Print Area Feature

Using the Display Interface

Screen Printing

Print Area Feature

This dialog is used to configure the Print Area feature. Print Area is a very powerful feature that allows you to create and store definitions that uniquely identify multiple screens of data so that these screens can be automatically printed out in a semi-custom report like format.

When you are not using the Print Area feature, invoking the Print Screen command will result in the current screen being printed. However, if you are using the Print Area feature, and the current screen meets the criteria of an exiting Print Area definition, invoking the Print Screen command will result in the printing of the defined screen data even if the data exists on multiple screens.

To turn off or suspend this feature, from the MenuBar, select File:Print Setup and choose the Options tab. Enable the "Suspend Print Area Functionality" checkbox.

Configuring the Print Area Feature

For example, you want to print the results of a multiple screen query in an easy to read continuous format without having to manually navigate to each screen.

Use the Add button to create a new Print Area Definition.
Run the query and choose text strings to be used as the screen identifiers. This is accomplished by looking at your screen data and entering the a text string along with row numbers where the text string resides on the screen. All three Screen Identifiers are required.

All Screens: (Required) Enter a text string that will appear on every screen like the title of the page.
First Screen: (Required) Enter a text string that will appear on the first screen of the query.
Last Screen: (Required) Enter a text string that will appear on the last screen of the query like "End of File", etc.

NOTE If you are using something like "End of File" or "Bottom of Data" as the Last Screen identifier, enter a 0 (zero) for Row number since it is likely that this text will not always land on the same line number. Using a 0 signals BlueZone to look for this text anywhere on the last screen.

Set-up the Print Range. This feature allows you to eliminate undesired or repeated text from the printout.

First Screen: Enter the Row and Column where you want the print capture to start and the Row and Column where you want the print to end on the first screen. You may want to include the column headings on the first screen to make the report easier to read. Also, if there are control keys at the bottom of the screen, you may want to eliminate them from the printout.
Remaining Screens: Enter the Row and Column where you want the print capture to start and the Row and Column where you want the print to end on all the remaining screens. On the remaining screens, you probably don't want to include the column headings. Also, as above, if there are control keys at the bottom of the screen, you may want to eliminate them from the printout.

Verify that the function keys used for Page Up and Page Down are correct.

To test, invoke the BlueZone Print Screen command, File:Print Screen from the MenuBar.

Keep in mind that once the Print Area definition has been created, you don't have to do anything special to "turn on" this feature. All you have to do is navigate to the screen that applies to this definition, and invoke the Print Screen command.