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<DIV><SPAN class=579260720-08022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I do
it using a lot of find and replaces of flag fields in the template.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579260720-08022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Where
I have a repeating block. I keep reinserting the flag with each block.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579260720-08022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then
after the repeats are finished remove the extra flag.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579260720-08022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579260720-08022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Steven</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579260720-08022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David O'Brien
[mailto:dave@iccs.co.nz]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 09 February 2005 09:04<BR><B>To:</B>
'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DUG] User
definable report.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What is the best method
of providing an easy to use, user definable report.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I need to produce an A5
booklet (A4 folded) where the user has complete control of Font, Style, and
Layout etc... I thought a Word template would be the answer, but I am having
trouble working out how to set it up. A Word template would be good, but how do
I fill in the document with multiple records of
data?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I can easily fill in a
fixed report from a template; it's just a variable number of records I can't get
my head around...<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is there a better
way?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm using D2005
pro.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ta,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">David
O'Brien</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="mailto:dave@iccs.co.nz"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
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