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Products Recommended for SendTo
		NetTalk (offers SendTo Email and SendTo FTP functionality)
		Office Inside (at least version 2.61) (offers SendTo Word and Excel functionality)
		WinEvent(at least version 3.21) (assists with SendToEmail and extracting icons from other DLLs in a multi-DLL application)
		Draw(at least version 2.20) (offers icons in the exports)
		xFiles (offers SendToXML functionality)
		HyperActive (used in conjunction with sending to PDF)
		SoftVelocity's Clarion6 Report to PDF template, PDFTools or wPDFControls for SendToPDF.

Contents
		Introduction
		Feature List
		Adding SendTo to your Application [Important Reading]
		The SendTo Templates
		The SendTo Objects
		Examples
		FAQs
		What the Users are saying
		License & Copyright
		Installation& Support
		Version History [Important for existing users]

Introduction

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to export a list/browse straight to Printer, a file (like Excel or Word) or Email it? We as Clarion Programmers are renowned for spending piles of time getting our browses just right - and then quickly adding a few reports as an after-thought. And so instead of doing the work once, we're effectively doing it many times.

Enter SendTo. SendTo will enable you to send your data exactly as it appears in the browse to Printer, or File (HTML, Excel, Word, CSV or PDF) or email it directly. Simply drop on the SendTo button on any browse/list in your application, and you have all these options available without having to design extra reports or export procedures - it literally takes a few seconds to add this amount of functionality to a browse.

No more designing reports to match the printout the user requires - simply display the data. What you see is what you will get in the SendTo output. So you can do what you do best - display the correct data and let SendTo do the hard work of getting it out of the List/Browse.

Note: Available Output formats are dependant on the extensions that you have added to your application.

Features

• Supports Standard Clarion (ABC and legacy) Browse Boxes and handcoded list boxes. Export data to Excel***, Word***, HTML, CSV, PDF* or XML**.

• No need to create any reports - SendTo does it all for you.
• Email Browse/list data as Excel***, Word***, HTML, CSV, PDF* or XML**.
• Right Click and select from popup option as well as standard button format.
• Let your printer and PDF* output span multiple pages (wide) if your list is too wide to print on one page.
• Colors the output (where applicable) as the data is viewed in the list¶.
• Send your browse to the clipboard in any of the supported file formats (except PDF).
• Both resource and disk icons used in your browse will be included in the SendTo printer (and PDF)¶¶.

* Clarion 6 ABC applications only or additional 3rdparty Tools required.
** XML export requires xFiles - a Capesoft 3rdparty accessory.
*** Excel and Word require OfficeInside to offer this export functionaltiy.
¶ At this stage the STYLE attribute is only supported. COLORs will not be displayed in the output.
¶¶ Icon support requires Draw. At this stage only certain icon formats are supported see FAQ 4.3

Adding SendTo to your Application

• Jumpstart
• Multi-DLL Applications
• Adding the SendTo Button
• Translation
• Using SendTo with other 3rdParty tools (PDF, etc)

JumpStart

Before adding SendTo to your application, you need to import the SendToTempFile into your dictionary:

1.	Open your dictionary in the Dictionary Editor.
2.	Import the Send2Tmp.txd text file into your dictionary (the Import Text item in the File menu). This file is found in the Clarionx\3rdparty\Libsrc folder.

OK, now we're ready to add SendTo to your application. If this is a Multi-DLL application, then you need to do this in the Data DLL:

1.	Insert the Global Extensions that you will require: 1.1. Click the Global button and click the Extensions button on the Global Properties window. 1.2. You need to add the ActivateSendTo Global extension template to the list. 1.3. You can add the following Global Extension Templates: Activate NetTalk, Activate Office Inside, Enable WinEvent and Draw if they have not already been added. If you have HyperActive and/or xFiles then add the Activate HyperActive and/or Activate xFiles to your application as well. Note: If you are adding these extensions at a later stage, check the FAQs on what else to change. 1.4. Click OK a couple of times to return to the Application tree window.
2.	Open your application and run the ImportSendToWindows template utility: 2.1. Select the Template Utility option from the Application menu. 2.2. Select either the ImportSendToWindowsABC or ImportSendToWindowsLegacy (depending on whether your application is ABC or legacy based) from the Select Utility list box. Note: For Multi-DLL applications you need to make sure the Export procedure in the SendTo_Window properties is checked.
3.	Setup the SendToWindow pointer correctly: 3.1. Click the Global button and click the Extensions button on the Global Properties window. 3.2. Select the ActivateSendTo Global extension template in the list. On this template, make sure that the SendToWindow procedure is correct in the drop list provided.
4.	If you require PDF file output, then you can either use Soft Velocity's Clarion6 ABC Report to PDF, Klarisoft's wPDFControls or PDFXChange (PDF-Tools). Perform the steps (dependant on the product) to adding the Report to PDF to your application. Note: If you own HyperActive, then you can add HyperActive to your application and preview the PDF.
5.	For XML output support, check out FAQ 7.1.

For Multi-DLL Applications

Now that you've added the SendTo functionality to the Data-Dll, you can use the functionality in all your applications that use this Data DLL.

1.

Add the SendTo Global Extension template to your other app (e.g. your mainEXE application).  1.1. In the SendTo Global Extension template, check the SendTo Window is in another app checkbox. 1.2. Enter the name of the SendTo Procedure (that is in your Data DLL) in the entry field provided. 1.3. If you check the Don't automatically map the procedure checkbox, then you'll need to manually map the procedure in your Global map, otherwise SendTo will do this automatically for you. If this is a Multi-Proj application, then you'll need to check this because Multi-Proj will do the mapping for you. If you want icon support, you must also add the WinEvent Global Extension to this application (if it is not already present)

2.

If you have not done so already, then you need to add the Data-DLL as an external module to this application. 2.1. In your Application tree, select the Insert Module... item from the Application menu. 2.2. Select ExternalDLL from the list that appears. 2.3. Enter the name of the lib that is generated by your Data-DLL application.

Adding a SendTo Button to your Browse/List

1.	Open the Window Formatter for the Browse procedure that you require the SendTo button on.
2.	Select the Control Template... option from the Populate menu, and the select the BrowseSendTo or ListSendTo control template from the list that appears. Place the button on the window in an appropriate place.

Translation

There are two places you need to make alterations in order to cater for translation:
1. Open the SendTo_Window window formatter and translate all the prompt text.
2. Go to the SendTo Controls on the SendToWindow control template prompts on the SendTo_Window, tab across to the Translation tab, and fill in the respective text there:

In order to re-use this window in your other appications, you can do a selective export of the 5 SendTo windows (SendTo_Window, SendTo_Email, SendEmail, SendTo_Printer, SendTo_File) that you've translated to the SendToWindowsABCNoFTP.txa or SendToWindowsLegacyNoFTP.txa (depending on which template set your app is based on). Caution: Next time you upgrade your SendTo, these txas will be overwritten. Keep a backup of this file somewhere in case you do upgrade without thinking about the txas.

Using SendTo with other 3rdParty tools (PDF, etc)

PDFTools (from Docu-Track software) (written for version 3.5).

• Add the PDF-Tools Report Global Extension template to your application's global extension templates (leave the defaults as is). This needs to be done to the application where the SendTo procedures reside if this is a multi-DLL application.
• Add the PDF-Tools Report Procedure Extension template to your SendTo-Printer templates and amend the following prompts:
  • Enter !pPdfFile in the Filename entry prompt (on the General Tab)
  • Enter Yes - Always on the Generate PDF drop down (on the Previewer tab.).
  • The other prompts will be automatically filled in by the SendTo template.
• In the SendTo window (on the SendTo Controls on the SendToWindow template) - check the PDF checkbox in the FileFormats to use group (on the Output Setup tab).

The SendToTemplates

The Global Extension Template
The Browse SendTo Control Template
The ListSendTo Control Template
The SendToWindowControls Control Template
The SendToFileProcess Extension Template
The SendToPrinterReport Extension Template

The Global Extension Template

1.	The Disable all SendTo Features checkbox should remain clear (unchecked) - but is useful for debugging. If you have an untrackable bug, then you can disable all SendTo code generation in your entire application by checking this checkbox.
2.	The SendTo Procedure drop down list is used to specify the SendTo Window procedure - which is used for selecting the output of the data. If this is a Multi-DLL application and the SendTo Window is in another application, then you'll need to manually type the procedure name into the entry (after checking the SendTo Window is in another app checkbox).
3.	If this is a Multi-DL application, and the SendTo window is in another application, then you can check the Don't automatically map the procedure checkbox if you would like to manually map the procedure definition in this application.
4.	SendTo turns on prop:buffer for the Browse boxes where the SendTo button is added. This makes the collating of data more efficient. You can check the Suppress Prop:Buffer use if you don't want to use the prop:buffer feature.
5.	You can specify if you would like to force multi-lined rows (i.e. where LastOnLine is used in groups) into one row for some or all file outputs. This often makes for more logical sense, especially in CSV file outputs. Otherwise, the data will be exported as it appears (on separater rows) in the list/browse box.

The Browse SendTo Control Template

 

1.	By default the heading text used for the data output will be the text on the titlebar of the window. You can change this in the Heading entry field in the template. Use quotes for constants or variable names. For example you could add the currently active tab's text to the TitleBar's text.
2.	You can force or warn a user on a record limit - if the user has selected to SendTo, but is unaware of the magnitude of the output that will be generated.
3.	(For ABC) You can set the position of the SendTo popup menu - to one of first (i.e. at the top of the menu), Before Update items, After Update Items or Last.

4.	The Column Customization list allows you to suppress columns from the SendTo output, or change individual column headers in the SendTo output.

The ListSendTo Control Template

1.	By default the heading text used for the data output will be the text on the titlebar of the window. You can change this in the Heading entry field in the template. Use quotes for constants or variable names. For example you could add the currently active tab's text to the TitleBar's text.
2.	You need to select the List Control that contains queue to use for the SendTo data. If you only have one List control on your window, then SendTo will automatically select that one.
3.	The Queue entry field is where you tell SendTo about the Queue that contains the data for the SendTo output.
4.	The Columns to Suppress list allows you to specify which columns you would like to suppress from the SendTo output.

The SendToWindowControls Control Template

1.	You need to enter 4 procedures - the SendTo Email Procedure, the SendTo Printer Procedure, the SendTo File Procedure and the SendTo FTP Procedure (optional - requires NetTalk 4) to handle the data output.
2.	If you don't want any code to be generated locally, you can check the Don't generate SendTo code here checkbox. This is useful for debugging.
3.	You can enter the names of the prompts you require for the Output prompts in the template. You can use variables for translation if you require.
	On the Output Setup tab you can select the outputs that you want to support (FTP requires NetTalk 4).
4.	If you have a mechanism to convert your reports to PDF (a 3rdparty tool or the Clarion6 ABC templates) - then you can check the Use a Report to PDF Convertor to call the report.
5.	You can also select which File formats you would like to display as options to your user. For each file format that you select you will need to enter a default extension as well. Note: There is a Clarion bug when displaying these entry fields (sometimes the entry fields are not displayed). You will also be able to select whether you would like the title to appear in the document that you are outputting to (check the Doc Title checkbox for this) If you want to use an alternative delimiter (by default) for CSV output, then you can set the default delimiter either as a variable, or with quotes. The default is ',' a comma. The delimiter is a string(1). If you want to use a non-printable character, then you can enter the ASCII equivalent value in triangle brackets (so to use a tab, enter '<9>') using char equates (exactly as you would when entering the non-printable character into a normal string in your code). Check the Add Extension to the filename (if none) if you'd like the SendToWindow to add the default extension if there is no extension in the filename
6.	If you uncheck the Allow Email Configuration checkbox, then the user will not be able to configure their e-mail settings at runtime. Checking the Don't remove TempFile after emailing checkbox will give you the option of deleting the file in your email routine or keeping it for further use.
7.	If you would like to use a style file for your HTML generated output file, then you can check the use a Style file checkbox and enter the name of the style file into the Style File  entry field. The style file will get generated into the HTML document that is produced - so the HTML doc will be a stand-alone doc, although you'll still need to send the Style File with your application.
8.	On the Location tab, you can specify where the default location for the output files are to be stored. You can select between My Documents, Desktop and Temp Folder. You can also specify the default basename of the output file. If no base name is specified and the header is blank, then the output file will be '.xls' for excel, '.doc' for word, etc.  If you would like your SendTo output to always be named a particular output (without defaulting to the header name) then check the Only use output file basename when header is blank checkbox.
9.	The settings on the Save Settings tab can be used to specify if you want to save and restore options for repeated use. You can choose the Don't Store option (if you don't want to save your settings) or choose an INIFile to store the settings in.Settings that are saved are: The last output device (Printer,File or Email), File Format and the various options (Preview, Suppress Greenbar, etc). ABC applications can select the ABC only - use Application''s INIManager checkbox, which will use the INIManager class generated in your application by the ABC templates.
10.	If you selected the INIFile option, then you will need to select which INI file the settings will be stored in. If you have many SendTo enabled applications, then you may like to store settings unique to this application, in which case you would select the Appname.ini option. Otherwise you could select the SendTo.INI or the Win.INI for across the board settings.

The SendToFileProcess Extension Template

1.	There are no prompts for you enter in this template. This template generates the necessary code in a process to export the data to a file.

The SendToPrinterReport Extension Template

This template generates the necessary code in a report to export the data to a printer.

1.	ABC Only - If you would like to specifically open your Previewer in Maximised mode initially, then check the Start Report Previewer Maximised checkbox. Otherwise the Previewer will be opened to whatever it has been set to in the Report template.
2.	ABC Only - If you would like to default the Previewer to open 100% zoom initially, then check the Start Report Previewer 100% zoom checkbox.
3.	You can specify a Left column indentation, which can either be a constant or a variable. This will indent the text of the left most column (header and text) - so if you require more space between left justified text and the left margin line, you can.
4.	If you have more than one PDF template, then you can specify which one to use in the succeeding checkboxes.
5.	If you are using a Report to PDF generator (a 3rdparty tool or the Clarion6 SVReportToPDF template), then you can add the HyperActive global Extension template to your application to preview the PDF instead of using the Report Previewer to view the PDF. Once you've added the HyperActive Global Extension template, then you can check the Use HyperActive to Preview the PDF File checkbox.

The SendTo Objects

SendToBase
SendToPrinter
SendToCSV
SendToHTML
SendToExcel
SendToWord
SendToFile

SendToBase() class

The SendTo base class forms the foundation of all the SendTo classes. It handles all the nittigritty of extracting data, fontsetting, etc generic to all the other classes.

Properties

Property Name	Type	Description/Use
q	&Queue	A pointer to the Queue containing the data for the Report/File.
control	long	The ID of the List control containing the Queue.
Header	string(255)	The text to use for the header of the Report/File.
TotalWidth	long	The total width factor of the Listbox - to ensure all the columns fit into the Report/File.
LinesPerDetail	long	Lines required for each record entry for the Report/File
RecIndex	long	A counter containing the Index number of the record currently 'Got'
ProgressValue	long	The Progress Percent of the records processed.
Preview	byte	Set to Preview the Report/File.
PreviewProgram	string(255)	A name for the program to run to preview the data. If left blank, then use ShellExecute.
FileName	string(255)	The name of the File containing the exported data.
GreenBar	byte	If set to 2, then Greenbar is disabled, otherwise, it is used to switch between showing and hiding the background for the Greenbar effect.
Opened	byte	Indicates whether a file has been opened successfully.
fontName	string(40)	Contains the Fontname of the ListBox to use as the default (if the cell has no font)
fontSize	long	Contains the Fontsize of the ListBox to use as the default (if the cell has no font)
fontStyle	long	Contains the Fontstyle of the ListBox to use as the default (if the cell has no font)
fontColorFG	long	Contains the TextColor of the ListBox to use as the default (if the cell has no TextColor)
fontColorBG	long	Contains the BackColor of the ListBox to use as the default (if the cell has no BackTextColor)
fontCharset	long	Contains the Characterset of the ListBox to use as the default (if the cell has no CharacterSet)
Styles	Group,pre(Styles),Dim(255)	An array to store the ListBoxes style array during the Report/File formatting.
FontName	string(40)	Name of the Font for this stylegroup
FontSize	long	Size of the Font for this stylegroup
FontStyle	long	Style of the Font for this stylegroup
CharSet	long	CharacterSet of the Font for this stylegroup
ColorFG	long	Text color for this stylegroup
ColorBG	long	Background color for this stylegroup
Picture	string(32)	Picture used for this stylegroup
Exists	byte(0)	Set if this propstyle array row is used.
	End
Icons	Group,Dim(255)	An array to store the Icon file names, and whether they exist or not.
IconName	string(255)	Name of the Font for this stylegroup
Exists	byte(0)	Set if this propstyle array row is used.
	End
File	string(255)	Used to store the name of the file created (also contains the error code if the file was not created).
clm	Group,dim(MAXCOLS1),pre(clm)	An array containing formatting for each column.
Exists	byte	Set if this element of the queue is present in the List box.
width	long	Contains the width of the column
RightBorder	byte	Set if there is a border on the right of the column
LastOnLine	byte	Wraps the next field to the start of the next line
RunningWidth	long	Used to ensure the width of the column is not too small (for the data)
Header	string(255)	Contains the text for the heading of the column
HeaderAlign	string(6)	Contains 'left', 'center' or 'right' dependant on which alignment the header is.
HeaderLeft	byte	Set if the Header is left justified
HeaderRight	byte	Set if the Header is right justified
HeaderCenter	byte	Set if the Header is center justified
HeaderDecimal	byte	Set if the Header is decimal left justified
HeaderOffset	long	Offset of the Header text
HeaderControl	long	Used for the control of the header text in a report
Align	string(6)	contains 'left', 'center' or 'right' dependant on which alignment the column is
Underline	byte	True if the column text is underlined
Picture	string(40)	The picture of the column text
GroupNo	long	The number of the group that this field is part of.
FieldNo	long	Contains the field number of the queue that is the first in the list. If blank, than the field number is assumed to be incremented from the previous columns field.
Left	byte	Set if the column text is left justified.
Right	byte	Set if the column text is right justified.
Center	byte	Set if the column text is center justified.
Decimal	byte	Set if the column text is decimal justified.
Offset	long	Contains the offset of the text.
Color	long	Set if there are color settings for this column.
TextColor	long	Contains the color of the text.
BackColor	long	Contains the color of the background
Icon	byte	Set if there is an icon attribute for this column
IconTrn	byte	Set if the icon is transparent
CellStyle	byte	Set if the cell can be individually formatted with a style.
ColStyle	byte	Contains the default style for the column (if used).
DetailControl	long	The ID of the control containing the text for the cell.
IconControl	ulong	The ID of the IconControl to contain the icon for the cell.
DetailText	string(255)	The formatted text to be placed in the cell to be exported.
RunningColumn	long	The physical column that this column occurs in (numbered from left to right)
RunningRow	long	The physical row that this column occurs in (numbered from top to bottom)
	End
grp	group,dim(MaxCols),pre(grp)	This Group contains the settings for Group headers.
Header	string(255)	Contains the heading text (for the group)
HeaderAlign	String(6)	Alignment
HeaderLeft	byte	Left justified (if set)
HeaderRight	byte	Right justified (if set)
HeaderCenter	byte	Center justified (if set)
HeaderDecimal	byte	Decimal justified (if set)
HeaderOffset	long	Offset for justification
HeaderControl	long	Control to contain the group header string
Columns	long	The number of columns in this group.
Exists	byte	whether the group exists (as a group) or not
Width	long	The total width of the group.
Rows	long	The rows that exist in this group (i.e. the amount of cells with the LastOnLine attribute in them).
	End
ProgressText	string(100)	Contains the text for the Progress string on the Progress Window.
StyleFile	string(255)	The name of the style file (for HTML files)
NoOfColumns	long	The number of columns wide that the output will contain.
LastColumn	long	The number of the last column
RunningColumns	long	The number of physical columns that will be used in the output
RunningRows	long	The number of physical rows that will be used in the output.
HeaderRows	long	The number of physical rows that will be used in the output header
WriteToClipboard	byte	Set in order to write to clipboard (rather than file).
PreserveDateData	long	Set in order to present date date in true-date format (in Excel exports).
NoColumnHeadings	long	Set in order to prevent column headings from being generated (into Word, CSV and Xcel)

Methods

MethodName	Parameters	Description
DisplayProgress	(*Byte ProgressValue, Long ProgressControl' long ProgressText=0)	Set and Display the value for the progress control on the progress window. Parameters: ProgressValue - a handle to the Progress thermometer ProgressControl - the ID of the progressbar ProgressText - the ID of the ProgressText string.
Init	(Queue pQueue, Long pListControl, <SendToOptionsGroup pOptionsGroup>)	Initialize the object - set queue pointer, and gets the list properties and styles. Parameters: pQueue - the queue that contains the data pListControl - the ID of the control containing the data pOptionsGroup - a group containing the SendTo options
Next	(),Long	Populates the queue buffer with the next record in the queue. Returns a 0 if record is OK, otherwise the next failed.
LoadIcons	()	This procedure loads the list controls icon array into aSendTo icon array.
LoadListBoxProperties	()	Get the all the listbox's format properties.
LoadStyles	()	Get the list box's style arrays.
Run	()	Run the program associated with the file created.
ErrorTrap	(Long p_Code, String p_Text)	Display an error that occurs. Parameters: p_Code - the errorcode that occurred. p_Text - the message text that must be displayed.
_FontColor	(long p_Col),Long	Returns the FontColor for this specific cell. Parameters: p_Col - the column number of the cell
_FontBackGroundColor	(long p_Col),Long	Returns the BackGroundColor for this specific cell. Parameters: p_Col - the column number of the cell
_FontName	(long p_Col),String	Returns the FontName for this specific cell. Parameters: p_Col - the column number of the cell
_FontStyle	(long p_Col),Long	Returns the FontStyle for this specific cell. Parameters: p_Col - the column number of the cell
_FontSize	(long p_Col),Long	Returns the FontSize for this specific cell. Parameters: p_Col - the column number of the cell
_FontCharset	(long p_Col),Long	Returns the CharacterSet for this specific cell. Parameters: p_Col - the column number of the cell
Kill	()	Dummy method for classes derived from the base class.
Open	()	Dummy method for classes derived from the base class.
CreateHeader	()	Dummy method for classes derived from the base class.
WriteColumn	(<string pDetails>, <long pColumn>, byte pHeader=0, <string pAlign>, long pSpan=0)	Writes the Details into the cell/block specified (and sets up styling and alignment as necessary. If Details is blank, a blank detail is written. Parameters: pDetails - the content of the string to place in the control pColumn - the column number  pHeader - set if this is the header, otherwise cell is in the body. pAlign - an optional alignment string
EndHeaderRow	()	Code to run at the end of a Header row (like adding into the file and incrementing the column)
EndDetailRow	()	Calls the parent EndHeaderRow - but allows for overwriting if other code is required.
SetDetail	()	Dummy method for classes derived from the base class.
GetFontStyleName	(long pFontType),string	Return's the name(i.e. string description) of the FontType. Parameter: pFontType - contains the FontType equate
Debug	(string pDebugStr)	Output debug information for debugging. Parameters: pDebugStr - the debug string to output.
_CellStyle	(long p_Col),long	Returns the style number for the cell of the column. Parameters: p_Col - the column number.
_ColorEquate	(long pColor),long	Returns the closest Clarion color equate (for Word and Excel) Parameters: pColor - the color used.
OldNoOfColumns	(),long	Returns the number of columns that appear in the output (taking into account the LastOnLine columns)
NoOfRows	(),long	Returns the number of rows that appear in the output (taking into account the LastOnLine columns)
GetProgress	(),long	Returns the value to display on the progress bar/counter

SendToPrinter(SendToBase)class

The SendToPrinter class is based on the SendToBase class and handles sending the data to a printer in a report format.

Properties

Property	Type	Description/Use
Report	&Report	A pointer to the pre-defined report (in the report procedure)
ReportHeader	long	The control on the report that contains the Header of the report
ReportDetail	long	The control on the report that contains the detail
ReportFooter	long	The control for the report footer
ReportTitle	long	The control for the title of the report
HeaderBox	long	The box control around the header
DetailBox	long	The box around the detail of the report
FooterBox	long	The box around the footer of the report
WidthFactor	Real	A property used to factor out the size of the paper with the widths of columns in the list box.
LineHeight	long	A property used to work out the height of the detail line.
LineSpacing	long	If required - used to create uniform spaces between the lines
CellSpacing	long	Ensure uniform spaces between cells of data.
TotalPages	long	A property containing the amount of pages required for a report.
LinesPerPage	long	Contains the maximum amount of lines used in a page
HeaderYPos	long	Contains the position of the header of the list in the report.
FirstControl	long	Contains the x position of the first cell in the report.
DetailYPos	long	Contains the starting point of the row of detail cells to print
PagesWide	long(1)	The amount of pages (across) to use. Set to 0 for automatic.
PagesWideCount	long	Contains the running count of the amount of pages (across) used.
LastControl	long	Keeps a track of the last control number used (for the creating of the report controls)
FirstColumn	long	Contains the FirstColumn that was used for the current page (or last page) printed.
FirstRunningColumn	long	Contains the First physical Column (from left to right) that was used for the current page (or last page) printed.
LastRunningColumn	long	Contains the Last physical Column (from left to right) that was used for the current page (or last page) printed.
StartWidth	long	The first column's width in this page (across).
PageWidth	long	Total width for this page (across)
PageCount	&long	Contains a pointer to the variable used to track the pagecount on the report.
LinesOnThisPages	long	Tracks the lines used on the page (vertically).
PaperWidth	long	Contains the width of the paper to use
PaperHeight	long	Contains the height of the paper to use
TotalLinesPrinted	long	Contains a running tally of the detail bands printed

Methods

Method name	Parameters	Description
CreateHeader	(byte pFirstTime=0)	It creates the columns with their respective headers.
CreateDetail	( )	This method creates each detail band and the controls in the detail band.
SetDetail	( )	Sets the properties for the cells of the detail band.
Init	(Queue p_Queue, Long p_ListControl)	Initializes the object.
Greenbar	( )	Sets the greendbar effect on the report.
Next	(),long	When all the records are retrieved, redo from start if the PagesWide > 1.
ArrangePages	(*Queue pQueue)	Once all the pages are printed, arrange into the correct order.
GetProgress	(),long	Returns the correct progress value (when multiple pages wide is used)
Kill	()	Used to dispose the Draw object.
SetPageWidth	(long pPaper)	This method sets the PaperWidth and PaperHeight properties for the paper used in the report. pPaper is an equate containing the Clarion paper ID.
EndPage	( )	This method checks whether an EndPage is required and enforces one if the LinesOnThisPage = LinesperPage. Calculation using the height of the detail bands and the Report height does not match the printed output.
OpenReport	(long pPaper=0 )	This method creates the report outline and sets the various report properties.

SendToCSV (SendToBase) class

The SendToCSV class is based on the SendToBase class and handles the exporting of data to a CSV file.

Properties

Property	Type	Description/Use
detail	string(65535)	The complete datastring of all the columns to be added to the file.
clipboardstring	any	Contains a string that will be sent to the clipboard.
clipboardstringlen	long	Contains the length of the string that will be sent to the clipboard.
delimiter	string(',')	Contains the delimiter that will be used in a CSV export.

Methods

Method name	Parameters	Description
Kill	( )	Close the file and kill the object
CreateHeader	( )	Creates the header of the file (column headers to match the columns)
WriteColumn	(<string pDetails>, <long pColumn>, byte pHeader=0, <string pAlign>, long pSpan=0)	Writes the Details into the block specified. If Details is blank, a blank detail is written. Parameters: pDetails - the content of the string to place in the control pColumn - the column number  pHeader - set if this is the header, otherwise cell is in the body. pAlign - an optional alignment string
EndHeaderRow	()	Writes the record to the file and clears the detail string.
Open	( )	Opens the file to store the export.
SetDetail	( )	Creates the text to be entered into the file.
Init	(Queue pQueue, Long pListControl, <SendToOptionsGroup pOptionsGroup>)	Calls the parent Init method and sets the name of the PreviewProgram to run.
WriteToFile	(*string pStringToWrite, ulong pBytesToWrite)	A method that writes the string passed to the file (or the clipboard if the output is the clipboard).

SendToHTML (SendToCSV) class

The SendToHTML class is based on the SendToCSV class and handles the exporting of data to a HTML file.

Properties

Property	Type	Description/Use
meta	string(1024)	A property which allows you to write stuff into the meta tag section at the beginning of the HTML doc.

Methods

Method name	Parameters	Description
CreateFooter	( )	Ends off the doc.
CreateHeader	( )	Creates the doc, sets the styles and creates the columns' heading text and the title text.
WriteColumn	(<string pDetails>, <long pColumn>, byte pHeader=0, <string pAlign>, long pSpan=0)	Writes the Details into the cell specified (and sets up styling and alignment as necessary). If Details is blank, a blank detail is written. Parameters: pDetails - the content of the string to place in the control pColumn - the column number  pHeader - set if this is the header, otherwise cell is in the body. pAlign - an optional alignment string
EndHeaderRow	()	Code to run at the end of a Header row (like adding into the file and incrementing the column)
EndDetailRow	()	Code to run at the end of a Detail row (like adding into the file and incrementing the column)
Init	(Queue pQueue, Long pListControl, <SendToOptionsGroup pOptionsGroup>)	Calls the parent.init method and suppresses the Greenbar property (if not required).
SetDetail	( )	Sets the greenbar effect and the styles of the cell text.
_Color	(long p_Color)	This method returns the hex RGB value of a Clarion RGB color long format. Parameters: p_Color - a long containing the RGB Clarion color.
_DecToHex	(Byte p_Decimal)	Converts a byte to a Hex string. Parameters: p_Decimal - a byte containing the number to convert to hex.
Kill	( )	Creates the footer and then kills the object.
_ReadCSSFile	(byte pAddInFont=1),string	This method returns the contents of the Style file, optionally modified to contain the FontName of the browse. Parameters: pAddInFont - If set, adds the Font name in, where required.

SendToExcel (SendTOBase) class

The SendToExcel class is based on the SendToExcel class and handles the exporting of data to an Excel spreadsheet.

Properties

Property	Type	Description/Use
Excel	&oiExcel	A pointer to the OfficeInside Excel object.
StartColumn	string(2)	The column to start the first cell to export
StartRow	long	The Row to start the first cell to export
RowNumber	long	Used for storing the row where the object is writing to.
ColumnNumber	string(2)	Used for storing the column where the object is writing to.
ColumnNumberB	byte,dim(2),over(ColumnNumber)	Used for incrementing the column where the object is writing to.
TemplateFile	string(255)	Contains the name of the template file to use.
WidthFactor	Real	A property used to factor out the size of the spreadhsheet with the widths of columns in the list box.
NumColors	long	Number of colors used in the custom excel palette
ColorPalette	long, dim(40)	Colors in the excel palette, allows existing colors to the fetched
CurColor	long	The current color in the excel palette
PalettePos	long	The position of the current color in the palette

Methods

Method name	Parameters	Description
Open	( )	Opens the excel spreadsheet.
Close	( )	Closes the spreadsheet.
CreateHeader	( )	Creates the header of the spreadsheet
WriteColumn	(<string pDetails>, <long pColumn>, byte pHeader=0, <string pAlign>, long pSpan=0)	Writes the Details into the cell specified (and sets up styling and alignment as necessary). Parameters: pDetails - the content of the string to place in the control pColumn - the column number  pHeader - set if this is the header, otherwise cell is in the body. pAlign - an optional alignment string
EndHeaderRow	()	Code to run at the end of a Header row (like adding into the file and incrementing the column)
Init	(Queue pQueue, Long pListControl, <SendToOptionsGroup pOptionsGroup>)	Calls the parent.init and sets up some of the initial settings.
SetDetail	( )	Formats the cells and writes the data to the cells.
_IncrementColumn	( )	An internal method used to increment the column letter.
Kill	( )	Closes the doc and kills the excel object.
_CheckForFormula	(string pDataString),long	Returns True if the string contains formula characters Parameters: pDataString - The string to pass to Excel.
_ColumnName	(string pColumn), string
_HasFormulaChars	(string pCheckString, long startPos=1),long
GetPaletteColor	(long pColor), long	Returns zero if the color is not in the palette, or the position if it is
AddPaletteColor	(long pColor)

SendToWord(SendToBase) class

The SendToWord class is based on the SendToBase class and handles the exporting of data to a Word document.

Properties

Property	Type	Description/Use
Word	&oiWord	A handle to the Office Inside Word object required.
RowNumber	long	Used for storing the row where the object is writing to.
ColumnNumber	long	Used for storing the column where the object is writing to.
TemplateFile	string(255)	Contains the name of the template file to use.
TableNumber	long	The number of the table created.

Methods

Method name	Parameters	Description
Open	( )	Creates the word document
Close	( )	Saves and closes the word document
CreateHeader	( )	Creates the header of the document and the table for the text.
Init	(Queue pQueue, Long pListControl, <SendToOptionsGroup pOptionsGroup>)	Inits the object and the Office Inside word object.
SetDetail	( )	Write the necessary to text to the cell and format the style of the cell.
WriteColumn	(<string pDetails>, <long pColumn>, byte pHeader=0, <string pAlign>, long pSpan=0)	Writes the Details into the cell/block specified (and sets up styling and alignment as necessary. If Details is blank, a blank detail is written. Parameters: pDetails - the content of the string to place in the control pColumn - the column number  pHeader - set if this is the header, otherwise cell is in the body. pAlign - an optional alignment string
EndHeaderRow	()	Code to run at the end of a Header row (like adding into the file and incrementing the column)
Kill	( )	Close the document and kill the objects.

SendToFile() class

The SendToFile class controls the exporting of the data to a file. It is a generic class that has a handle that points to the class specific to the file type that is required in the output.

Properties

Property	Type	Description/Use
SendToFile	&SendToBase	The handle of the object to use to create the file.

Methods

Method name	Parameters	Description
Init	(SendToBase pSendToClass, queue pQueue, long pListControl, string pFilename, byte pPreview=0, SendToOptionsGroup pOptionsGroup), long	Inits the SendToObject, sets up the required options and opens the document, as well as creating the header. Returns 0 if successful. Parameters: pSendToBase - a handle to the SendTo object. pQueue - the queue containing the data for the output. pListcontrol - the list control displaying the pQueue. pFileName -  the file to export the data to. pPreview - set if the file must be previewed. pOptionsGroup - a group containing the various options (class type dependant).
Next	(*long pRecordsProcessed, *byte pThermometer, long pThermometerCtrl, long pProgressText=0),long	Calls the SendTo object's next method and handles the update of the Progress bar. Parameters: pRecordsProcessed - a  handle to the variable containing the records processed. pThermometer - a percentile incrementor for the Progress bar. pThermometerCtrl - the ID of the progress bar. pProgressText - the ID of the progress text string on the Progress window.
Kill	( )	Kills the SendTo class and runs the file preview (if required)

Examples

The following examples are shipped with SendTo:

Demo\abcdemo.app	This demonstrates the use of SendTo in a simple single-EXE stand-alone ABC application. It shows the use of all the SendTo templates. (Clarion6 demonstrates the use of PDF generation)
multi DLL\root.app and mainexe.app	This demonstrates the use of SendTo in a multi-DLL application (ABC) where the SendTo procedures reside in the DataDLL (root.app), while the procedures from which SendTo is used resides in the mainexe.
SendTo with wPDFControls\ abcdemo.app	These two applications (one for legacy and one for ABC) demonstrate the use of SendTo using wPDFControls for PDF file export.
SendTo with PDFTools\ abcdemo.app	This ABC application demonstrates the use of SendTo using PDFXChange to generate PDF files.
SendTo with xFiles\ abcdemo.app	This ABC application demonstrates the use of SendTo with XML output.
SendTo with FTP\ abcdemo.app	This ABC application demonstrates the use of SendTo with export to FTP (requires NetTalk 4).

 

FAQs

I'm getting compile errors. What am I doing wrong?

What must you do to include SendToFTP and SendToEmail and other additional functionality to my application?

1. Procedure importing and Template Issues:
1.1. I ran the ImportSendToWindows utility and no procedures were imported.
1.2. My SendTo window is in another app, but I have a SendTo_Window ToDo procedure.
1.3. The template utility fails to create the SendTo_Window and/or other SendTo procedures  
1.4. I have 2 (or more) browses on my window, I cannot select which browse to associate the SendTo control with - it always gets associated with the one browse.
1.5. The imported procedure 'SendTo_Window' has predetermined controls that are displayed based on the output. How can I permanently hide some of them?
1.6. I want to send straight to the printer (or another format) without displaying the SendTo window. How do I do that?

2. General Formatting Issues:
2.1. SendTo is not formatting the output of my browse correctly.
2.2. Why do my style settings in my list not get depicted in the output properly?
2.3. My pages are appearing in strange orders and the rows aren't all appearing on the printed output.
2.4. Only the first 100 columns of my browse is being output. How do I change this limitation?
2.5. How do I suppress the column header row?
2.6. My text font color is white in the output - so it is not visible. How can this be rectified?
2.7. How do I get my date values into true Excel dates when exporting to Excel?
2.8. Is there a way to include a total on a column?
2.9. I want to export my data to Excel without the ' preceeding the data - i.e. I want Excel to format the data for me.

3. PDF and Excel Issues:
3.1. I'm using a Report to PDF template, but my reports are being printed, not PDFed.
3.2. How do I add PDF support to SendTo in my application?
3.3. How do I use HyperActive to view my PDF files?
3.4. I upgraded SendTo and Office Inside, but now my SendTo excel is not working.

4. Report (Printing) Issues:
4.1. My PageNumbers are not correct in my reports.
4.2. I want to be able to select the paper size for my printer. It's fixed to A4.
4.3. Not all my icons in my browse are being shown in the printout. How come?
4.4. I want to use a 3rdParty previewer. How do I do this?
4.5. How do I change the Report Header font - or spacing between the lines?
4.6. I have a Right justified header/column that is being printed as left justified.

5. Legacy Template Issues:
5.1. Not all my records are appearing in the SendTo output.
5.2. When I return from my SendTo output, the record I selected is different from when I called the SendTo routine.

6. Email Issues:
6.1. My SMTP server requires a Authorized user and password. How do I do this in SendTo?
6.2. When using SendTo, how can I change the default email Text from 'Please find the attached file.'?
6.3. I need to send email using SSL. HOw do I do this?

7. Other export formats (FTP, XML, etc)
7.1. How do I export to XML using xFiles?
7.2. How can I enable my user to select a Tab delimiter character for the CSV file at runtime?

8. Miscellaneous Questions
8.1. Do I really need to purchase all those other products in order to get SendTo to work?
8.2. Not all my data is being output to the SendTo output.
8.3. How do I use a different text editor (other than notepad) to view the CSV file output?
8.4. How can I get SendTo to work with a Dynamic Queue?
8.5. My app GPFs when I SendTo from one of my procedures. It has a COM/OLE object attached.

If your question is not answered in the docs, contact support

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What must you do to include SendToFTP and SendToEmail and other additional functionality to my application?

Answer:

For SendToFTP and SendToEmail: Once you have installed netTalk and added the NetTalk global template to your application, you need to re-import th SendTo windows. The template utility will import the procedures based on the existance of the NetTalk template.

For Icon support: Simply add the Draw template to the global extension templates.

For external Icon support and embeded Email HTML, add the WinEvent global extension to your application. You'll need to do this to each application with a SendTo button on at least one of the procedures.

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1.1. I ran the ImportSendToWindows utility and no procedures were imported.

Answer:

Are you sure you completed all the steps to add SendTo to your application? (Check the Adding SendTo to your Application for more details).

You've probably missed one of the following:
1. The SendToTemp file has not been imported to your dictionary.
2. The Global Extensions of all the products have not been added before running the import utility.
3. The incorrect template utility is being used (you must use the ImportSendToWindowsABC must be used for ABC applications, not legacy applications and visa-versa)

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1.2. My SendTo window is in another app, but I have a SendTo_Window ToDo procedure.

Answer: You need to:
1. Go into your SendTo global extension template (on the same app) and uncheck the SendTo Window is in another app.
2. Delete the entry in the SendTo Procedure so that it is blank.
3. Check the SendTo Window is another app checkbox.
4. Type in the name of your SendTo_Window (that is in the other application) into the SendTo Procedure entry field.

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1.3.The template utility fails to create the SendTo_Window and/or other SendTo procedures.

Answer: Make sure you:

1. Add the SendTo file to your dictionary.
2. Add the recommended 3rdparty templates (NetTalk, Draw, WinEvent and/or OfficeInside)
3. Select the correct utility for the template type (ABC or legacy)
4. If all the above are correct and the SendTo procedures are still not being added to your application, then manually import the txa file from the clarionx\3rdparty\libsrc directory (either SendToWindowsabc.txa or SendToWindowsLegacy.txa depending on whether your application is legacy or ABC).

For more details see the Adding SendTo to your Application section of this doc.

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1.4. I have 2 (or more) browses on my window, I cannot select which browse to associate the SendTo control with - it always gets associated with the one browse.

Answer: This is a Clarion IDE oddity. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it. The only way to solve this is by deleting and re-adding the browses.

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1.5. The imported procedure 'SendTo_Window' has predetermined controls that are displayed based on the output. How can I permanently hide some of them?

Answer: You can delete the following optional controls from the SendTo window if you don't require them:
1. Configure Email Settings.
2. Preview after Save.
3. Suppress Greenbar.
4. ExcelSettings group.
5. Pageswide selection group.

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1.6. I want to send straight to the printer (or another format) without displaying the SendTo window. How do I do that?

Answer: If you are wanting to do this on a global basis, then simply code in the SendTo_Window procedure the printer option (or whichever other option required) select and post an accepted event to the Send button as follows:

LocST:SendToWhat = 1             !For other formats use the respective equate
post(event:accepted,?Start)

If you're wanting to programmatically do this for certain instances of the SendTo button, then use the Option parameter bit loaded flag. I'd go with something >255. For example, where your SendTo_Window is called:

BrowseFormat6 = BrowseControl6{prop:format}
LocSendTo6:ListControl = BrowseControl6
LocSendTo6:Version = 2
LocSendTo6:Header = clip(target{prop:text})
LocSendTo6:CallingModule = ds_GetHModule()
LocSendTo6:Options = 256                    !<<<<<<<<<<<< Your addition
SendTo_Window(BRW1.Q,LocSendToParameters6)

Then in your Sendto_Window, in the init method:

if band(pSendToWindowParameters.Options,256)
  LocST:SendToWhat = 1
  post(event:accepted,?Start)
end

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2.1. SendTo is not formatting the output of my browse correctly.

Answer: Sometimes Clarion does not return the correct Browse format:

1. If you have a group with a header, and the first column is blank, then, you will have 2 headers in your SendTo output. Unfortunately there's nothing I can do about this, but what you can do is move the header from the group to the column header. This will ensure that SendTo will obtain the correct information.

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2.2. Why do my style settings in my list not get depicted in the output properly?

Answer:

Unfortunately some of the style properties in a list box are not readable. This means that (besides the text and background color settings) SendTo cannot determine the settings of your browse. As a result only the 2 color properties of the font will be depicted in the output.

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2.3. My pages are appearing in strange orders and the rows aren't all appearing on the printed output.

Answer: You're probably not using the correct printer driver for the printer. This is the most likely cause. The best way to verify this, is to check the PDF output and see if it is correct. If it is correct, then this is the problem - otherwise mail us at support.

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2.4. Only the first 100 columns of my browse is being output. How do I change this limitation?

Answer: This is easily changeable. We needed to pick a maximum and to optimize the amount of calls done in loops and size of memory used - while not over optimizing in that this becomes an inconvenience we picked 100 columns as the maximum. You can easily increase this, by changing the SendTo.inc file equates. So if you wanted to increase this limit to 200:

MaxCols        equate(200)
MaxCols1      equate(201)

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2.5. How do I suppress the column header row?

Answer: You need to re-create the SendTo window (which will have the 'Suppress Column Headers' checkbox that you can use to suppress column headers at runtime).

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2.7. How do I get my date values into true Excel dates when exporting to Excel?

Answer: You might need to re-import the SendTo window (as this is a control introduced in version 1.45). In the SendTo window, you'll find a check 'Date using True-date format' that you can use to use the excel date format when selecting Excel as the output format.

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2.6. My text font color is white in the output - so it is not visible. How can this be rectified?

Answer: You cannot use propstyle:FontColor in your style's fonts. You must use propstyle:TextColor (which is an exact replacement). This is a known bug in Clarion, as propstyle:FontColor is write-only (and not read/write as the help indicates).

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2.8. Is there a way to include a total on a column?

Answer:

The easiest way to do this, is to add a record at the end of the queue immediately before calling the sendto window. You'll find this in the 'SendTo - Call the SendTo Procedure' embed code.

For example:

localTotal = 0
loop x = 1 to records(MyListQueue)
  get(MyListQueue,x) l
  localTotal += MyListQueue.TotalField
end
clear(MyListQueue)
add(MyListQueue) !you might like to add a blank record in here to define a gap between the last record and the total - although you'll need to make sure that all your list fields are strings so that the zeros don't appear in the blank line.
MyListQueue.FirstField = 'Total'
MyListQueue.TotalField = localField
add(MyListQueue)

You'll need to delete the entry as well, immediately upon returning to the called procedure (i.e. in the embed point after the 'SendTo - Call the SendTo Procedure' embeded code)

get(MyListQueue,records(MyListQueue))
delete(MyListQueue)

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2.9. I want to export my data to Excel without the ' preceeding the data - i.e. I want Excel to format the data for me.

Answer: There's a property in the SendToExcel class (PreserveData) - that you can use to preserve the data and allow excel to format it. In your SendTo window, in the 'SendTo','Before sending File to','Excel' embed point - you can set it as follows:

ThisSendToExcel.PreserveData = 1  !Note you must use the ExcelClass directly

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3.1. I'm using a Report to PDF template, but my reports are being printed, not PDFed.

Answer 1: Check (we'll use the wPDFControls template in this example):
1. That you've added the wPDFControls Global template.
2. The 'Save Report to PDF' extension template to the SendTo_Printer procedure (leave as is).
3. That you've checked the 'Use wPDFControl to support PDF generation' checkbox on you SendTo template on the SendTo_Printer procedure.
4. That you've checked the 'Use a Report to PDF Convertor' checkbox on the SendTo control template in the SendTo_Window procedure.

Answer 2: There is an oddity in the Clarion6 IDE/Compiler. You need to:
1. Remove the SendTo windows and the SVReportToPDF global Extension template
2. Re-import the SendTo windows and add the SVReportToPDF global Extension template
3. Setup the SendTo_Printer procedure and the SendTo_Window procedure templates to cater for PDF.

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3.2. How do I add PDF support to SendTo in my application?

Answer:

For Clarion6 ABC applications:

1. Your application must be an ABC based application compiled in Clarion6
2. You need to add the Report to PDF - Global extension template to your global templates.
3. In your SendTo local extension on your SendTo_Window - you need to check the Use a Report to PDF Convertor checkbox on the General tab. You also need to check the PDF checkbox on the File Formats tab.

Either

4. Re-run the ImportSendToWindowsABC Template Utility (Note: this will overwrite your existing SendTo windows).

OR

5. In your SendTo_Printer Report Properties, who must have the Report Target set to Printer. 
6. Your SendTo_Printer procedure prototype should be as follows:

(queue pQueue, long pListControl, string pHeader, byte pPreview=1,byte pSuppressGreenBar=0,<string pPdfFile>)

Lastly: In your SendTo Extension template on your SendTo_Printer procedure, check the available PDF support checkbox on the options tab

For other applications:

1. You need to purchase a 3rdparty Report to PDF tool (like wPDFControls).
2. Follow the tool's instructions to add the template to your application (particularly your SendTo_Printer procedure).
3. The SendTo control template will detect the presence of the 3rdparty tool and add support to the procedure for that tool. Currently supported 3rdparty tools are: wPDFControls and PDFXChange. For support on other tools, please contact support<at>capesoft.com for more information.
4. In your SendTo local extension on your SendTo_Window - you need to check the Use a Report to PDF Convertor checkbox on the General tab. You also need to check the PDF checkbox on the File Formats tab.

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3.3. How do I use HyperActive to view my PDF files?

Answer:

This is Available for PDF users (in conjunction with the ABC Clarion6 SVReportToPDF extension template)
1. Add the HyperActive Global Extension to your application.
2. In the Local Extensions of your SendTo_Printer extension template, highlight the SendTo Local Extension template, and check the Use HyperActive to Preview the PDF File checkbox.

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3.4. I upgraded SendTo and Office Inside, but now my SendTo excel is not working.

Answer: Due to the format change of MS Office when Office 2007 was released (to xlsx type), you must not force a file extension into the filename. Remove the default extension from the SendTo template (in the SendTo_Window procedure) for the Excel type (it's probably set to xls).

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4.1. My PageNumbers are not correct in my reports.

Answer: You need to change your pagenumber counter on your report to the following SendTo populated variable:

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4.2. I want to be able to select the paper size for my printer. It's fixed to A4.

Answer: This is currently supported in SendTo - although you have an old version of the SendTo window procedures. You need to re-run the SendTo Template Utility to import the SendTo windows again.

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4.3. Not all my icons in my browse are being shown in the printout. How come?

Answer: Standard icons formats are 16 (4 bit) and 256 (8 bit) colors and 32 bit color. ALL formats are supported for icon resources, but their are some limitations in the icon formats that are supported off disk.

For icons from disk the following color formats are not currently supported:

1, 2, 4, 16 and 24 bit color.

This means that icons with 16 colors (4 bit) are currently not supported. This may be added to Draw at a later stage. 1,2 and 16 bit colors are unlikely to be supported.

If your icon is not appearing on the SendTo printer output, it is probably an icon on disk which is in one of the unsupported formats. You can either: 1. include the icon as a resource in your application, or 2. change to using an alternative icon that is in one of the supported formats.

If you are using a multi-dll application (using embedded icons) - then you may need to add these to the exe as well.

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4.4. I want to use a 3rdParty previewer. How do I do this?

Answer: The SendTo_Printer procedure is the procedure that handles the printing, and is added to your application when you import the SendTo windows. Because this procedure forms part of your application, you can modify this to however you would like. For example, to use the CPCS report previewer, you need to add the global extension template, and then in the SendTo_Printer procedure, code the call to the previewer as follows:

CPCSINIFileToUse = 'CPCSRPTS.INI'
ReturnValue = PrintPreview(ThisWindow.PreviewQueue,100,CLIP(CPCSINIFileToUse),ThisSendTo.Report,CPCSPreviewOptions, '','','',,,,,,,,,,,,)

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4.5. How do I change the Report Header font - or spacing between the lines?

Answer: You have a procedure "SendTo_Printer" in your application (which was imported when you ran the Template Utility). You can use the
report designer to change this (or any of the reports other properties) in there.

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4.6. I have a Right justified header/column that is being printed as left justified.

Answer: This is unfortunately a bug in Clarion that does not allow a print control to be right-justified at runtime (as of Clarion 6.3 9059). You will need to use the Decimal justification (which with a string will have the same effect as right-justified).

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5.1. Not all my records are appearing in the SendTo output (legacy applications).

Answer: Unfortunately there is a Clarion oddity where there are more than 2517 records to be populated into a list box. SendTo needs to first load all the records to the list, before proceeding with the output. Clarion5.5 does not have the necessary embed points to allow this, and so this is only supported in Clarion6 onwards.

Solution:
1. Upgrade to Clarion6 or later.
2. Re-run the SendTo install and check the 'Copy Legacy Browse template for SendTo support' checkbox.
3. Manually edit your CTLBROW.TPW file (in your c55\template directory) by searching for the line (LOOP WHILE %InstancePrefix:ItemsToFill) and placing immediately above it the line shown here in red:

END
#embed(%PreCyclingThroughView,'In FillRecord - Before cycling through VIEW')
LOOP WHILE %InstancePrefix:ItemsToFill

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5.2. When I return from my SendTo output, the record I selected is different from when I called the SendTo routine.

Answer: This is related to FAQ 5.1. in that we've had to work around the list loading in legacy applications. Unfortunately this has an impact on the selection of records when returning to the list box window. The only way to solve this is to remodel to ABC templates.

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6.1. My SMTP server requires a Authorized user and password. How do I do this in SendTo?

Answer: You need to override some of your code in the following procedures:

1. SendEmail:

• In your Control Events | ?EmailSend | Accepted code embed (you will see there's embedded code there already), add code to set the AuthUser and AuthPassword properties:
  ThisSendEmail.AuthUser = MyUser
  ThisSendEmail.AuthPassword = MyPassword
• You need to either create the MyUser and MyPassword variables in this procedure and set them here (or you could use a constant equate) - or else you could pass them as parameters from the SendTo_Email procedure.

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6.2. When using SendTo, how can I change the default email Text from 'Please find the attached file.'?

Answer: In your SendTo_Email procedure find the line:

Loc:Text = 'Please find the attached file.'

and replace it with:

Loc:Text = getini('SendToSettings','EmailSubject','Please find the attached file.')

In your Kill method put:

putini('SendToSettings','EmailSubject',Loc:Text)

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6.3. I need to send email using SSL. How do I do this?

Answer: In your SendEmail window, you can add your SSL settings into the code of the ?EmailSend button's accept event. Checkout the NetTalk docs for details: www.capesoft.com/docs/nettalk/NetTalk3.htm#NetEmailSend%20Example%20Code

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7.1. How do I export to XML using xFiles?

Answer: You need to do the following 2 simple steps:

1. Add the ActivatexFiles Global extension template.
2. Add the IncludexFilesObject local extension template to your SendTo_Window procedure.
   2.1. Double click on your SendTo_Window procedure and click the Extensions button on the SendTo_Window procedure properties window.
   2.2. Click insert and locate the IncludexFilesObject template in the tree provided (If it's not there, then you have not installed/purchased xFiles - a Capesoft product available from www.Clarionshop.com).
   2.3. Ensure that the Base Class is set to 'xFileXML'.
3. In the prompts of your SendTo controls on the SendToWindow control template, go to your Output setup tab and check the XML checkbox in the 'File formats to use' option group.

Note: xFiles supports suppression of prefixes by default. This means that in legacy, you're likely to have a strange looking output (because of the naming structure that legacy uses for it's template generated browses). You might like to include the template generated prefix in the XML output (but with converted : to .) - although xFiles will exclude this by default.

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7.2. How do I offer support for SendTo FTP in my application?

Answer: This requires NetTalk 4. Once you've installed NetTalk 4, you'll need to re-import the SendTo windows and the SendToTMP file into your dictionary and SendTo FTP will automatically be supported.

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7.3. How can I enable my user to select a Tab delimiter character for the CSV file at runtime?

Answer: On the runtime window it's looking for a fixed single character, eg ','. At this point it's a lot harder to enter a "tab" because a tab is not a "printable character" that can be entered in a entry field. And <9> isn't going to work there because the program is running and <9> is a compiler directive.

Probably the best way is to put a check box on that window (which you can do easily enough as the window is in your application) and if the box is checked then (in embed code) set Loc:STDelimiter to '<9>'. (You can actually put the following as the embed code for the checkbox) - assuming the checkbox uses a (new) variable LocST:Tab:

if locST:Tab
  disable(?LocST:Delimiter)
  LocST:Delimiter = '<9>'
Else
  LocST:Delimiter = ','
  enable(?LocST:Delimiter)
End
 

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8.1. Do I really need to purchase all those other products (NetTalk, OfficeInside, WinEvent, Draw, xFiles) in order to get SendTo to work?

Answer: Since the release of SendTo 2.0 - the good news is "No you don't". It does mean that if you don't purchase them, you will have limited functionality. If you do not purchase additional products, your SendTo outputs will be limited to : SendTo Printer, SendToHTML, SendToCSV. No list box icons will be included in the output, and you won't be able to email the SendTo output.

Depending on your need for the different outputs you could purchase one/more of the following to get what you need:

1. OfficeInside - this is probably adds the most functionality to SendTo - in that it provides Excel and Word output format.
2. Draw - this provides you with the ability to export icons to your output.
3. NetTalk - this provides you with the ability to email and FTP your SendTo output.
4. WinEvent - this provides you with the ability to read icons out of other DLLs (needs Draw to draw the icons), and embed HTML output in emails.
5. xFiles - this provides you with the ability to SendTo xml.

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8.2. Not all my data is being output to the SendTo output.

Answer: This is normally because you're using a page-loaded list that needs to be file-loaded. For ABC and Legacy browses SendTo will do this for you, but for other third party tools, you will need to code the necessary calls before the SendTo_Window call to make the list file-loaded. Contact your 3rdParty vendor to acquire the necessary information to accomplish this.

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8.3. How do I use a different text editor (other than notepad) to view the CSV file output?

Answer: You need to set the PreviewProgram property in the SendTo_Window in the SendTo | Before sending File to | CSV embed point:

SendToClass.PreviewProgram = 'textpad.exe'

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8.4. How can I get SendTo to work with a Dynamic Queue?

Answer:  

1. You need to declare a DummyQ in the local variable declaration section of the procedure. The DummyQ should contain more than the maximum number of fields that you anticipate your dynamic queue to contain:
   DummyQ        Queue
   String1              string(252)
   String2              string(252)
   ..............
                        end
   MyAny                any
   MyAny2                any
2. Your listbox needs to use the DummyQ as its source:
   LIST,AT(8,111,595,128),USE(?ListDLBQ),FLAT,HIDE,HVSCROLL,VCR,FROM(DummyQ)
3. Before the SendToWindow is called, you need to populate the DummyQ (in a loop) with the contents of the Dynamic queue:
   free(DummyQ)
   loop x = 1 to records(MyDynamicQ)
     get(MyDynamicQ,x)
     if errorcode() then break .
     clear(DummyQ)
     loop y = 1 to MyDynamicQ{prop:fields}
       if who(MyDynamicQ,y) = '' then break .
       MyAny &= what(MyDynamicQ,y)
       MyAny2 &= what(DummyQ,y) 
       MyAny2 = MyAny
     end
     add(DummyQ)
   end

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8.5. My app GPFs when I SendTo from one of my procedures. It has a COM/OLE object attached.

Answer:

SendTo is disposing the COM object that is used on your window. you need to check the "Use with other OLE/COM control on this thread" checkbox on the SendTo button control template's prompts.

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Compile Errors

I'm getting compile errors. What am I doing wrong?

1.

Answer: You have not added the Draw Global Extension template. Go to your global extensions and add the Draw Extension.

2.

Answer: You have not added the Office Inside Global Extension template. Go to your global extensions and add the Office Inside Extension.

3.

Answer: You have another 3rdparty product that has an incorrect inclusion of the prnprop.clw file. You need to contact that vendor for an update (CPCS and IceTips XPlore have updates).

4.

Answer: This normally occurs in a Multi-DLL application, where SQL tables are used in the dct, and no tps files are used in that particular app that is throwing up the error. Because the SendTo file is a tps file, you need to include the tps driver in parent applications (it's not linked in automatically).

 Compile Errors related to version upgrading:

You can either fix these issues by deleting the SendTo Windows and re-running the SendTo template utility, or fix the errors individually as follows (if you have made changes to the SendTo windows and would like to preserve those changes):

1.

Answer: The required parameters for the SendTo window changed in version 1.70. You must either:

• Go to your SendTo window procedure in the Clarion IDE and change the prototype to:

(Queue pQueue,SendToWindowParametersType pSendToWindowParameters)    

• Or re-import the SendTo windows using the SendTo template utility.

You can have more parameters if you would like to handcode other information to pass to the SendTo window, but this one is the minimum required parameter.

2.

Answer: The required parameters for the SendToPrinter procedure changed in version 1.10. Go to your SendToPrinter procedure in the Clarion IDE and change the prototype to:

(queue pQueue, long pListControl, string pHeader, byte pPreview=1, byte pSuppressGreenBar=0,<string pPdfFile>,byte pPagesWide=1)

You can have more parameters if you would like to handcode other information to pass to the SendToPrinter procedure, but these are the minimum required parameters.

Note: You will also get incorrect page numbering. Check out the FAQ on My PageNumbers are not correct in my reports. to rectify this.

3.

Answer: The SendTo Window control template changed in version 1.10. Open your SendToWindow procedure and go to the window formatter for that window. Then delete one of the controls in the SendToWindow control template and click Yes and OK to delete the control template. Now repopulate the SendToWindow control template onto the window.

4.

Answer: You have an old version of OfficeInside - you need to upgrade to at least version 1.58.

5.

Answer: You have an old Send2Temp file in your dictionary. Open your dictionary, delete the Send2Temp file, re-import it from the Clarionx\3rdparty\libsrc\send2tmp.txd file and recompile. You will also probably need to re-import the sendto windows, because some prompts will be deleted.

6.

Answer: No - this isn't a clever marketting ploy, you've manually imported the SendTo window instead of using the template utility. The FTP functionality is only available for NetTalk4 users. When you use the Template Utility to import the SendTo window, the Template Utility will detect whether NetTalk4 is installed and import the correct SendToWindows.txa. Delete all the SendTo windows and re-run the Template Utility.

7. Unknown function label: self.excel.filename in the SendTo.clw file

Answer: You are using an old version of OfficeInside. You need to upgrade to at least Version 2.66.

Features and fixes in order for SendTo to go gold

• Internal Icons on reports are not yet supported.

What the Users are saying about SendTo

Adrian Hastings in an Email (14 October, 2004):

The number of reports SendTo has saved me from writing has been a godsend. I rate your product an (sic) one of the more essential tools.

Hans Vinckier on the SoftVelocity News Group (May 25, 2004) (Re: SendTo):

I've send(sic) the app to a customer and asked his comments....
1 hour later he returned an email :  'This is the max, why did it take you so long to make it ???'

Fantastic job from the capesoft guys : From zero to customer comments in less than 2 hours.

License and Copyright

This template is copyright © 2010 by CapeSoft Software (Pty) Ltd.  None of the included files  may be distributed. Your programs which use SendTo can be distributed without any royalties required from the use of SendTo.

This product is provided as-is. Use it entirely at your own risk. Use of this product implies your acceptance of this, along with the recognition of copyright stated above. In no way will CapeSoft Software (Pty) Ltd,  their employees or affiliates be liable in any way for any damages or business losses you may incur as a direct or indirect result of using this product.

Distribution

You may not distribute, copy or duplicate in any way any of the files that are included in SendTo (including but not limited to files with the extensions  inc, clw, tpl, txa) except for the SendTo.ico. The SendTo.ico file you may copy and distribute freely with your applications. You do not require any other files to be distributed with your application.

Source Code Policy

We have chosen to ship SendTo as source code, rather than as a compiled DLL.  This makes it much easier for you to modify, but it also makes it much easier for you to pirate.  We ask you to please consider the effort involved in writing this product, before you choose to hand it on to any other developers. 

If you received this program illegally (i.e. if you didn't pay for it, or you didn't buy it from CapeSoft, ClarionShop, or one of their respective dealers) then we ask you to contact us so that we can remedy this situation.  Without the revenue generated from products such as this it is impossible for us to create new products. 

This next bit is optional - and is included for the benefit of programmers wishing to inspect, or alter, the SendTo object.

SendTo was written with the aid of Object Writer - a freeware template available from http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/owsp.htm . You will require this template if you wish to open the included SendSrc.App file. The SendSrc.App file has been written in Clarion 6.  If you work with the SendSrc.App then make sure the Object Writer Global extension is set to point to your Clarion 6 installation.

Please Note : Generating the SendSrc.App will overwrite your existing SendTo.Clw and SendTo.Inc files (in your \Clarion6\3rdParty\LibSrc directory).
We welcome any suggestions from users regarding new features that might be added to SendTo.

Installation

Run the supplied installation file.

Support

To save you time (with the delay of waiting for reply emails), we suggest checking the FAQs. These are regularly updated and contain answers for most questions.
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