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I have a fex that presently runs three fexes, one after another. [ EX CAR1 -* EX CAR2 -* EX CAR3 -RUN ] It is great, but I want to have it display the each report in its own page, instead of each report stacked one atop the other in a single page. I think I have to do some html (like windows with target="_blank" or Target="_top") here, but may be not. Thanks!  Tomsweb WebFOCUS 8.1.05M, 8.2.x APP Studio, Developer Studio, InfoAssist, Dashboards, charts & reports Apache Tomcat/8.0.36 | ||
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Is this a compound report? If so, leave out NOBREAK.
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No it is not a compound report. In the old maneframe (a horse joke) days, we could stack a bunch of focexecs to run from a REXX exec. I want the first report to be displayed in its own window. From there you could print and exit, or exit the window w/o printing. Then the 2nd report would be displayed in that window. On and On ... Tomsweb WebFOCUS 8.1.05M, 8.2.x APP Studio, Developer Studio, InfoAssist, Dashboards, charts & reports Apache Tomcat/8.0.36 | |||
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What is your output format? If you have the option, I would recommend using PDF and the compound report leaving out NOBREAK. Pat WF 7.6.8, AIX, AS400, NT AS400 FOCUS, AIX FOCUS, Oracle, DB2, JDE, Lotus Notes | |||
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WebFOCUS, being Web, is by default a disconnected state. I think you have two options. 1. As you said, do HTML, you have many options here, use -HTMLFORM and place the report in DIV or SPAN objects, and place them on the form. You could also start an HTML page that runs all three reports by opening to different targets. 2. Create the first report to have a, say Next, button that runs the second report and so on. You will need javascript to do this though. | |||
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Waz, I thought about that or using an IFRAME, but if I understand it, it is more a matter of printing one report and not the others than displaying one report at a time. Tom, If you are doing this in one of the new version, PDF layout painter may give you what you want. I haven't had the opportunity to work with it and it isn't available in 5.3.3. Check it out. Pat WF 7.6.8, AIX, AS400, NT AS400 FOCUS, AIX FOCUS, Oracle, DB2, JDE, Lotus Notes | |||
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Tom, What output format do you want to use? If HTML then you could add a control button at the bottom of the HTML page that launches the next report into the current window (or a new one). If it is PDF then you could go with Pat's iframe thoughts as the printer icon will be available in the iframe, or use the same idea and have a hyperlink in the footer to launch the next report. If the end user may print the then this is the better format imho. If Excel then, again, a hyperlink in the footer might be an option. T
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I think the concept of an HTML page with an Iframe may be the best way to go. Have a scriptin the HTML page that Shows the first report (In PDF, for printing), then have a button on the page to call the next report into the Iframe. You may also want to just run a PDF report with a drilldown on it some where, then link to the next report. How do drilldown links in PDF look when they are printed ??, I haven't printed a link before. Waz...
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Thanks Waz, I got this crazy image of a printed link that said "NEXT REPORT" and the user sitting there pushing it with his finger. Pat WF 7.6.8, AIX, AS400, NT AS400 FOCUS, AIX FOCUS, Oracle, DB2, JDE, Lotus Notes | |||
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Pat, If only we had interactive printed reports.  Waz...
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omg, Think of the security issues! Pat WF 7.6.8, AIX, AS400, NT AS400 FOCUS, AIX FOCUS, Oracle, DB2, JDE, Lotus Notes | |||
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Just add a thumb scanner Waz...
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