TOMPager

Monday, January 12th, 2009 | Analysis, Cobalt Sky, Tools

Paginated Dimensions tables

TOMPager is aimed at Dimensions users who want to produce paginated tables from mrStudio Tables, Desktop Reporter and mrScript. Standard output from Dimensions is in the form of single logical tables, so long banners or side headings need to be manually split or shrunk to fit on printable pages. TOMPager emulates the functionality of Quantum tables output, breaking long or wide tables into user-definable page-size sections. The resulting ASCII tables can then be formatted in Winyaps or other tables processors such as E-tabs.

TOMPager is a Dimensions plug-in so integrates directly into the Dimensions product suite.

Export Tables

Key benefits include: Fully paginated tables, similar to Quantum output

Banners evenly split across pages improving aesthetics while minimising page count
Banner texts evenly split in columns for improved appearance and readability
Handles all Dimensions tables including complex nesting
Wide array of options for total control of layout
Fast – 2000 pages output per minute on a typical desktop PC
Tables compatible with Winyaps for powerful formatting
Works in all Dimensions tables applications, both scripted and GUI

Page formatting options include: Page width and length

Width for side headings
Minimum and maximum column width
Double spacing of rows
Indenting of rows within nets
Simple pagination (overrides smart pagination where banners are split evenly across pages)
Split column text at ! and | characters
Repeat row variable headings when split over a page

TOMPager outputs plain ASCII tables which can be formatted and distributed using Winyaps. For more information on Winyaps follow this link.

If you would like a demo on one of your projects, or would like to trial TOMPager for 30 days please contact Mark Morton or e-mail tompager@cobalt-sky.com.