Hi groups

Many people suggest to print related records instead of portal.
What do we do when we have 2 portal to print from 2 tables, but have to be
print on the same page ??

JF

If you know what you're doing -- that is, know the limitations -- you can
print portals, no problem. For example,

- understanding that they will reduce their size (slide objects) based only
on the number of empty portal rows (not the empty contents within them) and
- that you need to design your layout to accommodate the maximum number of
portal rows for each portal
- that you shouldn't include scrollbars or elements like graphics and merge
fields that will print with the blank row shown to accommodate new rows

It's just generally more flexible to print reports without using portals.

The "don't print portals" advice is quite closely related to the "don't use
repeating fields" advice. Useful perhaps for novices in some situations, but
best discarded once you reach intermediate levels and beyond.

"JF Fortier" <climatisationfortier-removespam (AT) videotron (DOT) ca> wrote

Thank you

I know the limitation, but in my solution 2 portals are side by side, full
page lengh and data will not go longer, so no need to reduce size, it's a
pre-define list of stock require to complete a job, so it's not user enter,
that's why I know it won't be longer or smaller.

I was thingking that maybe FM had know issue about portal printing....


JF




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As long as you know the potential problems and think carefully about
what else you do or may want the database to be able to do, of course
you can print portals or use repeating fields - I use repeating fields
a lot, but only for simple data storage (eg. phone numbers: home, work,
mobile) and only very rarely anything that requires calculations or
scripting.



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