Re: Multiple Output Formats

[Art DiRamio <ADiRamio@OPENSOLUTIONS.COM>]

You could always create a second report, and after writing out a record
to the first report, have a procedure to reprint the same record in a
new format on the second report. . . It would mean 2 output files, but
it does work.  We use this for creating bills for customers and a
register to report all the bill stuff.  -  All done with 1 pass thru the
database

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Treadway [SMTP:nathant@ONTKO.COM]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 1998 4:03 PM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject:      Re: Multiple Output Formats
>
> >
> > Is it possible to produce multiple formats(HTML & PLAIN TEXT) of the
> same report
> > from a single data base pass. I am looking for an example of the
> command line.
> > I am trying to do this with SQR4.0.2 on SOLARIS.
> >
> > I have tried -PRINTER:HT -PRINTER:LP on the command line but just
> got HTML.
> > Am I missing something. Any Ideas?????
> >
>
> No, it's currently not possible to generate two output formats in one
> run of
> SQR.  (It's definitely on our "wish list" at
> http://www.ontko.com/sqr/enhancements.html.)
>
> For now, the "next best thing" is to run the program with -KEEP as
> well as
> one of the -PRINTER: flags, and then to run SQRP with the other flag
> after
> the SQR job finishes.  This avoids hitting the data twice, but does
> require
> two steps.
>
>                                                 Nathan
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