Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 #1 Posted January 20, 2015 You folks are causing what I have left to just fall out. I'm trying very hard to get the VR Assistance list reduced to a width that will print on a single page in width. I just about had it so that it would do so in Landscape mode. So what you do do? You enter 2 or 3 telephone numbers per field, add more address information, notes to other users. I understand why but we have to try to keep it manageable enough to fit on a page. When you start adding all kinds of other information, it gets wider and wider. I'm going to reset the fields to limit the number of characters that can be typed into a field. Please edit your listings and choose the best numbers to use please.
Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 Author #3 Posted January 20, 2015 Believe it or not, as much stuff as you had in yours, it was wrapping to the next line and actually working ok. I don't fully understand why. Mine is the same way. My email address wrapped to the next line. Some do and some don't. If I could figure that out, it would probably be OK.
djh3 Posted January 20, 2015 #4 Posted January 20, 2015 Where do I go to update a phone number etc. It has a phone listed for me but no info as to what assistance I may give. I though in profile but I don't see where.
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #5 Posted January 20, 2015 Hmmm,, wonder if its the way that its entered,, like fooling the puter into thinking its all one sentence,, no idea... One thing for sure, trimming down to fit on a printed sheet of paper is a GREAT idea!!! We should all print one out and carry the printed version on our bikes somewhere!!!
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #6 Posted January 20, 2015 Where do I go to update a phone number etc. It has a phone listed for me but no info as to what assistance I may give. I though in profile but I don't see where. Click on "forum actions", click on "edit profile", scroll down and the choices are at the bottom..
SilvrT Posted January 20, 2015 #7 Posted January 20, 2015 Any chance the data can be exported and then brought into another program such as Word, Excel, Access, etc where you could do a better job of formatting/printing it?
Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 Author #8 Posted January 20, 2015 Yes it can. That is what I was doing before though and it takes a lot of time to do and the list is always changing so it was seldom truly up to date. It will be much better if we can do it this way and it will always be the latest list.
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #10 Posted January 20, 2015 Hey Puc stop screwing up the system. RATS,,,,, Its my fingers Skid,, they gotta mind of their own!!! I'm a victim of circumstance,, nuck nuck
CaptainJoe Posted January 20, 2015 #11 Posted January 20, 2015 Don, It looks like The spaces in between words make it jump to next line. No imbedded spaces, causes it to fill up entire field/occurance/element. (If the name field is 25 characters it uses all 25 before jumping to next line)
Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 Author #12 Posted January 20, 2015 I don't know. I haven't figured it out. Look at Cecdoo's. I edited his to see and as you will see, it doesn't break where I want it to.
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #14 Posted January 20, 2015 Yeaaa,, and Ecks is really weird,, in one column the numbers wrapped and in the column before that they didnt,, strange
Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 Author #15 Posted January 20, 2015 Yea, I was looking at that too. Both fields are set up exactly the same and he has the information entered in the exact same way.
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #16 Posted January 20, 2015 Yea, I was looking at that too. Both fields are set up exactly the same and he has the information entered in the exact same way. Whatever someone did, its fixed now..
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #17 Posted January 20, 2015 Where do I go to update a phone number etc. It has a phone listed for me but no info as to what assistance I may give. I though in profile but I don't see where. Click on "forum actions", click on "edit profile", scroll down and the choices are at the bottom.. Hey DJ, forgot something in here,, after you click on "Edit Profile", right under the fields where you enter your name there is a box you have to check "yes" if your willing for VR assistance.. I am not sure but the selection boxes at the very bottom where you choose which services you are willing to offer may not even show up if you dont check "Yes".. OPPSSSS,, never mind,, I see you got er figured out,, I will just leave this here in case it may someone else...
CaptainJoe Posted January 20, 2015 #18 Posted January 20, 2015 I don't know. I haven't figured it out. Look at Cecdoo's. I edited his to see and as you will see, it doesn't break where I want it to. I got t to break once but now I can't repeat it? Simplest way would be to not allow the email addresses & verbiage in the telephone fields...
Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 Author #19 Posted January 20, 2015 Yes, and only one phone number for cellular and one for home I guess.
SilvrT Posted January 20, 2015 #20 Posted January 20, 2015 Yes it can. That is what I was doing before though and it takes a lot of time to do and the list is always changing so it was seldom truly up to date. It will be much better if we can do it this way and it will always be the latest list. What is the backend database? MySQL? MS SQL? etc ... If any of those, you might be able to link the appropriate tables into either Access or Excel using ODBC. That way any reporting done from, say Access, will show the up-to-date info. (just tryin to help)
Freebird Posted January 20, 2015 Author #21 Posted January 20, 2015 Yes, and only one phone number for cellular and one for home I guess. Heck, even that does strange things. Look at page two, Yammer Dan and RMar....their home phones break to the second line.
CaptainJoe Posted January 20, 2015 #22 Posted January 20, 2015 The cellular phone and home phone fields don't appear to be the same length. look at captainjoe data, same numbers but is breaking in a different place.
cowpuc Posted January 20, 2015 #23 Posted January 20, 2015 Yes, and only one phone number for cellular and one for home I guess. Heck, even that does strange things. Look at page two, Yammer Dan and RMar....their home phones break to the second line. I am seeing the whole second page as not lining up the same as the 1st page in the second phone column Don.. Not that it really matters cause it looks like it would be easily printable BUt,, I wonder whats gonna happen when we get to the third page.. Is it somehow automatically advancing that column..
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