staylor@systime.UUCP (Simon Taylor) (01/24/89)
Does anyone know how to redirect formatted output generated using @x,y SAY under dBase III+ rather than to the screen or printer? Thanks in advance Simon Taylor -- Simon Taylor UUCP : simon@systime.uucp Systime Computers Ltd BANGNET : ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!systime!simon Leeds Business Park Leeds LS27 0NH England ------------------ "You call these opinons? Not Systime's!" --------------------
nfs0294@dsacg1.UUCP (Glendell R. Midkiff) (01/27/89)
From article <403@systime.UUCP>, by staylor@systime.UUCP (Simon Taylor): > Does anyone know how to redirect formatted output generated using @x,y SAY > under dBase III+ rather than to the screen or printer? > I'm not sure if all this is supported by DBASE III+, but in CLIPPER you can use the SET ALTERNATE or SET PRINTER TO <filename> and when done close the file by using SET ALTERNATE TO, SET ALTERNATE OFF. -- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |Glen Midkiff osu-cis!dsacg1!gmidkiff | | Phone: (614)-238-9643 @DLA, Systems Automation Center, Columbus, Oh. | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (01/28/89)
In article <626@dsacg1.UUCP> nfs0294@dsacg1.UUCP (Glendell R. Midkiff) writes:
#>From article <403@systime.UUCP>, by staylor@systime.UUCP (Simon Taylor):
#>> Does anyone know how to redirect formatted output generated using @x,y SAY
#>> under dBase III+ rather than to the screen or printer?
#>>
#>I'm not sure if all this is supported by DBASE III+, but in CLIPPER you
#>can use the SET ALTERNATE or SET PRINTER TO <filename> and when done
#>close the file by using SET ALTERNATE TO, SET ALTERNATE OFF.
#>
#>--
#> |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
#> |Glen Midkiff osu-cis!dsacg1!gmidkiff |
In McMax, which is supposed to be the same as dBASE III+, my
manual explicitly states that SET ALTERNATE TO FILE won't
work for @,say statements as it did in dBASE II. Indeed, it
seems a strange retrogression in functionality to have
eliminated that option. In my programs, I've had to convert
@,say statements to ? statements to redirect output to a file.
Steve Goldfieldawd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas) (01/29/89)
In article <626@dsacg1.UUCP>, nfs0294@dsacg1.UUCP (Glendell R. Midkiff) writes: > From article <403@systime.UUCP>, by staylor@systime.UUCP (Simon Taylor): > > Does anyone know how to redirect formatted output generated using @x,y SAY > > under dBase III+ rather than to the screen or printer? > > > I'm not sure if all this is supported by DBASE III+, but in CLIPPER you > can use the SET ALTERNATE or SET PRINTER TO <filename> and when done > close the file by using SET ALTERNATE TO, SET ALTERNATE OFF. To do this in dBASE, you need dBASE IV. You need the SET DEVICE TO FILE <filename> command so that you can easily support a prompt like Report to S)creen, P)rinter, or F)ile which end-users are coming to expect. The dBASE syntax is the same for each choice: SET DEVICE TO SCREEN SET DEVICE TO PRINTER SET DEVICE TO FILE <filename> You can report to a file in dBASE III+, but only by using the '?' command rather than the '@..SAY' commands, which is admittedly quite awkward. By the way, dBASE IV also provides SET PRINTER TO FILE, but because it has installable printer drivers, you can optionally include format information in the file for use with a specific printer later. /alastair/
sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (02/04/89)
in article <19591@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) says: > > In article <626@dsacg1.UUCP> nfs0294@dsacg1.UUCP (Glendell R. Midkiff) writes: > #>From article <403@systime.UUCP>, by staylor@systime.UUCP (Simon Taylor): > #>> Does anyone know how to redirect formatted output generated using @x,y SAY > #>> under dBase III+ rather than to the screen or printer? > #>> > #>I'm not sure if all this is supported by DBASE III+, but in CLIPPER you > #>can use the SET ALTERNATE or SET PRINTER TO <filename> and when done > #>close the file by using SET ALTERNATE TO, SET ALTERNATE OFF. > #> > #>-- > #> |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| > #> |Glen Midkiff osu-cis!dsacg1!gmidkiff | > > In McMax, which is supposed to be the same as dBASE III+, my > manual explicitly states that SET ALTERNATE TO FILE won't > work for @,say statements as it did in dBASE II. Indeed, it > seems a strange retrogression in functionality to have > eliminated that option. In my programs, I've had to convert > @,say statements to ? statements to redirect output to a file. I just checked a dBase III+ manual. It says: "SET ALTERNATE records all output OTHER THAN THAT OF FULL-SCREEN COMMANDS to a text file" (upper case mine) Not only are @ commands not recorded, but EDIT and APPEND also are excluded. Bummer... Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************
mattp@oakhill.UUCP (Matt Pressly) (02/06/89)
Foxbase, like Clipper, lets you redirect the output of SAY's to a file by changing the printer device from PRN: to a file name. Doing that won't redirect full screen edit commands to a file, though. -- ---------- address: mattp@oakhill