Hi,
I am trying to create a compound PDF report that has a variable number of reports.
The inclusion/exclusion of a given report can be determined before the compound report is 'opened'. (SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF") But I don't want to create a compound report for every possible combination. (9 reports and you can guess how many iterations that would be.)
Dialogue manager doesn't appear to work within the
"COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF"
and the corresponding "END" statement.
If that's incorrect, please correct me! If you have another solution, I would LOVE to hear it.
Thanks!
Marilyn

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Dialog manager works fine throughout compound reports. What problem are you experiencing with DM?

Make sure that you always have an open and close as active (executable) lines in your final executable code.

I am posting the method I am using. Perhaps I should use another method?

  
SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
UNITS=IN, $
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='0.5^0.5^0.5^0.5^1', MERGE=OFF, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, PAGESIZE=Letter,  $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Page layout 1', text='Page layout 1', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='graph1', TEXT='graph1',   TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.521 1.875), DIMENSION=(5.0 3.0), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 5.00in; HEIGHT: 3.00in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 0.625in; LEFT: 0.521in', $
COMPONENT='report1', TEXT='report1', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(5.521 1.785), DIMENSION=(4.75 4.5), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 5.25in; HEIGHT: 3.50in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 1.525in; LEFT: 4.272in', $
OBJECT=STRING, TEXT='Page <ibi-page-number/>',  MARKUP=ON, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=8, TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(10 8.0), DIMENSION=(.75 .25) ,$

PAGELAYOUT=2, NAME='Page layout 2', text='Page layout 2', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
OBJECT=STRING, TEXT='Multiple Measurement System Summary', MARKUP=ON, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=18 STYLE=BOLD TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(3.5 .75), COLOR='BLACK', $
COMPONENT='report2', TEXT='report2', TOC-LEVEL=2,
POSITION=(0.521 1.25), DIMENSION=(10.50 7.00), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 7.00in; HEIGHT: 4.00in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 6.725in; LEFT: 0.521in', $
OBJECT=STRING, TEXT='Page <ibi-page-number/>',  MARKUP=ON, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=8, TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(10 8.0), DIMENSION=(.75 .25) ,$

-FMTPROF
-IF '&GET_PROF.EVAL' EQ '' GOTO FMTGROW;
-*-* Proficiency
PAGELAYOUT=3, NAME='Page layout 3', text='Page layout 3', ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.25,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report3', TEXT='report3', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.624 0.624), DIMENSION=(* *), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 6.171in; HEIGHT: 4.274in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 0.624in; LEFT: 0.624in', $

-FMTGROW
-IF '&GET_GROW.EVAL' EQ '' GOTO FMTAGAP;
-*-* Growth
PAGELAYOUT=4, NAME='Page layout 4', text='Page layout 4', ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report4', TEXT='report4', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.624 0.624), DIMENSION=(* *), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 6.042in; HEIGHT: 6.974in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 0.624in; LEFT: 0.624in', $
OBJECT=STRING, TEXT='Page <ibi-page-number/>',  MARKUP=ON, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=8, TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(10 8.0), DIMENSION=(.75 .25) ,$
-*
-FMTAGAP
-IF '&GET_AGAP.EVAL' EQ '' GOTO FMTAGAP;
-*-* Achievement Gap Reduction
PAGELAYOUT=5, NAME='Page layout 5', text='Page layout 5', ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report5', TEXT='report5', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.624 0.624), DIMENSION=(* *), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 6.042in; HEIGHT: 6.974in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 0.624in; LEFT: 0.624in', $
OBJECT=STRING, TEXT='Page <ibi-page-number/>',  MARKUP=ON, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=8, TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(10 8.0), DIMENSION=(.75 .25) ,$
-*
-FMTGRAD
-IF '&GET_GRAD.EVAL' EQ '' GOTO GETINCL;
-*-*Graduation
PAGELAYOUT=6, NAME='Page layout 6', text='Page layout 6', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE,', $
COMPONENT='report6', TEXT='report6', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.624 0.624), DIMENSION=(* *), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 6.042in; HEIGHT: 6.974in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 0.624in; LEFT: 0.624in', $
OBJECT=STRING, TEXT='Page <ibi-page-number/>',  MARKUP=ON, FONT=ARIAL, SIZE=8, TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(10 8.0), DIMENSION=(.75 .25) ,$

-GETINCL

END
-*
SET COMPONENT='graph1'
-*component_type graph
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_summary_chart.fex
-RUN
SET COMPONENT='report1'
-*-*component_type report
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_summary_dynamic_notes.fex
-RUN
-*component_type report
SET COMPONENT='report2'
-*component_type graph
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_summary.fex
-RUN
-IF '&GET_PROF' EQ '' GOTO GETGROW;
SET COMPONENT='report3'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_detail_proficiency.fex
-RUN
-GETGROW
-IF '&GET_GROW' EQ '' GOTO GETAGAP;
SET COMPONENT='report4'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_detail_growth.fex
-RUN
-GETAGAP
-IF '&GET_AGAP' EQ '' GOTO GETGRAP;
SET COMPONENT='report5'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_detail_gapreduction1.fex
-RUN

-GETGRAD
-IF '&GET_GRAD' EQ '' GOTO GETDONE;
SET COMPONENT='report6'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_detail_graduation.fex
-RUN

-GETDONE
COMPOUND END

When I try this, I get small blank pages for all the PDF reports, if one is missing (I intended the GOTO to handle this.
[I took out some string objects and images to protect the innocent. Hopefully I haven't taken out anything relevant.]

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quote:

-FMTAGAP
-IF '&GET_AGAP.EVAL' EQ '' GOTO FMTAGAP;

This could create an infinite loop

quote:

-GETAGAP
-IF '&GET_AGAP' EQ '' GOTO GETGRAP;
SET COMPONENT='report5'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE mdea_mmr_domain_detail_gapreduction1.fex
-RUN

-GETGRAD

Doesn't your above -IF statement produce an error?

No. It doesn't produce an error. But when I fixed my typo and loop that Danny pointed out, all is well. Thanks for the help!

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