[comp.databases] dBaseIII+ and reports

kjell@vipunen.hut.fi ("Kjell Ljungqvist) (06/30/91)

Hello 

I am a fairly new dBase-user and now I have run into some trouble when I tried
to create a report looking like this. (Number, Name, Address, Itemnr_1, 
Itemnr_2,..., Itemv_1, Itemv_2,... are dBase-fields.)

MemberNr	Member-information	Items		Values
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Number		Name			Itemnr_1	Itemv_1
		Address			Itemnr_2	Itemv_2
					Itemnr_3	Itemv_3

Number		Name			Itemnr_1  and so on

I have managed to get the fields Name and Address in their right places by
writing 'Name+Address' in the Contents-box for this column and keeping the
width-value the same as the width of the Name field. This causes the Address
to be printed on the next row. The problem is now that I cannot use the same
trick with 'Itemnr... and Itemv...' since these are numbers. And I cannot
change the type to character because I want to be able to calculate using 
these fields.

My questions are: Is there another way to force fields to be printed in columns
beneath on another as in the example above ? How about fields with numbers ?
Suggestions for share-ware programs that can make lists or reports using dbase-
files....

Please reply by mail or to this newsgroup !
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