First start with a blank report.   It will be unbound (no data source).   The data source will be created in a script.   On the report add a table and name each cell as follows:   Add a second table in the report header to name the columns.   And then finally add a label control for a title.

Now for the script that will run this report.

You set the variable “directory” to the folder you want to get a file list of.    You can modify this so it is a report parameter, but to keep things simple now, just hardcode the folder.   The rest of the script creates an array with file information and assigns the array to the datasource of the report.   Then each cell in the table needs to be bound to an element of the array.   Finally the title is set to the string variable “directory”.

The resulting report looks like this when previewed:

You can download this sample report HERE.

]]> http://linuxprograms.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/detailed-file-listing-ls/ Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:53:06 +0000 multilingualjourney http://linuxprograms.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/detailed-file-listing-ls/ ls is used to see the contents of a file. With the option -l, one can see the file/directory permissions for owner,group and others. This option is also useful to see information like the owner and group owner and size of the file.

let’s take a simple example. Seeing the detailed listing of a /usr/local/share/man/man1

$ ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/* | head -20

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1010 2008-08-20 19:05 2vcard.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    592 2010-06-25 18:20 411toppm.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    292 2010-07-21 21:45 a2j_control.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    413 2010-07-21 21:45 a2jmidi_bridge.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    424 2010-07-21 21:45 a2jmidid.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4656 2010-07-12 17:11 a2p.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5976 2010-08-16 16:25 a2ping.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1356 2009-04-29 02:17 a2psj.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    798 2010-03-05 07:47 aalib-config.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2608 2010-11-19 02:50 ab.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1024 2010-07-02 16:05 ac3dec.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     20 2009-11-07 04:28 ace.1p.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11985 2010-01-04 20:33 ack-grep.1p.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1136 2010-02-02 06:29 aclocal-1.11.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1068 2010-06-20 08:14 acl.php.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1380 2010-10-22 03:46 aconnect.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    738 2005-10-25 15:32 aconnectgui.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    697 2009-12-25 13:56 acpi_available.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    367 2010-06-23 08:06 acpi_fakekey.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    823 2010-05-15 17:39 acyclic.1.gz

Since the above directory is a big directory, we used head to filter out first 20 lines. This example is going to be used in various tutorials like Vim Visual Block.

It also allows you to add files that are located in multiple directories so that you can include the same file more than once. For example, if you have a data file on your local hard drive and another copy of the same file on your network drive, both of these can be included in the File Listing.  This might be the case if your data files are normally located on a network drive and you wanted to do some “what if” analysis, so you make a copy of the file on your local drive.  Adding that copy to the File Listing makes is faster and easier to switch between these two data files.

In version 25, we’ve made some enhancements to the File Listing to make it even more useful. First off, there is a new “high resolution” screen that will be available for those who are using higher resolution monitors. We are incorporating a number of higher resolution screens in this version of Asset Keeper that will allow for more features and expanded details about your data files and your assets.  The minimum resolution requirement for these high resolution screens will be 1024 X 768, which seems to be the minimum that most computer manufacturers are selling these days.  If you prefer the old screens that were used in Version 24, you’ll be able to continue to use them by means of a setting in the Configuration screen.

If you’ve been using the File Listing, you’ve probably got lots of files listed and sometimes finding the correct file can take some time.  One of the most requested changes to the File Listing is a Search option.  In version 25, there is now a search button on the File Listing that allows you to filter the files displayed on the File Listing based on criteria that you enter.  The search criteria is user entered and can be for any of the following fields:

Company Name
Year-End
Filename
Entity Type
Business Activity
Tax ID
Number of Methods
Notes

After selecting one of these fields, there are additional options that enable you to select just the files that you want.  We feel that this will make the File Listing even more useful and allow you to find your data files more quickly.

High Resolution File Listing

There are some additional cosmetic changes made to the File Listing that are only visible in the high resolution version.

First, the data shown in the grid for each of your data files is larger and allows you to see more information about each of your data files.  Secondly, the fields displayed in the grid can now be moved at any time so that the information can be displayed in the order you wish to see it.  All you need to do is click on the heading of a field displayed in the grid and drag it to the location you want it displayed.  And the layout will be saved automatically so you don’t have to move the fields every time you display the File Listing.

Next up, we’ll explain some minor changes to the “Save As” option and why we combined the “Convert” and “Import” option into one selection.