports into designer. A few
advantages of using Report Writer from within an application are:
1. Adding a new report to an existing application does not
mean you will need to re-gen code, re-compile, and
re-translate. All you need to do is create the report
and database defs in Report Writer and then copy them on
to the Clients computer. No more finding out that after
you add the new report that you've run out of memory !
2. No more duplicate app files because one client wants
REPORT_A and and another client wants REPORT_B.
3. The advantage and ease of using a pick list of reports.
To intregrate this w/ your apps all you need to do is use the
CTRL-G option in Designer and copy each procedure into you app.
Also use CTRL-G to copy the file definition from this
application.
CLOSING REMARKS:
My thanks to all for contributing their ideas, and, of course, to
Clarion Software Corporation for their award winning products.
I'll be available through the following BBS's for additional
comments or questions.
Clarionet - User Name - DaveT
Exec-PC - User Name - Dave Troxell (414) 789-4210
Conference: Office Software Topic: Database
(registered users only)
or at the following address:
Encourager Software
PO Box 1060
Highland City, FL 33846-1060
Clarion and Professional Developer are trademarks of Clarion
Software Corporation.
Report Writer is a registered trademark of Clarion Software
Corporation.