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- From: tim@src.cppa.utah.edu (Tim Ma)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: Paradox question
- Message-ID: <tim.91.728176711@src.cppa.utah.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 23:18:31 GMT
- References: <mcdonald.693.727814490@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan24.144529.19009@nuscc.nus.sg> <1993Jan27.110322.1326@actrix.gen.nz> <1993Jan27.090537.17710@hellgate.utah.edu>
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- >>> 2) I can Ask to my heart's content and it works fine, but getting a
- >>> report on the result is a pain .. I have to COPY a report type to
- >>> the Answer table by hand every time I create a new Answer .. is there some
- >>> way to make this stick .. I tried copying Answer over an old table to
- >>> which I had already attached a report, but that seems to lose the report
- >>> already attached.
- >>
- >>That's fundamental to the way Paradox works. Forms and reports are
- >>associated with particular tables. Every time you Ask a query, you
- >>create a brand new Answer table, deleting any Answer table that was
- >>sitting in your current working directory.
- >>
- >>The way I worked was, for reports I wanted to produce often, to keep a
- >>second table (I referred to it as a 'skeleton table' but this
- >>terminology is strictly non-standard!) which has exactly the same
- >>structure as the Answer table I wanted to report from, but no data in
- >>it. Use this second table to design reports, forms etc. Every time
- >>you do a query and want to use one of the reports or forms, do a F10
- >>Tools Copy Justfamily "skeleton" "Answer".
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >I believe "Copy" overwrites the table and could hose your reports....it
- >is safer to empty "skeleton", add "answer" "skeleton" from a script ...
- >that way you know exactly what is in the skeleton table at all times.
-
- No, Mary was right. The "JustFamily" option will copy only the forms,
- reports, validity checks, etc. Everything except the data in the
- the "skeleton" table will be copied.
-
- >
- >>(I'm guessing that you're more interested in manipulating your data
- >>than in creating applications to assist in entering or reporting on
- >>it. If this is not true, then some other methods may be more
- >>appropriate.)
-
- Perhaps a SETKEY macro could relieve you of some tedious keystrokes.
-
- >>--
- >>\ \/ / |
- >> \/\/\/\/ | mary.curtin@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- >>
- >
- >-Bob-
- >
- >Bob Angell | Data Integration (multi-platform)
- >Principal, Management Systems Engineer | Health Systems Engineering
- >Applied Information & Management Systems | Database design/development
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- >bangell@cs.utah.edu; Voice: 801-583-8544 | Product Reviewer-Major Publication
- >
- > [Standard Disclaimer: Speaking for the University of Utah, NOT!]
-
- Tim Ma
- Associate Programmer
- University of Utah
- Email: tim@src.cppa.utah.edu
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