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Subject:      DATAPERFECT PROBLEM

From:   CLHANSHAW 17-DEC-1992 08:05:35.33
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Subj:   DataPerfect problem


I am having a problem in DataPerfect.  Within the middle of a report, I need to
create a vertical advance down code which will advance to a specific position
on a page.

I have a database with a report that prints out requisitions on an one page
predesigned form.  At the top of the document is a group of fixed length fields.

Next is a subreport which varies in length due to the number of items ordered
and the number of lines in a text field.  Then, I need to drop to 8.5" from the
top of the form to print additional fixed length fields.  On the bottom of the
page is another subreport of account numbers and the amount to be charged
to each account.

The cat.t function is not feasible because of the dollar amounts in both
subreports ( you can not use N and G fields in the cat.t function).  When I trie
d
to include a printer esc code at the end of the first subreport , the printer
drops down but does not print any information after this code.  Thus, all
subsequent information after the printer code is lost.  The code used was:
                                      esc  ( V 2 0 244 11

At the current time, I have fooled the report into thinking it is printing a two
page report with a top margin of 0, a bottom margin of 10 and a text line at 46.

This allows us to print the report perfectly.  The problem is that after using t
he
alt-F7 keystroke to print the current requisition, we must exit to DOS thereby
closing the print job and resetting the printer to register the top of the next
page.  This solution of entering and exiting the database is extremely
inconvenient especially if we have more than a couple of requisitions.

As far as our environment is concerned, we have the database stored on the
network with access by all departments.  The printers used by this report are
also directly on the network.  The network is not the problem since the same
scenario happens with local printing and a local database.  The printers are
Epson LQ570s.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I could try next?  I have talked to the
DataPerfect support group and Epson several times and they are out of ideas.

Thanks in advance for any information you have.
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From:         JANOUSK <JANOUSK.ACS@MHS.CSO.NIU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Editing footnotes -Reply

>MMORSEYO @ SMTP (MMORSE%YORKVM1.bitnet) writes:

>Now, to number the Footnotes moved or copied into Doc2, a
>search-and-replace macro:
>{Display Off}
>{Search} ## {Replace}{Backspace}{Backspace} 1
>{Search} ## {Replace}{Backspace}{Backspace} 2,
>etc. etc.; my version of this macro goes up to "20," and I'll
>add more numbers as I get a chance. It's not very elegant, but
>it does allow you to manually convert footnotes into (numbered)
>text, and endnotes if you wish

Boy, is my face red.  I should have suggested using Shift F5, 5 -
Para Number, press 3 and enter.  This was previously suggested by
CRPennel@SMTP (C R Pennell), let credit be due where credit is
earned.
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From: rohrernl@helix.nih.gov (Nathan Rohrer)
Subject: Re: Extra page on network printer
Organization: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:59:45 GMT

In article <WPCORP-L%92121518061031@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> "George H. W. Christie -SUNY - HSC Syracuse" writes:

>We have recently install a Novell network (10 user ethernet) with an HPII
>as the main printer off the server.  Everything is working fine with the
>exception that we are receiving an extra blank page at the end of each
>print job.  We are using WP50 (about to upgrade to 5.1 since we just
>negotiated a budget increase) and are very satisfied with it.  I know
>this is a WP list (and NOT a network list) but thought some of the folks
>out there may have had a similar experience and found a solution.

>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I ran into a situation where WP was sending a reset code to the printer 
after the print job and causing an extra page to be printed.  Does the extra 
page come after EVERY print job (ie. Quattro, Paradox, etc...) or just after 
WP print jobs?  If it is only after WP print jobs use the PTR program to 
examine the codes being sent to the printer to reset it.



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Subject: Re: searching for EOF
From: cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 21:58:38 GMT
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

In article <92351.220738JLHHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, JLHHC@CUNYVM.BITNET (Jack
Hammond) writes:

> I was told by the WP help line that the only way to find an EOF is to mark it
> with a character that will be unique in your file and then search for it.

Well sorry, but WP tech support are wrong (for once ?).  I don't have
any macros using this at work so can't check the exact details, but you
will find that something similar to the following will reliably indicate
EOF.

{IF}{SYSTEM}Right~=99999~
   {;}do whatever you wanted to do once reaching EOF~
{END IF}

As you might have guessed, 99999 is not the number to actually check
for, but I currently don't have access to anything which tells me the
correct value (the persistent and/or inquiring, will create test macros
to find out for themselves).

The problem with the "insert a unique char" approach, is if creating a
macro to be used on any arbitrary document, how do you a priori
determine which char is guaranteed not to occur in a document?  If you
do use this approach in your macros (and there are situations where it
is unavoidable) you should pick a bizarre string of chars.

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From:         RANDALLJC@CSOVAX.PORTSMOUTH.AC.UK
Subject:      RE: Extra page on network printer

George:

One possible cause is the 'Form Feed' parameter in PRINTCON.

If your users have a print job configuration in force for WordPerfect, the
following will change the 'Form Feed' parameter:

At the DOS prompt, run the utility PRINTCON (if it's not found in the path,
look in f:`public);
Select 'Edit Print Job Configurations';
Find the configuration which relates to WordPerfect (it may be the default
configuration if one has not been created specifically for that purpose);
Press RETURN to edit the configuration;
If 'Suppress Form Feed' is set to 'No', then change it to 'Yes'.  If it's
already set to 'Yes' then this isn't the cause of your problem and I've been
wasting my time...
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From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner)
Subject: improved WPWin repeat macro available
Organization: York University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:28:00 GMT

I have uploaded an improved version of Greg Burlile's REPEAT.WCM to
ftp.cica.indiana.edu, to the directory /pub/pc/win3/uploads.  It will
probably soon be moved to /pub/pc/win3/wpwin.

This macro is a substitute for the Repeat command of WPDOS, which WPWin
is lacking.

The improvements are:

    - better interface, using the dialog facilities of WPWin 5.1.1.
    - better error handling
    - modular code structure

-- 
Richard Reiner..............rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca..............416-538-3947

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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:03:13 EST
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From:         MMORSE@YORKVM1.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Editing footnotes

Now, to number the Footnotes moved or copied into Doc2, a search-and-
replace macro:
{Display Off}
{Search} ## {Replace}{Backspace}{Backspace} 1
{Search} ## {Replace}{Backspace}{Backspace} 2,
etc. etc.; my version of this macro goes up to "20," and I'll add more
numbers as I get a chance. It's not very elegant, but it does allow
you to manually convert footnotes into (numbered) text, and endnotes
if you wish
MWM
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From:         MMORSE@YORKVM1.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Editing footnotes

Finally, a simple macro which allows you to edit your footnotes in
sequence:
1. Ctrl-F7  [Footnote]
2. 1        [Footnote]
3. 2        [Edit]
4. Enter
That's it; each time, you will exit the macro with the cursor to the *right*
of the number, so that WP will automatically seek out the NEXT footnote for
editing.
Cheers,
MWM
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From:         Michael Friendly <FRIENDLY@VM1.YORKU.CA>
Subject:      French translation dictionary for WP5.1

Does anyone know of an add-on product (a TSR program, most likely)
that provides English<-->French translation from within WordPerfect?
I'm looking for dictionary services, not something to translate
entire texts.

One product I've seen, French Assistant, does this, but only for
ACSII files.  I need something that will work within WP.

Please reply directly to me.

thanks,

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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Editing Footnotes finale
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:54:30 GMT

Thanks to all those who suggested ways to edit footnotes en masse
rather than individually.

I appreciate all the time and effort that went into posting the info.

Michael}C\@1
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From:         KIM GREGSON <GREGSON@KIDS.WUSTL.EDU>
Subject:      Problems with Paper Style/Size (VAX version of WPC)

I know this is mostly a PC list. I hope that there are a few other VMS
lurkers out there.

I am having a problem setting up a paper style to do both duplex and
landscape. I can make a style to do landscape, another to do duplex, but
when I try to combine them in a single style, I get portrait duplex

We have a DEC 3250 printer, I selected the 3250 sheet feeder.
I chose the standard landscape size, bin2 for the location. We are up
to patch level i of version 5.1.

Any ideas?? Thanks in advance.
Reply directly to GREGSON@KIDS.WUSTL.EDU and I will post
the solution in a later message.

Kim
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From:         ZA9RA10@SA.CS.MMU.AC.UK
Subject:      Menu Engine for Parados [D [D [D [D [D [D [DWordPerfect 5.1

I am looking for a Menu Engine for WordPerfect 5.1 (DOS) which will
help me set up simple user menus to highlight choices etc. I think
that there is a shareware package about but I can not remember the
name. The package consisted of a series of macros.

Can anyone help?
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1992 02:47:25 CST
From: David Child <U49923@uicvm.uic.edu>
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Subject: Re: DrawPerfect Clip Art

Probably the best place to get DrawPerfect Clip Art is in WP Presentations
2.0.  It shipped with 1000 clip art items -- many of them duplicates from
DP1.1, but quite a few new ones, including a collection of hands that finger
spell the alphabet, faces that you can build yourself from basic head shape,
eyes, nose, and mouth, and musical instruments, notes, rests, etc.
Now if I can just figure out how to use all three buttons on my Logitech
Trackman . . . . *sigh*
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From:         Yasmeen Jan-Mohamed <YASMEEN1@VM1.ULAVAL.CA>
Subject:      Re: Zapf Dingbats
              11 Dec 1992 17:44:39 GMT from <cotte@CS-ACAD-LAN.LAKEHEADU.CA>

>Dear David,
>
>Have tried all of your ideas before I posted. The CHARMAP.TST is blank when
>Character map 12 is printed, and compose results in blanks on the screen and
>in view document.
>
>Since  you have found it possible to print them, I will try to look for a
>newer driver.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Carol

Try this if you haven't yet - 1. Make sure you have chosen the postscript
                                 driver for your printer.
                              2. Go to cartridge and fonts and see if you
                                 have to choose the dingbats in the list
                                 presented.


Yasmeen Jan-Mohamed
Dept. of Languages & Linguistics
Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
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From:         Johan Berteloot <JBERTELO@RKC.UFSIA.AC.BE>
Subject:      Re: Editing footnotes

On Tue, 15 Dec 92 00:04:36 EST <MMORSE@YORKVM1> said:
>
>Dear Michael,
>  For problems such as the one you mention, I have built some macros
>which advance to the nect footnote & into it, and which collect all
>the text of all the footnotes and automatically copy it in Doc2. Perhaps
>these will suggest ways to solve your specific problems, and, if so,
>I'll be glad to send them to you.
>Michael
>MMORSE@YORKVM1.BITNET

Hi,

I'm dealing with the same problem. To avoid reinventing the wheel, I'd
suggest you put the macros on the list or on an internet site with FTP.

Thanks a lot,
--- Johan

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From:         "Paul.Groll" <GROLL@MSU.BITNET>
Subject:      RE: Query: conv. WP51 to W4W

Hi,
For _text_ files, as the initial query stated (i think..), we have had
no problems, with one teenee exception.  Some special chars (extended
graphics chars, etc) have been lost in the conversion.  If you have a
hard copy handy, or enough RAM to open the original and the convert
in adjacent windows, it's easy enough to fix 'em, but it's still a pain.
Good luck,

Paul Groll
Systems Analyst
Hazardous Substance Research Center
Michigan State University
groll@msu.bitnet
groll@msu.edu
From: LEEUWEN@RULLF2.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Reinoud van Leeuwen)
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Subject: Q:user defined icon in buttonbar
Date: 15 Dec 92 14:25:00 GMT
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Hi ,

When I make a macro in WPWin, I can assign it to the buttonbar. It appears there
with the standard macro icon. Is it possible to use another icon?

Reinoud van Leeuwen
Leiden University
The Netherlands
Leeuwen@rullf2.leidenuniv.nl
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From:         JLSTERN@DELPHI.COM
Subject:      Re: Greeting Cards

David,
I wrote an article in the May WP mag. (cover story) about this.
Briefly, to create a greeting card in WP:
1) Create a form containing 4 labels, 2 across by 2 down.
2) Design your panels.
3) On the card form, on page 1, insert the graphic, and rotate it 180 degrees.
4) On page 3, add a credit line at the bottom.
5) On page 4, add the inside graphics and text.

All the graphics should be set to fill the page.
Jerry Stern
jlstern@delphi.com
From: dashiell@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (A. Kaniss)
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Subject: Re: Foxpro help
Date: 17 Dec 92 16:48:46 GMT
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There's a dbase-l group have to get address later for you.

jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>
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From:         "Terry D. Mathias (618) 453-7419" <GE0515@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
Subject:      Adding a Laser Printer

Recognizing that improvement or upgrading often carries both advantages
and disadvantages . . . I'm considering upgrading from a 24-pin printer
to a laser.  My volume of work is 400-500 pages per month, occasionally
more.  I'm using a Leading Edge D2 (286), WP 5.1, and Publisher's
Powerpak/FastFonts (and presently an Epson LQ510).

1.  What laser printer(s) would you recommend?
2.  If you've had experience with the one you recommend, what
    are the benefits and problems?
3.  What is Postscript?  why use it?  why not?
4.  What else should I consider in making the choice and the transition?

Thanks in advance.  If you prefer, reply directly rather than to the list.
From: cotte@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (Carol Otte)
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Subject: Re: Zapf Dingbats
Keywords: ptr,font
Date: 11 Dec 1992 17:44:39 GMT
Organization: Lakehead University

Dear David,

Have tried all of your ideas before I posted. The CHARMAP.TST is blank when 
Character map 12 is printed, and compose results in blanks on the screen and 
in view document.

Since  you have found it possible to print them, I will try to look for a 
newer driver.

Thanks,

Carol
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Subject: RE: Query: conversions from WP to WinWord?
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:04:23 GMT
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>Coworkers changing from WPerfect to MSWord for Windows (2.0b) ask:

>any problems to anticipate, when they try to convert formatted text files?
>Any recommendations welcome.

Have patience...

I had a very large course syllabus consisting of many files originally written
in WP5.1.
The files contained many different fonts, text boxes, figures and equations.
The converted files (to W4W) were not a pretty sight.
For this reason I decided to nibble the marshmellow and buy WPWIN, which I use
almost exclusively for these particular files. (The cost in hours I would have
had to spend working out conversions would have far exceeded the price of
the upgrade.)
For everything else I use W4W.

Cheers

Bob Bienkowski
BIENKOWS@QCVAXA
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Subject: Re: Editing Footnotes finale
From: maven@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Jim Baltaxe)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:31:24 GMT
Organization: Victoria University of Wellington

In article <mjenkins.724510470@cunews> mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes:
>Thanks to all those who suggested ways to edit footnotes en masse
>rather than individually.
>
>I appreciate all the time and effort that went into posting the info.
>
>Michael}C\@1

Then how about posting a summary to the net - just as a curtesy, of
course, and as a help to the rest of us who might also be interested.

-- 
Jim Baltaxe - jim.baltaxe@vuw.ac.nz
Computing Services Centre - Victoria University of Wellington - New Zealand
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From: hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell)
Subject: Re: Editing footnotes
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From: C.B.Christie@massey.ac.nz (C.B. Christie)
Subject: wanted a macro to find references in text
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 03:22:15 GMT



Hi Netters,
Has anyone written a wp51 macro to find references or citations in text.

The kind of thing I had in mind is a macro that would search for each
instance of a date ie (19XX) and then dump the  30 characters before or
after  the date to a new file with a [flushrt] page number it indicate
location. Maybe it could be appended to the bottom of the current
document if that is easier to achieve, it would be somewhat immaterial
where it ends up solong as it helps check a reference list against the
text of particular interest.

Sorting the list by author could be a useful option.

There may be a better way to go about this but it would be good to catch
the most common ways in which references are used in scientific
literature eg.

The Hypothetical Example

This is a great idea (Magruder, 1992). In 1992 Christie reported a
useful idea to the listserv which has been investigated by Lohner et al.
(1993) and developed into a useful macro that all writers of scientific
papers could find useful.

Any ideas or sources of such a macro would be of keen interest.

Thanks very much

Bruce Christie
Department of Plant Science, Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand

email: C.B.Christie@massey.ac.nz
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