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Using ReportSmith To Create Interface FilesUsing ReportSmith To Create Interface Files

Charles CookSpecializing in ReportSmith

Training and Consulting00 March 2000

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Charles Cook Specializing in ReportSmith Training and Consulting CharlesCook.com Charles@CharlesCook.com

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Creating Interface Files

Overview Save As Fixed Format Files Using Summary Fields Header/Footer Records ReportSmith 3.1

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Save As

What is saved Only data in the detail section of your report is saved Column headings are always saved Headers and Footers are not saved

Crosstabs in headers and/or footers are not saved Summary fields in headers and/or footers are not saved

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Save As

Data Types Report Files (.rpt)

This will save the attributes of your report not the report data

Report Query Files (.rqf) Excel Files (.xls) Text Files (.txt)

Tab Delimited

Lotus 123 Files (.wk3) Comma Delimited Files (.csv) Data Interchange Format Files (.dif) Quattro Files (.wkq)

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The Data in ReportSmith

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Save As Excel Files

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Save As Text Files (In Notepad)

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Save As Text Files (In Excel)

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Save As Comma Delimited Files

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Fixed Format Files

Overview Format the data using a SQL derived field Save the data using Save As

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Fixed Format Files

Formatting the data Create one SQL Derived Field Convert the data to a string if necessary

Conversion function will format the data

Pad the data with leading or trailing spaces or zeros Trim the field to size Concatenate the field to the next field

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Formatting the data

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The Data in ReportSmith

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Fixed Format Files

Save the data Save As Text Files

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Save As Text Files

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Using Summary Fields

Overview Group the data and create summary fields Create a macro to write the data to a file

The data can be delimited or fixed format

Link the macro

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Group the data

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Using Summary Fields

Create a macro Loop through each record in the report Write one record for each group

Write the summary fields not the data fields The summary fields are for the report group

Tell the user the file has been created

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Create a macro

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Link the macro

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Using Summary Fields

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Using Summary Fields

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Header/Footer Records

Overview Added to the macro Header records are written before the loop Footer records a written after the loop Write the summary fields not the data fields

Summary fields are for entire report group

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Header/Footer Records

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Header/Footer Records

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ReportSmith 3.1

Overview Saving formatted data Printing to HTML

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Charles Cook Specializing in ReportSmith Training and Consulting CharlesCook.com Charles@CharlesCook.com