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Date:	Wed, 7 Jul 2004 23:16:07 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Rexx printing control ?

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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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