| Registered: June 5, 2008 |  Posts: 6 |
| | Posted: July 16, 2008 12:22 AM | | | | I see that rather than having to 'a priori' filter and sort the Collection before generating a report, there seems to be a way to store filter/sort schemes in a file. At least that is what I am guessing since I see "As defined in a file" as an option (that looks for a .flt file) under "Select / Sort" in the Options area of the Reports screen, and there is a similar-looking "Custom Filter/Sort" option in the Edit Report screen. I've scoured the Helps and cannot find any reference to storing such schemes. Some insight or pointers would be much appreciated.
WineGuy |
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| Registered: April 16, 2008 | | Posts: 347 |
| | Posted: July 16, 2008 12:41 AM | | | | Hi,
I've recently had similar questions and your post prompted me to experiment.
I selected Animated and Family in the Genres section of filters and saved this as Cartoon.flt. I then cleared all filters and went to the Report section. I then selected "Cartoon.flt" in the "As defined in file:" section of the "Select/Sort" area of "Options". The same files were chosen as previously.
It seemed to take quite a bit longer to generate the Report, however. |
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| Registered: April 16, 2008 | | Posts: 347 |
| | Posted: July 16, 2008 12:53 AM | | | | Hi again,
Okay, I re-read your post and saw my mistake.
I saved "Cartoons.flt" as the file in "Custom Filter/Sort:" and then saved the Report as "Cartoons.dpr"
When I ran the report with nothing previously selected it did display those files which I had previously filtered.
I hope this helps and that I finally got it right. |
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| Registered: June 5, 2008 | | Posts: 6 |
| | Posted: July 17, 2008 3:49 PM | | | | OK, I see how to select "filter" elements (what to include) and store those in a fiile. However, I still don't see any way to "Sort" the lists (determine the order items are listed) in a way that would be stored. I go through three Sort actions to get the list in the desired order, and would like to have that done automatically.
WineGuy |
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