6600doug@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Doug Frank) (11/17/89)
I'm looking for some way of printing a report (columnar form) which can contain a subset of the whole stack. In obtaining the subset in the first place, I need some way to query the user for the ranges and fields used to determine the subset. For example, in a stack which might contain names and addresses on each card, I would need to print out maybe all people whos last name began with A-F, and had zip codes between 90000 and 93117. This raises the main two questions: What is the best procedure for querying the user, and how do I create this subset? Is there a way to then invoke the print report routines with this subset? NOTE: All of this is being handled with scripts, to shield the user from the inner workings (to make it user friendly) If you have any ideas, however vague, let me know please. I can work out the implementation fairly easily, once I know the basic concepts to use. Thanks, Doug Frank 6600doug@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu