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By far the
best way of storing reports is to transfer your data to your preferred database
using OptoDataLink, part of the PACProject Suite Professional Edition. You can then use standard database record
and reporting tools to produce professional and complex reports.
But if you
just want to produce a simple text line report in less than five minutes,
then the following is a quick solution.
- Create a string table within
PAC Control and fill the individual lines with the text and data you
require, when you require using the OptoScript language. Don't forget to clear the elements every time you want to create a new report. You can
check how the results will look by selecting the table in the Debug mode.
- Under the Tools menu in PAC
Display Configurator use the Create Recipe File option to create and save
an upload format file that specifies the string table indexes that will be
the line report.
- Under
the Configure menu in PAC Display Configurator, use the
Recipe>Upload Recipe Manager window to configure the source format
file location and name. Then configure the destination directory
location, filename (prompted or from strategy) for the file that will
be produced. Do not used a fixed filename unless you want files to be
overwritten. I would also suggest using txt as the file extention to allow the report to be opened in any application. Finally configure a PAC Control tag name that will triggers
the file transfer action.
- Once the string table has been
completed activate the trigger from your program. PAC Display Runtime
automatically monitors this variable and will use the Recipe Manager to
upload the file to the destination directory as a text file.
Why not promote OptoGreens’ environmental
responsibility in your company and not print reports to paper. Lets save trees by storing reports to a
network drive, employing a file backup policy, and then send an email to everyone
involved, telling them
a)
What
report data is being saved.
b) Where they can find it when they want it.
c)
Why
you are doing this.
d) Reminding them that they don’t
really need a printed copy anyway.
This will make everyone happy, including you, your boss and the trees!
Checkout the OptoGreen websection for more ideas on sustainability. http://www.opto22.com/site/co_sustainability.aspx
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