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rbuserrbuser
edited October 2003 in General
Hi All

I'm sure this is something very simple.... I need to print a Debtors
Statement to pre-printed stationary (dot matrix btw)... I am using RB 7
Enterprise with Delphi 7.

Anyone have an example how to do this...

Currently we use our own report writer for text based reports, but I'm
trying you sell RB to the boss so I need to impress him.

Basically the layout is as follows:


Name "Header"
Address1
Address2

Date Inv Total "Detail Start at line 10 and end at
line 45"
------ ---- ------
01/01/2003 001 10.00
02/01/2003 002 5.00
lots more....

90 Days 60 Days 30 Days Current "Footer print on line 55 on last
page only"
--------- --------- -------- --------
0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00


the "Header" should repeat on each page
the "Detail" should print between lines 10 - 45 on each page
the "Footer" should print on last page only

This will obviously loop through our statement db for each debtor...

Please excuse me if this is trivial, but I started on RB today and have lots
to still learn...

btw. can RB do "line printing"...as a nice to have of course...

Thanks

George

Comments

  • rbuserrbuser
    edited October 2003
    There are several ways to go with that. Print using a generic text only
    driver, and set up your report just right, and it will work. There is an
    FAQ on the tech-tips newsgroup under the category Printing: Printing to Dot
    Matrix Printers. I have had success using that information to print to a 40
    column Star receipt printer with the Generic Text Only driver. There is
    also TExtraDevices which hooks into RB to print directly to things like a
    dot matrix printer for fast printing.

    Jim C.

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