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QuickBaseCoachD
8 years agoQrew Captain
John,
In terms of native solutions, and an alternative would be to have the users checkbox the ones that they want to print, using Grid Edit.
Then make a report of checkboxed Work Orders and Print that Report. When you print the report it will ask you if you want to print as a report or print each record on a new page.
So then that would solve the actual printing issue, so the focus of the discussion would be on what the easiest way would be to reset the checkboxes once they have been printed. The low tech solution for that is simply to grid edit the report of checkboxed Work Orders, but there are also ways to make a button to clear that columns for all records.
In terms of native solutions, and an alternative would be to have the users checkbox the ones that they want to print, using Grid Edit.
Then make a report of checkboxed Work Orders and Print that Report. When you print the report it will ask you if you want to print as a report or print each record on a new page.
So then that would solve the actual printing issue, so the focus of the discussion would be on what the easiest way would be to reset the checkboxes once they have been printed. The low tech solution for that is simply to grid edit the report of checkboxed Work Orders, but there are also ways to make a button to clear that columns for all records.
- _anomDiebolt_8 years agoQrew EliteHey I changed one line of code in my demo and after it throws up the two dialog boxes displaying (1) the list of [Record ID#]s selected and (2) the ad hoc query parameter for the list of selected records it then initiates the native print function.
One line of code was changed!
Test it yourself:
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bkfwuwx2p?a=td - QuickBaseCoachD8 years agoQrew CaptainDan, I assume though, that the OP wants to have one page per work order to hand out to the shop floor.
- _anomDiebolt_8 years agoQrew EliteNo problem - a couple more lines of code.
- _anomDiebolt_8 years agoQrew EliteOkay I added eight more lines of code and throw up both of the print pages.
A rush job and sloppy but I had a few minutes before I start my other work. - jrossausiscom8 years agoQrew Assistant CaptainWould this work with full pages of data? Our workorders generally take up a full page with the address, customer info, and configuration data.
- _anomDiebolt_8 years agoQrew EliteIt should work as well as printing without the fancy selection process.
Bear in mind that this is just a proof of concept. You are free to run with the what I have posted but if you need help feel free to contact me off-world using the information in my profile:
https://getsatisfaction.com/people/dandiebolt/edit