Transform Question - How to only print totals on the last page of a PO.

[LaurieWilliams432]

Our school has purchased Transform and I received training but we used all of training hours before completing the documents we were creating. Unfortunately our PO is 95% completed, and my boss' boss wants it in production yesterday, and they tell me we don't have funds to purchase any more training hours.

I have one issue - I'm currently printing the final dollar amount total on every page of the PO in the TOTAL box and Purchasing needs the final total only to appear on the very last page of a multi-page PO. And "Continued" needs to print in the TOTAL box on all other pages of the PO. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

I was given a solution by another school but it requires that a PO "Page Count" object exist that is the total number of pages for the PO (under DATA > DOCUMENT). And that a "Current Page Number" object exist so that you know what page you are on. Can anyone provide me directions on how to create a "Page Count" & "Current Page Number" in Transform. If I can create these objects then I can use a Text Match to verify if they match and if they do I'll print the Total on the page otherwise I can print "Continued".

 

[DaveWagoner]

The LAST THING you want to do is "hack" your forms in TransForm. It is the worst place to hide hacks and have to re-discover them later when they express themselves as issues.

Though there's a chance someone here will come to your aid, it's a failure of leadership to not fund a critical form to be built correctly and on time.

I'll save you some time if someone is able to come to your rescue (I don't have access to it anymore so won't be helpful), what is your JDE versions? (app, tools) and how are you getting the UE data to TransForm (OSA PDF, positional, etc?)

 

[Tim Boatwright]

In the document organizer, set your totals footer form to only print on single page and last page. Contact me directly and i csn give to more detsiled instructions.

 

[Tim Boatwright]

In the document organizer, set your totals form to only print on single page and last page. Contact me directly and i csn give to more detsiled instructions.

 

[clmates]

Our school has purchased Transform and I received training but we used all of training hours before completing the documents we were creating. Unfortunately our PO is 95% completed, and my boss' boss wants it in production yesterday, and they tell me we don't have funds to purchase any more training hours.

I have one issue - I'm currently printing the final dollar amount total on every page of the PO in the TOTAL box and Purchasing needs the final total only to appear on the very last page of a multi-page PO. And "Continued" needs to print in the TOTAL box on all other pages of the PO. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

I was given a solution by another school but it requires that a PO "Page Count" object exist that is the total number of pages for the PO (under DATA > DOCUMENT). And that a "Current Page Number" object exist so that you know what page you are on. Can anyone provide me directions on how to create a "Page Count" & "Current Page Number" in Transform. If I can create these objects then I can use a Text Match to verify if they match and if they do I'll print the Total on the page otherwise I can print "Continued".

Hi

This can vary based on the way you are dseigning your document. If you use document organizer you can do it easyly using different page types and forms.

if you use free form design with layouts, then you need to count pages and use conditional logic

I work on an Spanish specialized Transform partner, if you need help with your Transform projects you can reach me at [email protected]

BR
Carlos Lorenzo

 

[Colin Avery]

Hi

To enable page count complete the following steps in Transform Designer, from the Branch Editor navigate to the Print Graphic object.

TIP
If you are not sure or familiar with navigating the branch use the Find tool and search for object types in the current branch.

STEP1
On the Print Graphic object click on the hidden object icon, the little black triangle.

STEP2
Click on the Count Pages object to display it as a child of the Print Graphic.

STEP3
Check the Count Pages Yes/No box, so you see the tick icon.

STEP4
This will display the PageNumber and TotalPages number objects in the Data Pallet under the Print Graphic object.

STEP5
Now you can add logic to display the Text Box or any object on the final page.

STEP6
Finally, to see if it works you need to click on the Generate Preview tool, as it will not count the pages when editing in the Page editor view.

I hope this helps.

However, this method is old and a throwback to FormScape, the Document Organizer is the preferred method in Transform, but you will probably need training to fully understand how that works.

C

 

[LaurieWilliams432]

Hi

To enable page count complete the following steps in Transform Designer, from the Branch Editor navigate to the Print Graphic object.

TIP
If you are not sure or familiar with navigating the branch use the Find tool and search for object types in the current branch.


STEP1
On the Print Graphic object click on the hidden object icon, the little black triangle.


STEP2
Click on the Count Pages object to display it as a child of the Print Graphic.


STEP3
Check the Count Pages Yes/No box, so you see the tick icon.


STEP4
This will display the PageNumber and TotalPages number objects in the Data Pallet under the Print Graphic object.



STEP5
Now you can add logic to display the Text Box or any object on the final page.



STEP6
Finally, to see if it works you need to click on the Generate Preview tool, as it will not count the pages when editing in the Page editor view.



I hope this helps.

However, this method is old and a throwback to FormScape, the Document Organizer is the preferred method in Transform, but you will probably need training to fully understand how that works.

C

Colin,

Thank you so much for the screen shots!! This worked for us. Yeah!!

Now just to test more POs and run against production files in parallel for a few weeks.

Laurie

 

[LaurieWilliams432]

The LAST THING you want to do is "hack" your forms in TransForm. It is the worst place to hide hacks and have to re-discover them later when they express themselves as issues.

I agree, you are preaching to the choir.