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Date:	Thu, 8 Jul 2004 06:28:44 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-programming@scoug.com" > scoug-programming@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Rexx printing control ?

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Peter,
Very quickly, you can create headers and footers, which will be saved with the
workbook, by going to "File\Print\Setup" On the Print Setup dialog that results, write in
your various headers and footers (as left, center, right)
HCM

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 23:16:07 PDT7, Peter Skye wrote:

>Harry Motin wrote:
>>
>> The various [Mesa 2] printing options are stored with each
>> workbook. If you set those options up for each report as a
>> separate workbook, I think you will get close, if not fully there.
>
>That would work. Thanks. I'll give it a try.
>
>> >[Peter wants to] print this report with the following
>> >preface above the headings on the first page only".
>
>Can I do this with Mesa 2? For example, suppose I have a report with
>these columns:
>
> Music I.D. OS/2 Topic Topic Host Start Time
> ========== ========== ========== ===========
> 7418 JFS A______ 11:18:47:02
> 8311 Hobbes J________ 11:23:10:11
> etc.
>
>*and* I want to put a Preface on the first page only, so the report
>looks like this (view the following using a fixed-width font):
>
> OS/2 Radio for Wednesday July 7 2004
>
> Host: Webfoot The Duck
> Time Period: 1100-1500
> Special Guest: Ann Dowling
> Sponsors: S_____, C_____, Pepsi
> Hot Clock: C
>
> Music I.D. OS/2 Topic Topic Host Start Time
> ========== ========== ========== ===========
> 7418 JFS A______ 11:18:47:02
> 8311 Hobbes J________ 11:23:10:11
> etc.
>
>but subsequent pages would not have the preface, they would just have
>the column headings. Can Mesa 2 do this?
>
>I tried about a year ago to get Mesa 2 to do formatting like the above
>but couldn't figure it out. Should I move this question over to the
>Mesa 2 mail list?
>
>> Also, Mesa has a scripting language
>> with "Print" as one of the functions.
>
>I missed that. So I would read my database, extract the desired data
>into a CSV file, then run Mesa 2 using a report-specific workbook that
>contains a Rexx script which reads the CSV file and prints the report
>and then exits. Yes?
>
>- Peter
>
>
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