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Welco Wel come me to th the e le lea arni rning uni unit on   ‘Advanced En Enqu quir iry y Fi Fiel elds ds and and Enqu Enquir iry y  Printing’  Printing’.. This le lear arni ning ng unit unit te tea ach ches es you to prin printt an enqu enquir iry y re repo port rt from from T24. T24.

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The conventions used in this learning unit are, 1. Appl Applica icatio tions ns in T24 T24 are are rep repres resen ented ted in BOLD UPPERCASE letters. 2.

The fields fields in in the appli applicati cations ons are mentione mentioned d in UPPER UPPERCAS CASE E letters. letters.

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This learni learning ng unit unit is example example based. based. First First an example example output output will will be shown shown then you will be taught the steps to create the Version. At the end of each section a workshop is given to test your level of understanding.

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 At the end of the session session you will will be able to,

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Expl Explai ain n th the e prin printi ting ng proc proces ess s in T2 T24 4

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Set Set tthe he ap appli plicat catio ions ns requi required red for pri printi nting ng an en enqu quiry iry ou outpu tputt

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Pri rin nt an Enquir uiry repo eport in T24 T24

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Expl Explai ain n the the vari variou ous s ffor orma mats ts of enqu enquir iry y outp output ut

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In this section of the learning unit you will learn how to print an enquiry report from T24. 1.

Enquiri Enquiries es can be stored stored for future future referen reference ce in variou various s formats. Can Can you you print an enquiry report from T24?

2. Yes you can print enquiry output. There are two options provided by the enquiry output – output  – one to print locally and the other to print to server. 3. Before you print the output, you need to set certain applications in T24 4. The applications applications to be set are ENQUIRY.REPORT , REPORT.CONTROL, DE.FORM.TYPE and PRINTER.ID

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1. ENQUIRY is an application in T2 T24 4. Do you need a hardware to print? PRINTER.ID is th the e applica cati tio on where you defin fine va vallid pri rin nter ters of your sy syst ste em 2. Does Does you ourr re repo port rts s have have spec specif ific ic forma formats ts? ? The Th e la lay yout out of the the enqu enquir iry y re repo port rt is desi design gned ed usin using g th the e appl applic icat atio ion n DE.FORM.TYPE

3 . Any report that you print from T24 should have an entry in the application REPORT.CONTROL 4.  ENQUIRY is an application in T24 and Printer is a hardware. Now how will they commun com munica icate te with with ea each ch other? other? To do th this is you wil illl use use the the appl applic icat atio ion n ENQU ENQUIR IRY. Y.RE REPO PORT RT in T24. T24.

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In order to do the printing process, you need to set up certain applicati tio ons in T24 T24 as show shown n in th the e diag diagra ram, m, (1 (1)) Assu Assume me th that at you are are is issu suin ing g a re requ que est to prin printt an enqu enquir iry y outp output ut.. (2) The initial step is to obtain the id of   REPORT.CONTROL fro from th the e appl applic icat atio ion n ENQUIRY.REPORT

(3) The The layout of the report is specifi fie ed in the for form ty typ pe. The The FORM TYP TYPE is obtained with th the e help of  REPORT.CONTROL rec record ord id. (4) Now a record in DE.FORM.TYPE ha has s been rea read to load fo forrm se sett ttiings and to obt obtain th the e pr prin inte terr id. id. (5 (5)) Next Next th the e lo logi gica call prin printe terr id is obta obtain ine ed fr from om PRINTER.ID (6) Finally the request is spooled to the physi sic cal prin rinter and it generates the enquiry output.

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The Th e fi firrst st ste ep is to defin fine the the prin rinter. ter. PRINTER.ID is the applicati tio on used to defi fin ne the valid printe terrs on the syst ste em. The The id

of the record is the logical name for the actual physical printer . The field PRIM PR IME. E.PR PRIN INTE TER. R.ID ID hold holds s the the prin printe terr name name at the the OS leve level. l.

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Next Ne xt you wil illl sp spec ecif ify y the the lay layout out of your our re repo port rts s usin using g fo form rm ty type pe.. The ap appl plica icatio tion n  DE.FORM.TYPE is used to define the layout of the report. You can specify the width and depth of each printed form, and also the printer on which it is produ roduce ced d on. The The value in fie field PRIN INTE TER R.ID .ID must must be a vali lid d entry try on th the e PRINTE INTER. R.ID ID fi file le.. Form Form ty type pes s of D. D.SL SLIP IP wil illl use use thi this prin printe terr to prin printt th the e repo report rts. s.

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 Any report printed from your T24 system should have an entry in REPORT.CONTROL application. This file contains a description of the report, the printer environment (fo forrm), m), the date and time last produced and spooled. Now you will create a record in REPORT.CONTROL with FORM.NAME field set to the DE.FORM.TYPE record id cr cre eate ted d. The The Form Form Name must must be a vali alid reco record rd on DE.FORM.TYPE.

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ENQUIRY.REPORT is the application which generates a report based on the

parameters defined in the file ENQUIRY. Here you will link an enquiry with a REPORT.CO REPO RT.CONTROL NTROL record. record. ENQUIRY   – In the fi ENQUIRY  fie eld ENQUIRY you specify a valid enquiry id. The The Enquiry record cont contai ains ns th the e pa para rame mete ters rs for for buil buildi ding ng the the repo report rt.. REPORT.CONTROL – REPORT.CONTROL  – here here you sp spec ecif ify y the the id of th the e RE REPO PORT RT.C .CON ONTR TROL OL reco record rd.. When you use the Print to Server option in the enquiry output, the printi Whe tin ng job is done by usin using g th the e ENQUIRY.REPORT appl applicati ication on .

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BROWSER.PREFERENCES applicati application on defines a user's preferences for the

appearance and behavior of the Browser screens. The Id of this application is the user's Id. It allows the user to define various parameters such as, which which 'skin' 'sk in' the user would like to run the Browser, thus will determine the 'look and feel' of the Browser windows. SKIN NAME - This field determines the 'skin' to be used for Bro Browser wser screens when when the user logs into T24.  A 'skin' determines determines the 'look 'look and feel' of the Browser screens screens in terms of color, font, graphics, etc. Each Browser installation will be delivered with a number of predefined skins that can be used. This field defines which skin the user prefers. PRINT LOCATION – LOCATION  – This field determines the destination for any print requests. It can take any of the following following two values (i) Local - use a printer connected to a user's PC (ii) Server - use a printer connected connected to the T24 Applicati Application on Server.

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When the enquiry report is printed using the print to server option, your report is spooled in the &HOLD OLD& direc rectory ry.. Th The e id of the enquiry report can be seen here fr fro om the mes message that you get from T24 T24. You can actually view the record in the &HOLD& di dire rect ctor ory y by usin using g the the JED JED edit editor or..

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If enquiry output needs to be printed online, the corresponding ENQUIRY.REPORT record must be verified. A sample output from the &HOLD& directory is shown here.

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You know how to save an enquiry output in different formats. You can also print an enquiry output in diffe fferent for formats. Thi This can be done using the  ENQUIRY.REPORT application. OUTPUT.FORMAT   – Th OUTPUT.FORMAT  The ere are thre three e optio tions pr pro ovi vid ded by th thiis fi fie eld   – the first one is the fi fille fo forrmat, which stores data in the for form of rows and column mns s. The The second one is rep repor ortt fo forrmat mat which generate rates s the the norma rmal outpu tput as you sa saw w befo fore re.. The The last opti tio on is to gene genera rate te th the e re repo port rt in xm xmll form format at.. [Note: clear file &HOLD& before verifying the record and the list the contents of  &HOL &H OLD& D& to view view the the xml xml outp output ut]]

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Here you can see the enquiry report spooled in &HOLD& directory in XML format.

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The output is generated in the file format when the field OUTPUT.FORMAT is set to report in the ENQUIRY.REPORT record. The enquiry report shown here is displayed in report format. The default format is Report Report format. [Note: clear file &HOLD& before verifying the record and the list the contents of &HOLD& to view the record with file output]

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1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False

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1. Enquiry outputs can be printed in the following formats 1.1 XML 1.2 REPORT 1.3 FILE 2. PRINTER.ID is the the appl applic icat atio ion n used used to defi define ne the the va vali lid d prin printe ters rs on th the e sy syst stem em

3. The ap appl plica icatio tion n DE.FORM.TYPE is use sed d to defi fine ne th the e layout out of th the e rep repor ortt 4. Any report printed from your T24 system should have an entry in REPORT.CONTROL application 5. REPORT.CONTROL holds the description of the report, the printer environment

(form), the date and time last produced and spooled

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ENQUIR ENQUIRY.R Y.REPO EPORT RT is the application which generates a report based on the

parameters defined in the file ENQUIRY. 2.

When the the enquiry enquiry report report is printed printed using using the the print print to server server option, option, your your report is spooled in the &HOLD& director 

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You can also print an enquiry output in different formats. This can be done using the ENQUIRY.REPORT application.

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If enquiry output needs to be printed ENQUI EN QUIRY RY.RE .REPOR PORT T record record must must be Verif Verifie ied d

online,

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corresponding

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You have now learnt to print an enquiry report from T24. You will now be able to, 1. Expla Explain in the the pri printi nting ng proc process ess in T24 T24 2.

Set the the applic applicatio ations ns require required d for printi printing ng an enquiry enquiry output output

3. Print Print an Enqu Enquiry iry report report in T24

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Explain Explain the various various formats formats of enqu enquiry iry output output

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