Vantage Report Font Size

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Ryan,

I copied the relavent sections of our vantage.ini so you can see what to
change to make the Progress reports print in a larger font. After a bit
of trial and error, I found the best combination of font size, page
orientation and lines per page to be:

font = Courier New, size=9
layout = landscape
Lines per page = 55

These settings seem to work well with all the various printers,
laserjets and inkjets, we use.

HTH

Jim Stetter


...... copied from vantage.ini ......

[fonts]
........ other font definitions here
font35=Courier New,size=12
font36=Courier New,size=7
font37=Courier New,size=12
font38=Courier New,size=12
font39=Courier New,size=9

.... other sections......

[Vantage]
FormFontNum=37
FormLPP=51
;
;;; fonts used to produce Progress reports
;ReptFontNum=36 ------ comment out the original in
case you want to change back later
;
;;; substitue larger font ==>Courier New, size=9 --- must change page
layout to landscape when printing
ReptFontNum=39
;
;;; Original Lines per page -- assumes page orientation = portrait
;ReptLPP=94
;
;;; Substitute fewer lines per page -- assumes page orientation =
landscape
ReptLPP=55
;
PreviewProgram=preview.w



-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Caughey [mailto:caugheyt@...]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:17 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Vantage Report Font Size


I believe in the Vantage.ini file in the [Vantage] section you can
designate
an alternative font but I am not sure about size. I think if you change
ReptFontNum=36 to be 37 it will change from Courier New,Size=7 to
Courier
New,Size=12. There is a section higher up where fonts are assigned to
various font number. I believe you can also change the font itself up
there
but it should be one that everyone has loaded on their PC or it might
pick
the next closest. I am not sure what changing the font size is going to
do
to spacing on Progress reports. You might end up with some strange
looking
wrapping. Sometimes keeping the same size but using a cleaner font
(like
Arial) can make a big difference in reading ease.

If you have just a few people running reports for themselves then you
might
set them up with a customized Vantage.vtg file and have it point at a
customized vantag.ini. Then you could use fonts loaded only on their
PC.
You might also be able to do this for testing how fonts/size behave.

-Todd C.


-----Original Message-----
From: rmrindler <rrindler@...>
[mailto:rrindler@...]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:39 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Vantage Report Font Size


One of the biggest problems I still have with the system is the font
size on the reports. For the majority of the people, it is not a big
deal, but there are a few people who have a real hard time reading
the small font of the printed reports. Does anybody know if there is
a way to change the default font size on the reports, and if the data
will still line up after changing it?

Thanks!

Ryan M. Rindler
Norwood Tool Company
ver. 5.1


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
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One of the biggest problems I still have with the system is the font
size on the reports. For the majority of the people, it is not a big
deal, but there are a few people who have a real hard time reading
the small font of the printed reports. Does anybody know if there is
a way to change the default font size on the reports, and if the data
will still line up after changing it?

Thanks!

Ryan M. Rindler
Norwood Tool Company
ver. 5.1
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I believe in the Vantage.ini file in the [Vantage] section you can designate
an alternative font but I am not sure about size. I think if you change
ReptFontNum=36 to be 37 it will change from Courier New,Size=7 to Courier
New,Size=12. There is a section higher up where fonts are assigned to
various font number. I believe you can also change the font itself up there
but it should be one that everyone has loaded on their PC or it might pick
the next closest. I am not sure what changing the font size is going to do
to spacing on Progress reports. You might end up with some strange looking
wrapping. Sometimes keeping the same size but using a cleaner font (like
Arial) can make a big difference in reading ease.

If you have just a few people running reports for themselves then you might
set them up with a customized Vantage.vtg file and have it point at a
customized vantag.ini. Then you could use fonts loaded only on their PC.
You might also be able to do this for testing how fonts/size behave.

-Todd C.


-----Original Message-----
From: rmrindler <rrindler@...> [mailto:rrindler@...]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:39 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Vantage Report Font Size


One of the biggest problems I still have with the system is the font
size on the reports. For the majority of the people, it is not a big
deal, but there are a few people who have a real hard time reading
the small font of the printed reports. Does anybody know if there is
a way to change the default font size on the reports, and if the data
will still line up after changing it?

Thanks!

Ryan M. Rindler
Norwood Tool Company
ver. 5.1


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




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