How to achieve the following?

rbuser

We need to print out permits 6 / a4 page. 2 across and 3 down.

Each permit will have standard text. eg date of issue, expiry date.
Each permit will have an individual registration number printed on it.
Each permit will have a image(logo) printed on it.
The data for the registrations will be supplied as a text file in the format

HJ67YH
UI88UY
VH77RT
WE567Y etc

How do I read each registration number from the text file and insert into
each permit.

eg

Issue date 14/thJAN (LOGO)
Issue date 14thJAN (LOGO)
Expiry date 30thFEB
Expiry date 30th FEB
Reg HJ67YH
REG UI88UY



Issue date 14/thJAN (LOGO)
Issue date 14thJAN (LOGO)
Expiry date 30thFEB
Expiry date 30th FEB
Reg VH77RT
REG WE567Y



Also I want to stop printing at the last Reg number. IE if the last page has
only 1 registration only print 1 permit and leave the rest blank.


Cheers

SteveW

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

Take a look at the TextPipeline. This pipeline allows you to traverse the
data located in a text file as if it were a table and output it to your
report. See the TppTextPipeline topic in the ReportBuilder help file for
more information as well as take a look at the No DataBase Report demos
located in the \RBuilder\Demos\1. Reports\... directory (dm0131 - dm0140).

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks again for the help.

rbuser

I have used avery labels L7166 which gives me 2 rows and 3 columns.

When printing at the default settings the bottom 2 rows creep up the page.
What are the settings to cure this please.

Cheers

SteveW

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

What do you have inside your labels?

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

The main form contains 8 edit boxes.
The report assigns the text in these edit boxes to variables on the before
print.

ppvariable1.Text := edit1.Text;
ppvariable2.Text := edit2.Text;
ppvariable3.Text := edit3.Text;
ppvariable4.Text := edit4.Text;
ppvariable5.Text := edit5.Text;
ppvariable8.Text := edit8.Text;
ppvariable9.Text := edit9.Text;
ppvariable10.Text := edit10.Text;

There is an image on the report pointing to a jpg file.
There is a pptextpipeline which points to a txt file as follows

lgh765
KLTT%R
WENJKK
JIHT77

I have remove headers and footers.
I have set autostop to false.

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

This is not a known issue. Please send a small example of this shifting
issue in .zip format to support@digital-metaphors.com and I'll take a look
at it for you.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com