print to file

[Beau Parlog]

Can someone please tell me how I can print or save a current record so as to
send as an email attachment for other to view in PDF, DOC, TXT, or XLS form?
Thanks

[Terry McDanel]

In article <bkvenu$j4m@dispatch.concentric.net>, Beau Parlog
<beau@valmark.com> wrote:

> Can someone please tell me how I can print or save a current record so as to
> send as an email attachment for other to view in PDF, DOC, TXT, or XLS form?
> Thanks
>
>

Well, you didnt provide any details like what verson of FM, or computer
platform, or other variables.. but in general maybe what you want to do
is "Find" the particular record so it is the only record currently
"Found" then go to File > Export.

To make the record the only found:
go to the record then from the bar menu:
Record > Show All Records
Record > Omit Record
Record > Show Omitted

Now only the record you want is in the Found Set.
File > Export
Choose the format: TXT

If you want XLS just load the text file into Excell & Save as a
spreadsheet.

If you want PDF you need Adobe Acrobat or Mac OSX. You just print it
from FMP.

[Beau Parlog]

OS: Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 Pro and Mac OS 9
FMP: 5, 5.5, and 6

What I really need to do is find a way to copy current record into a Word or
Excel file.
Thanks for any help you can give.



"Terry McDanel" <tmcdanel@NO.iname.SPAM.com> wrote in message
news:260920032141236568%tmcdanel@NO.iname.SPAM.com ...

> In article <bkvenu$j4m@dispatch.concentric.net>, Beau Parlog
> <beau@valmark.com> wrote:
>

> > Can someone please tell me how I can print or save a current record so

as to

> > send as an email attachment for other to view in PDF, DOC, TXT, or XLS

form?

> > Thanks
> >
> >

>
> Well, you didnt provide any details like what verson of FM, or computer
> platform, or other variables.. but in general maybe what you want to do
> is "Find" the particular record so it is the only record currently
> "Found" then go to File > Export.
>
> To make the record the only found:
> go to the record then from the bar menu:
> Record > Show All Records
> Record > Omit Record
> Record > Show Omitted
>
> Now only the record you want is in the Found Set.
> File > Export
> Choose the format: TXT
>
> If you want XLS just load the text file into Excell & Save as a
> spreadsheet.
>
> If you want PDF you need Adobe Acrobat or Mac OSX. You just print it
> from FMP.

[Howard Schlossberg]

If you do a CTRL-SHFT-C in Windows, it will copy all the data from the
current screen. If you are in form view, it will copy all fields from
the record that are on the current screen. If you are in a list view,
it will copy all fields on the current layout from all records in the
current found set.

If you are actually looking to export a document that can be opened in
Word, then you can export as an HTML table or as a delimited text file,
or you can use a calc to format as RTF and then export that, or else you
can export as XML (in FMP 6) and open it with a stylesheet in Word.

Beau Parlog wrote:

> OS: Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 Pro and Mac OS 9
> FMP: 5, 5.5, and 6
>
> What I really need to do is find a way to copy current record into a Word or
> Excel file.
> Thanks for any help you can give.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

[Beau Parlog]

I went to export, but there are no TXT choices. I am using v.5.0 but I will
upgrade now to 6.0 to see if it is there.



"Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> wrote in message
news:vngslc35o5ca2b@corp.supernews.com...

> If you do a CTRL-SHFT-C in Windows, it will copy all the data from the
> current screen. If you are in form view, it will copy all fields from
> the record that are on the current screen. If you are in a list view,
> it will copy all fields on the current layout from all records in the
> current found set.
>
> If you are actually looking to export a document that can be opened in
> Word, then you can export as an HTML table or as a delimited text file,
> or you can use a calc to format as RTF and then export that, or else you
> can export as XML (in FMP 6) and open it with a stylesheet in Word.
>
> Beau Parlog wrote:

> > OS: Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 Pro and Mac OS 9
> > FMP: 5, 5.5, and 6
> >
> > What I really need to do is find a way to copy current record into a

Word or

> > Excel file.
> > Thanks for any help you can give.

>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
> FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California
> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>

[Howard Schlossberg]

There are two text exports: tab-delimited and comma-separated. These
are included in all versions going back to the beginning.

Beau Parlog wrote:

> I went to export, but there are no TXT choices. I am using v.5.0 but I will
> upgrade now to 6.0 to see if it is there.
>
>
>
> "Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:vngslc35o5ca2b@corp.supernews.com...
>

>>If you do a CTRL-SHFT-C in Windows, it will copy all the data from the
>>current screen. If you are in form view, it will copy all fields from
>>the record that are on the current screen. If you are in a list view,
>>it will copy all fields on the current layout from all records in the
>>current found set.
>>
>>If you are actually looking to export a document that can be opened in
>>Word, then you can export as an HTML table or as a delimited text file,
>>or you can use a calc to format as RTF and then export that, or else you
>>can export as XML (in FMP 6) and open it with a stylesheet in Word.
>>
>>Beau Parlog wrote:
>>

>>>OS: Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 Pro and Mac OS 9
>>>FMP: 5, 5.5, and 6
>>>
>>>What I really need to do is find a way to copy current record into a

>
> Word or
>

>>>Excel file.
>>>Thanks for any help you can give.

>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
>>FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California
>>Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>>

>
>
>

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

[Tim Booth]

Beau Parlog wrote:

>
> I went to export, but there are no TXT choices. I am using v.5.0 but I will
> upgrade now to 6.0 to see if it is there.

Yes there are - at least 3 I can think of, although none of them
are called .txt

..tab - Tab delimited text file
..csv - Comma delimited text file
..mer - Word merge format text file

All are plain text, with characters between the values of each exported
field.

Cheers

Webko

[eyebrown@mindspring.com]

In article <vnh2vvip7g007b@corp.supernews.com>, Howard Schlossberg
<howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> wrote:

>There are two text exports: tab-delimited and comma-separated. These
>are included in all versions going back to the beginning.

And to get around the limitations of both, you can cobble up a whacking
big concatenation field organized the way you'd like to see it as raw
text. Then export just that field as tab-delimited (but saved with a .txt
suffix). With onely one field per record, there will be no tab characters
inserted, nothing to delimit. By doing tab (as opposed to comma) you
avoid the quote marks that pop up in comma. You just get the ones you
want, that you calced into your concatenation field.

Steve Brown

[Terry McDanel]

Ok, well, that is a bit more information than we started with. Even
though i am uncertain exactly what you mean by "copy current record", i
would assume my first strategies were not what you are imagining.

Are you thinking there is a "Copy to Word" command? Script step? If
so, there is not. But i will give it one more shot.

There is a "Copy Record script step"

FMP Help Overview (which of course, you are licensed to use without
fear of retribution before you post a question to newsgroups) says:*

"The Copy Record script step copies the values of a record to the
Clipboard. When you copy a record, data in container fields is not
copied. Text fields are copied in tab-delimited format, without styles,
in the order they were created in the file."

My presumption would be that the fields to be copied have to be on the
current layout when used, but the "in order they were created" would
imply otherwise. I have never used the script step so i do not know
for certain.

You could place a button on the layout that does just this step.

The next user task would be to switch to Word, Excell, whatever and
Edit > Paste.

If you want this totally automated, on MacOS 9 you could have a script
with the Copy Record script step then call an AppleScript that would
tell Word, Excell, etc, to Paste, but the location of the Paste could
be tricky. In PC/Windows, who knows how to automate it.

Well, did i read your mind adequately?


In article <bl9q8m$cke@dispatch.concentric.net>, Beau Parlog
<beau@valmark.com> wrote:

> OS: Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 Pro and Mac OS 9
> FMP: 5, 5.5, and 6
>
> What I really need to do is find a way to copy current record into a Word or
> Excel file.
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>
>
> "Terry McDanel" <tmcdanel@NO.iname.SPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:260920032141236568%tmcdanel@NO.iname.SPAM.com ...

> > In article <bkvenu$j4m@dispatch.concentric.net>, Beau Parlog
> > <beau@valmark.com> wrote:
> >

> > > Can someone please tell me how I can print or save a current record so

> as to

> > > send as an email attachment for other to view in PDF, DOC, TXT, or XLS

> form?

> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >

> >
> > Well, you didnt provide any details like what verson of FM, or computer
> > platform, or other variables.. but in general maybe what you want to do
> > is "Find" the particular record so it is the only record currently
> > "Found" then go to File > Export.
> >
> > To make the record the only found:
> > go to the record then from the bar menu:
> > Record > Show All Records
> > Record > Omit Record
> > Record > Show Omitted
> >
> > Now only the record you want is in the Found Set.
> > File > Export
> > Choose the format: TXT
> >
> > If you want XLS just load the text file into Excell & Save as a
> > spreadsheet.
> >
> > If you want PDF you need Adobe Acrobat or Mac OSX. You just print it
> > from FMP.

>
>

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[Richard Atkins]

Not really a flash question - so apologies.

But I've got a print function in my flash program, and I don't want to waist
ink and paper to test if it's coming out ok. But if I print to file (Win XP)
I don't know what type of file is generated as it doesn't put a .jpg / .bmp
or anything on the end of it.

Anyone have any idea what type of file is generated?

Rich

[Richard Atkins]

or in addition to this, to make it clearer, I remember when working on Flash
5 I had a printing issue, and I managed to
print to a graphic file rather than to paper all the time.

Does anyone know how to do this?


"Richard Atkins" <richatkins88@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c1g7b2$h8c$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Not really a flash question - so apologies.
>
> But I've got a print function in my flash program, and I don't want to

waist

> ink and paper to test if it's coming out ok. But if I print to file (Win

XP)

> I don't know what type of file is generated as it doesn't put a .jpg /

..bmp

> or anything on the end of it.
>
> Anyone have any idea what type of file is generated?
>
> Rich
>
>