RR.UDF (??)

[Mel_Smith_(Guest)]

Dear Friends,____ My V9.0 cannot seem to find my RR.UDF file (which I^ve been using for years)in V6.0a.____ Where/how do I tell RRW.EXE and RRWRUN.EXE where the RR.UDF is.____ (In older versions I had a RI_UDF field that I could use but what about 8.1 and 9.0)____ Thanks for any help you can offer !____-Mel Smith__

[kfleming]

Version 9 will always look for RR.UDF in the R&R program directory or if that directory contains a file called RRWLINK.INI, it will look in the RRWLINK directory that is set in that file.____Kathleen__R&R Support

[Mel_Smith_(Guest)]

Kathleen,____ Thank you again !!____ I hope my rate of asking questions will fall off rapidly as I get used to using RRW9. I found out that V9.0 is less tolerant of errors than 6.0a was ! Turns out that unused aliases (i.e.., RI_ALIASn)cause failures in V9.0 !____ Right now, I^m trying to integrate a call to RRWRUN from inside a DOS program (after the automated conversion to a .RRW file).____ As of last nite, I got the report running ! (albeit in a primitive Courier form with all the boxes etc using primitive ASCII chars. Looks like I^ll have to ^doctor^ all the reports after the conversion.____ Oh well ....____Thanks again,____-Mel Smith__

[cal]

Mel,____If you are running RRWRUN using input from a runtime input table (dbf) from Clipper apps, I can help you as I have several of these for which I have converted 6.0 reports (rp1^s) to rrw^s. Also, it^s a little trickier if the apps must run in both Win9x ans Win2000.____Let me know if you need anything.____cal____

[Mel_Smith_(Guest)]

Cal,____ Thanks for the offer !____ Yes, I do use input an input .DBF file (in my case its either Reports.dbf or now, for RRWRUN, WinReps.dbf).____ I have used this method for more than ten years now, and its always worked successfully. But the transition from 6.0a thru 8.1 to 9.0 is a little touchy.____ I have only a couple of remaining problems before I get a totally successful report that my client can use properly.____ I^m sure I^ll resolve those minor problems in the next few days.____ His major issue is the addition of .PDF report capability to the regular selection of reports from *within* my regular DOS application (in this case my Structural Steel Estimating Program (EST)).______Thanks again for your offer ! I^ll be in touch.____-Mel Smith

[cal]

__> His major issue is the addition of .PDF report capability __>to the regular selection of reports from *within* my regular __>DOS application (in this case my Structural Steel Estimating __>Program (EST)). ______I have a little dialog box which optionally pops up at print time, as a part of the call to RRWRUN. It provides the option from within the Clipper app to select printers or display to screen whichever report was selected from the reports menu. It writes to a copy of the runtime input file record before making the RRWRUN call. I plan to add PDF option and e-mail to it very soon.____cal

[Mel_Smith_(Guest)]

Cal,____>I have a little dialog box which optionally pops up at print __>time, as a part of the call to RRWRUN. It provides the __>option from within the Clipper app to select printers or __>display to screen whichever report was selected from the __>reports menu. It writes to a copy of the runtime input file __>record before making the RRWRUN call. I plan to add PDF __>option and e-mail to it very soon. __>__>cal ____ I have the same sort of thing:____ I first determine if I can run RRW (at all ! -- because some of the network users of me Estimating program will not have the RRWRUN executable on their machines), then I ask for a response (by the Alert() function if a .PDF report is required, then start running with the following options within my control file (winreps.dbf):____ Replace RI_PRINTER with "", ;__ Replace RI_WPTR with "R&R PDF Export"__ Replace RI_OUTFILE with "somefile.PDF"____ When I do this, I get the following error (Argggggg !!):____ "Cannot Match Printer or Port in control file"____ (Now what the hell Am I missing in my runtime directory ??)____Thanks for any help offered here !____-Mel Smith__

[Mel_Smith_(Guest)]

Dear Friends,____ Ignore the previous message !____ I downloaded some PDF stuff from the Liveware site (/download.htm),__and now I can create my PDF file (*almost* perfectly).____ See a recent post of mine today.____-Mel Smith__