Reusing Sort Criteria in New Reports The reason to save sort criteria in a SORT template is so that you can your sort criteria in a reuse new report from the same file. To reuse a SORT template as the sort criteria in a new report, at the prompt in the “SORT BY:” new report, enter a left bracket ( ) plus the template name: [ Figure : Print—Reusing a Sort Template OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: NEW PERSON// <Enter> SORT BY: NAME// [ADDRESS LIST <Enter> (Dec 08, 1995@07:53) User #34 File #200 WANT TO EDIT ‘ADDRESS LIST’ TEMPLATE? NO// <Enter> FIRST PRINT FIELD: Choosing Print Fields Specifying Fields to Print After you have specified the order in which the output should occur, you are asked to list the fields you want displayed for each file entry. In the simplest case, fields are identified by their label. If you enter a single question mark (?) at the prompt, a list of all the fields in the file is displayed. If you enter the name of a Multiple, you are asked for the subfields you want printed. A subfield be specified even if the Multiple has only one subfield. must To print all fields in the file, enter ALL (uppercase) at the PRINT prompt. You “FIRST FIELD:” are then prompted: Figure : Print—Confirmation Message to Print All Fields Do you mean ALL the fields in the file? NO// Enter to indicate all fields; otherwise, the file is searched for field labels beginning with the YES letters “ALL”. Fields from other files can also be printed using extended pointers. This NOTE: technique is described in the Computed Expressions in COMPUTED “Using Fields” section in the section in the VA FileMan Advanced User “Computed Expressions” You can also enter other computed expressions, which are also described in that Manual. section. Print Qualifier Reference VA print capabilities provide many ways to format a report. If you do specify any not FileMan’s formatting controls, a format is constructed automatically. The width of each print area is field’s computed using information from the definition. The default width is the larger of the field’s following in the print dialogue: Maximum number of characters allowed for the field.
Reusing Sort Criteria in New Reports The reason to save sort criteria in a SORT template is so that you can reuse your sort criteria in a new report from the same file. To reuse a SORT template as the sort criteria in a new report, at the “SORT BY:” prompt in the new report, enter a left bracket ( [ ) plus the template name: Figure : Print—Reusing a Sort Template OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: NEW PERSON// <Enter> SORT BY: NAME// [ADDRESS LIST <Enter> (Dec 08, 1995@07:53) User #34 File #200 WANT TO EDIT ‘ADDRESS LIST’ TEMPLATE? NO// <Enter> FIRST PRINT FIELD: Choosing Print Fields Specifying Fields to Print After you have specified the order in which the output should occur, you are asked to list the fields you want displayed for each file entry. In the simplest case, fields are identified by their label. If you enter a single question mark (?) at the prompt, a list of all the fields in the file is displayed. If you enter the name of a Multiple, you are asked for the subfields you want printed. A subfield must be specified even if the Multiple has only one subfield. To print all fields in the file, enter ALL (uppercase) at the “FIRST PRINT FIELD:” prompt. You are then prompted: Figure : Print—Confirmation Message to Print All Fields Do you mean ALL the fields in the file? NO// Enter YES to indicate all fields; otherwise, the file is searched for field labels beginning with the letters “ALL”. NOTE: Fields from other files can also be printed using extended pointers. This technique is described in the “Using Computed Expressions in COMPUTED Fields” section in the “Computed Expressions” section in the VA FileMan Advanced User Manual. You can also enter other computed expressions, which are also described in that section. Print Qualifier Reference VA FileMan’s print capabilities provide many ways to format a report. If you do not specify any formatting controls, a format is constructed automatically. The width of each field’s print area is computed using information from the field’s definition. The default width is the larger of the following in the print dialogue: Maximum number of characters allowed for the field.
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