Re: Is there any way to find out the width of a closed report programatically?

You really don't have to keep posting to the NG, we do get it; you're an
illiterate, juvenile fool who actually believes that the appropriate
response to someone trying to help you is to spout insults attempt sarcasm
and generally spit your dummy out.

Of course, you never for one second thought that the appropriate response to
Bob's post was to point out that you thought it should be possible to do
this with the reports closed, which then would have allowed Bob (or indeed
anyone with a smidgen of knowledge of the subject) to realise you had missed
the point of his response and explicitly state that this is not possible
(excepting Lyles lateral idea of using SaveAsText).

Stop trying to twist it, you asked a stupid question to which you received a
sensible reply. Just because you didn't appreciate the implication of the
answer and it wasn't the answer you wanted doesn't make it flippant,
smart-arse or anything else.

You need to realise that your responses in this thread are much more
illustrative of your own character than they are descriptive of anyone else
involved.

Try to put yourself in an objective frame of mind instead of the emotional
one you seem to live in, review the thread and see if you can spot the
person who really shines as the disruptive influence.

--
Terry Kreft




"Ryan H" <qu6si-googlegroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1158307639.927139.92500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Randy Harris wrote:
I think most everyone here, with the exception of the OP, understood
the answer. He was so anxious to get into a pissing contest with
everyone here that was able to help him that he couldn't be bothered
to ask for further explanation.

Wrong. I wasn't anxious to get into a pissing contest with anyone; what
I was looking for was an answer to my question: is there a way to get
the width of reports without opening them? What I got was a
smart-assed, flippant answer.

Question: I'm trying to get to Hawaii without getting wet.

Random Wiseass: Swim! And when you reach the beach, towel off.

(This reply from Random-Wiseass *obviously* means there are no boats or
planes!)

I see now that Bob Q claims his answer was meant to be serious. He is
honestly claiming that it's something clever to explain to people that
in fact reports *can* be opened. His buddies seem to think this is
beyond the rest of us too and that he should be commended for letting
the rest of us in on this arcane bit of knowledge...

It was a smart-assed answer and deserved the derision it received. I'm
sorry if it was so biting that it caused a bunch of toadies to come
clamoring in here disappointed by the fact that they wouldn't have the
chance to put forth their smart-assed answers (eg., "Sure, there's a
way. Write down zero (0). That is the width of every closed report."),
and, instead, were only able to try and defend the thoroughly
smacked-down Bob Q.

I really wasn't looking for an argument. And I didn't insult anyone who
didn't attempt to insult my intelligence with inanities. I certainly
didn't insult the *whole NG*. This is the truth.

Don't be a fool and come at me with idiotic tripe and I won't have to
make fun of you. That's easy enough, eh? And don't come shuffling up
beside the fool, dumbstruck and disappointed, and pretend that you have
something less foolish to say... else you'll be ridiculed as well.

Lastly -- when you've recovered from your smack-down and your toadies
have received their own -- don't try and distort the record, claiming
that your flippancy was clarity and that my clairty was unclear. I
*specifically* asked if there was a way to get the width of reports
*without* opening them; the clown responded, "Yes, just open them!"

The clown, now stumbling over his big, floppy shoes as he fumbles with
the eraser and the chalk to re-write both sides of what was said, will
only end up a sad clown. Ignored rather than responded to, but laughed
at all the same.

I have no beef with you, Randy. Should I begin to?

Do you honestly think it's a revelation to me or anyone else that I
could open the reports?

The reply wasn't, "No. I don't know of any way that you can get to any
properties beyond the name of a closed report. I suppose you'll have to
use the "Reports" collection you mentioned and go ahead and open them."

The reply was smug.

And my reply to that silly reply was sarcasm so brutal that the
recipents adolescent children felt the blow... and unhappily came
crying to me for more.

I was *not* looking to do this, but I certainly do not regret it. I am
sorry if there are those of you that got confused by the whimpers of
the children and their papa and took offense.



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