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 Introducing PTWin32 |
Many
of our clients use the Shazam Ad Hoc Report Wizard included with PTWin32
to create all kinds of printed reports, but that’s not its only use. “Ad
Hoc” is a Latin phrase
meaning, “for this (purpose)” and it refers to a temporary toolset used to
answer a particular question. Thinking about the Report Wizard as
a place to create custom printed output is different from thinking of it as a
place to quickly get an answer to a specific question on the fly. The
effort that goes into laying out a report is considerable. If you remove that
effort and think of Shazam as a place to set up a fast query that
provides quick results you will find it is a powerful tool for getting answers. You
need only the Define Search and Preview Report tabs of the Report
Wizard window to query your PTWin32 data. If you don’t define a custom
layout Shazam will arrange your data in a tabular format of columns and rows and
show it on the Preview Report tab. All
you need to do is select tables, fields, and filters on the Define Search
tab then go to Preview Report to see your results. You can go back and
forth between the tabs to change your query as often as you like.
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