Re: SQR-USERS Digest - 17 Jul 2002 to 18 Jul 2002 (#2002-169)

[Robert Foster <robert.foster@RADIOLOGY.MSU.EDU>]

[1] This might fit under the IDE enhancement but I would like to see
some sort of SQR procedure cataloging and management.

By that I mean systems for easily including pre-existing and "likely to
be bug free" procedures from a code library. I do this already by
keeping a text file of all the sqr procedures I've written that have
cross report functionality. When I need to write a new report I can
easily cut and paste all of the procedures together that I need and then
work on the new functionality. Of course, I haven't used Brio Report
Builder yet, which may solve this problem, but I would still like to see
SQR move toward a more object oriented framework like I've just
described.

[2] Another really great idea would be to somehow make it possible to
create stand alone sqr executables that will run as GUI objects on a
given platform, even one different from the database platform or the
development platform. My problem has always been how best to give
general users access to just plain running the sqr when they need to. I
don't have PeopleSoft or a Portal or anything else to provide this. If
it was a "double click this icon on your desktop and answer the
questions and then go to the printer" kind of thing then my life would
be a whole lot easier. :)

SQR is a great tool with lots of functionality in an important niche
which very few other tools can duplicate, kind of like PHP, so I hope it
just keeps getting better.

Thanks,
Bob.

> SQR Enthusiasts,
>
> I'm thinking about updating my page of Suggested Enhancements for SQR
> and am looking for fresh ideas.  What would make SQR even more useful
> to your organization?  What would make your job easier?  Are there
> projects within your organization where SQR was not chosen but would
> have if it had just one thing added?  If you could add a few features
> to SQR or Brio Report Builder (BRB), what would they be?
>

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Bob Foster
I/S Coordinator
Mid-Michigan MRI, Inc.
Direct Line: (517) 364-2673
mailto:rkf@radiology.msu.edu