When I print a report, i get the line number from an option button rather than the label.
Any ideas?
thanks!
Rob
Printing from Option buttons
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Re: Printing from Option buttons
Hi Rob,
What you see on the report depends on the data field expression, of course![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
If you're printing data from a stack, using the qrtReports_PrintReportForStack command, you would use an expression of the form:
If you're printing data from a database cursor, using the qrtReports_PrintReportForStack command, and the database column is an index number, the first solution that comes to mind, is storing the text of the option button into a global variable "gMyOptions", passing this variable as the fourth parameter and then use an expression of the form:
If this doesn't do the trick, don't hesitate to elaborate and post extra questions!
Jan Schenkel.
What you see on the report depends on the data field expression, of course
![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
If you're printing data from a stack, using the qrtReports_PrintReportForStack command, you would use an expression of the form:
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the label of button "MyOptionButton"
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qrtReports_PrintReportForCursor theLayoutFile, theCursorId, thePreviewFlag, "gMyOptions"
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line theLineNumber of gMyOptions
Jan Schenkel.
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