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 results 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 results 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 menu bar, click and click the
Options tab.
Enable the
Suspend Print Area Functionality check box.
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.
- Click Add 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) Type a text
string that displays on every screen like the title of the page.
- First Screen: (Required) Type a text
string that displays on the first screen of the query.
- Last Screen: (Required) Type a text
string that displays on the last screen of the query like "End of
File", and so on.
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 does 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: Type 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: Type 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, click from the menu bar.
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.