using parameters in Visual basic studio 6.0

[superWizard]

Hi everyone.

I've got this software i was on with, i created the reports and from the reports i can print the whole document as a whole.the system itself is supposed to handle reports from 60 different locations which are handed in monthly.my problem is that if i want to print data from a specific location within a certain period is difficult for me since i dont know the codes to do that and also printing a report for a certain year.

i wanted to have two command buttons one for print monthly reports which when i click prompts me of the location i want to print and from which month..like wise for the yearly reports.

thanks.

[MobilePhoneGuru]

Hi
If I am correct you want to have two buttons one for printing monthly report and the other for yearly report. You have the use the calender tool to do this, but at-least you have to code some part of it. If you just want simple reports you can directly use it, but your need is little high. So you have to code some part of that.

[superWizard]

Originally Posted by MobilePhoneGuru

Hi
If I am correct you want to have two buttons one for printing monthly report and the other for yearly report. You have the use the calender tool to do this, but at-least you have to code some part of it. If you just want simple reports you can directly use it, but your need is little high. So you have to code some part of that.

thats exactly what i need...let me try it out and would you be having the codes that i might need after the calender tool?
thanks.

[Modifier]

The Visual Studio package is the best that you can find out there. In Visual Basic 6.0, if you do not specify ByVal or ByRef for a procedure parameter, the passing mechanism defaults to ByRef. This allows the variable passed into the procedure to be modified in the calling program. Assuming it is, there might be another thing you need to change. Let say for example "abc" and "bcd" are string variables. Then using Shell "n:\aa.bat abc bcd" passes the values "abc" and "bcd" to the batch file. Using Shell "n:\aa.bat " & abc & " " & bcd passes the contents of abc and bcd to the batch file instead. You may need to change this in your code.

[superWizard]

Originally Posted by Modifier

The Visual Studio package is the best that you can find out there. In Visual Basic 6.0, if you do not specify ByVal or ByRef for a procedure parameter, the passing mechanism defaults to ByRef. This allows the variable passed into the procedure to be modified in the calling program. Assuming it is, there might be another thing you need to change. Let say for example "abc" and "bcd" are string variables. Then using Shell "n:\aa.bat abc bcd" passes the values "abc" and "bcd" to the batch file. Using Shell "n:\aa.bat " & abc & " " & bcd passes the contents of abc and bcd to the batch file instead. You may need to change this in your code.

can you outline just how everything should go if you dont mind...that thang be eating my head as hell...

thanks