Re: 4gl reports

In article <355731A6.1956@bayer.co.uk>, Peter Lancashire <Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk> wrote: >Amy Cotter wrote: >> >> I'm working on a project that requires reports that are generated using >> Informix 4gl (AIX) to print using user selectable fonts, point sizes, >> compression, orientation, etc ... >> Is there an easier way of doing this? We are currently working with >> printer specific PCL embedded in 4gl code. >I do this by embedding my own short codes in the 4GL report, which pipes >into a filter that translates these into other things, chiefly either >HP's PCL or Microsoft RTF for input into Word. The filter program is >written in lex and a little C. > >Another possible way to do it is via RTF: you write a document in Word >with placeholders where the 4GL output goes. You save this as RTF. you >write an awk script to merge the 4GL output into the RTF in the right >places. Then you read the massaged RTF back into Word for printing. > >Or you could buy a report-writing system. >-- >Peter Lancashire >Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc >Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK >Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 >Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk >--- >My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. >Sorry. >All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. >--- >Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/ www.klg.com has a PageFormatter application for Unix -- Michael J. Kuhn Computer Systems Consultant phone:410-254-7060 Email: mkuhn@csd.clark.net, csd@clark.net mkuhn@rhlab.com c/o Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory, Inc. phone:410-225-9595