SM76 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Good Day, I'm trying to create PDFs from a simple data input mask. For simplicity, I have a few fields pertaining to the originator of the report followed by three blocks of fields pertaining to separate aspects of the report. Each of these three 'blocks' of fields has one field that can either be 'applicable' or 'non applicable'. What I'm trying to do is create a function to print/save a PDF that checks whether the 'block' is applicable or not and then omits or includes that block in the PDF. Any help greatly appreciated! best, Mat ps: I'm trying to not have to create 7 layouts with all possible block combinations. I do realize that that's a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Your setup isn't clear to me. It would be more clear if you provided the field names and how a user selects which is applicable. Sounds like you need a calc field that only shows the text from the applicable field (however that is determined). Put that calc field on the layout that you'll use in the Save as PDF script step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM76 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 aah b, to the rescue once again, what would be do sans you .. thanks for your post okay, simplest case: the report has a name field followed by a group of fields as follows: radio button field another group of fields: radio button field I want to print a PDF where, depending on the radio button selections the particular 'group of fields' prints or does not print. I hope I'm clearer this time, thanks for your help again Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM76 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 and by 'be do' I mean 'we do' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I hope I'm clearer this time Not really. Does this report include multiple records? If so, do those "applicable" flags apply to each record (i.e. some may need this block, while others do not), or is it a global setting for the entire report? Perhaps a practical example would be more useful than an abstract description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I agree with Comment, it's still a bit murky. And your data structure seems to be a bit off. But that's just a hunch. How about posting a demo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM76 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 my apologies .. here's a little file with a data input layout and a print/pdf layout .. what I'd like to see is the print/pdf layout to display (or not display) the little boxes with the three fields in it depending on whether the radio button has been set to applicable or non applicable my setup may be completely off, I'm approaching this from an end result point of view because clearly I have no idea how to do it thanks very much, Mat FM_sample.fp7.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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