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Re: Filemaker exporting summarised data

#438
From: Bob Jenner
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 23:19
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In article <1992Sep29.123441.150@vulcan.resmel.bhp.com.au>,
paulm@steelmel.bhp.com.au wrote:
> 
> I have a Macintosh running Filemaker (1.0v2) under system 6.0.7.  
> 
> I would like to export Filemaker data in a summarised format.  E.g. if I have a
> (simple) database that looks like this: 
> 
>  Product        Tonnes
>  Cold Rolled	71
>  Hot Rolled		25
>  Hot Rolled  	10
> 
> 
> I would like to be able to produce a *file* (cf a report) that looks like this:
> 
> Product			Tonnes
> Cold Rolled		71
> Hot Rolled		35
> 
> 
> My understanding is that Filemaker (1.0v2) will only export individual records.
>  One suggestion made by an IBM person is that I find out if there is a
> Macintosh print driver which will print an ascii file to disk, then print a
> copy of a layout in the appropriate format.  Is this possible, or is there an
> alternative?
This can be done using an app. (commercial) called SuperGlue II.
> Paul.


Cheers
Bob Jenner
Northern Territory University
Darwin, Australia
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