Forum - How to tick "Print Dialog" for reports run from other windows

How to tick "Print Dialog" for reports run from other windows

Paul Timms

2019-12-18

If you run a report from the Operations menu of another window, certain RepSpec values are set in HAL. For example, from an Item record, when you run Item Status, RepSpec.f1 is set to the item code.

On report specification windows, there is a Print Dialog checkbox, which is not ticked by default. Is there a way to tick this using HAL, so that printing a report such as Item Status asks which printer to print to?

Swati D.

2019-12-18

Hi Paul

We will get back to you asap
Thanks
Swati

David Delač

2019-12-19

Hi Paul,

This can be done using "RepSpec.JobDf = 1". JobDf being "Print Dialog" checkbox on any RcVc window.

In your example where you are using Operations menu to open Item Status Report you can enable print dialog by adding code above into the function "INStatusINLsm" located in hal/WActions/INVcWAction.hal just before RunReport(RepSpec,0).

Best Regards,
David D.
HansaWorld Support

Paul Timms

2019-12-19

Hi David

Thanks - is there a list of all the special RcVc fields?

Paul

David Delač

2019-12-19

Created byPaul Timms15:23 19 Dec 2019

Hi David Thanks - is there a list of all the special RcVc fields? Paul

Hi Paul,

Please look for "RecordBegin(RcVc,RcType,"rcvc2")" in datadef3.hal

Best Regards,
David D.
HansaWorld Support

Paul Timms

2019-12-19

Hi David

Yes I'm aware of that, but it's not clear which fields can be used when defining windows and which fields are automatically completed by C code. Nor is it clear what they relate to. It would be great to have a list of those fields and what they correspond to if they are automatically completed.

For example, you wouldn't know that JobDf relates to the Print Dialog checkbox, and if you weren't an experienced HAL programmer you wouldn't know that sStartDate and sEndDate are filled in from the Period field.

Thanks

Paul

David Delač

2019-12-20

Hi Paul,

We currently don't have up-to-date documentation for that but we are working on improving how we deliver these information to our partners. If you have any particular fields that you are interested in, please let me know and I can help you with that.

Best Regards,
David D.

Paul Timms

2020-02-24

Hi David

Is there a field which defines Portrait or Landscape?

Thanks

Paul

David Delač

2020-02-25

Hi Paul,

Orientation can be changed by changing RepSpec.PdfOrientf, 0 being portrait and 1 being landscape.

Best Regards,
David D.

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