Re: 4GL Reports to user defined file

Posted in 1992

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Sat, 25 Jan 92 08:45:42 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!qualix!style!mhaynes From: mhaynes@qualix.com (Mel Haynes) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1992Jan24.154627.18095@qualix.com> Date: 24 Jan 92 15:46:27 GMT References: <1992Jan23.194151.21508@uwm.edu> Sender: usenet@qualix.com Reply-To: mhaynes@qualix.com Organization: QUALiX Group, Inc. Try declaring a variable such as ReportTo. Then use: START REPORT TO StartTo This variable can be a string containing "lpr" or a disk file or anyplace you want to send it. Another cute trick is START REPORT TO PIPE ReportTo This allows you to pipe it thru a troff filter or any such thing. Hope it helps. In article 21508@uwm.edu, peter@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes: >I am running INFORMIX 4GL Version 1.10.03J/2.10.03J on >and AT&T 386WGS under AT&T SYS V Release 3.2.1 > >I would like to have my 4gl reports print out >to a file specified by the user. Not hard coded >like: > > OUTPUT TO "file" > >I want file to be whatever the user enters, within reason. >I have checked the 4GL manual I tried everything I could >think of, to no avail. Any ideas? > >Thanks >Peter >(peter@miller.cs.uwm.edu) > >P.S. >Yes I know Informix release 4.0 is out, but I just have >not had the time to install it. And now is not the time. >-- >============================================================================== >Peter J. Diaz de Leon ARPA: peter@miller.cs.uwm.edu >Emergency Management Systems "Its who we are, its what we do." >330 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 730