Re: any way to jump BACK a page?

[Elvis Pressly <elvisdman@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Andrew,

Take a look at the PAY003/DDP003 sqrs that print the checks/advices.
You will notice that you can really print anywhere within the page
because the whole page layout is controlled. I have been doing a lot
of page printing like yours and I don't really need arrays to control
the whole page layout. I think the problem really lies in where to put
the extra item that makes the page overflow. Do you want to print it to
the next column or where?

The only time I have to use arrays in printing is when I am controlling
the page dynamically. i.e., printing open enrollments where pages can
run from 2 to something.

If you can tell me what to do with the extra items, then maybe I can be
of help.


>From: Andrew Lin <alin@TECHNEGLAS.COM>
>Reply-To: sqr-users@list.iex.net
>To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
>Subject: Re: any way to jump BACK a page?
>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 16:49:07 -0400
>
>Rick, Steve, thanks for your pearls of wisdom.
>
>I was hoping I wouldn't have to switch to arrays since that would mean
>recoding quite a bit.
>
>Guess it's either that or force the user to deal with really ugly
>reports :)   .
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Andrew
>
>
> >>> rlynds@MWDH2O.COM 07/09/02 04:13PM >>>
>As I understand it, an entire page is held in memory until going to the
>next
>pages forces it to flush.  Once a page is flushed, there is no going
>back.
>I like Steve's response about doing the work in arrays for this sort
>of
>formatting.
>
>HTH
>
>Rick
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Lin [mailto:alin@TECHNEGLAS.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:28 PM
>To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
>Subject: any way to jump BACK a page?
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Is there any command that allows you to jump back a page in SQR?
>
>I'm printing a report that displays columns of data with subtotals at
>the bottom of each column.  ie
>
>Group1:
>Earnings                                Taxes
>1                               1
>2                               2
>3                               3
>4                               4
>5                               5
>6                               6
>7
>8
>9
>--                              --
>total A                         total B
>
>Every time I start a new group, I simply note the #current-line and
>then use the position command to jump back to the start of the column
>before printing the next column.  The only problem is if one of the
>columns extends to the next page.  Then my results end up looking
>like:
>
>Group 1
>Earnings
>1
>2
>3
>...
>65
>66
>------------------page break-----------------
>67
>68
>69
>--
>Total A
>                         Taxes
>                         1
>                         2
>                         3
>                         4
>                         5
>                         --
>                         Total B
>
>I'd like the SQR to be able to jump back to the original start page.
>Is this possible?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-Andrew




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