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This is a request I received last week from a nurse..
Could you make it like a table you can add in the template? Like below
| Muscle Injected: | Units: | Volume (ml): | Sites: |
| Gastrocnemius | 100 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Soleus | 100 | 1.0 | 2 |
is it possible to add table format? My first thought was flowsheet but that is just a view- it can't come across in text right? Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance! We are on CPS10 and use VFE
Amy Roberts
Kansas City Bone and Joint Clinic
Posted : April 20, 2012 5:39 am
Tables are not supported. There are 2 close workarounds through. One involves tabs, and involves another involves a padding function.
1. Tabs – Works for non fixed length fonts. I would advise you to use no more than 2 columns though. 1 long piece of user data and formatting get crazy quickly.
{backslash}t is recognized as a tab (NOTE: you really use the backslash character – the forum clears this when I type it). You need to make sure you add enough to tab past the largest label in the column.
so in translation (OBSTERM NAMES ARE NOT ACCURATE)
{CFMT(OBSNOW("MUSCLE"),"Muscle Injected:{backslash}t{backslash}t","",CFMT(OBSNOW("INSUNITS),""," – ",""," units") + CFMT(OBSNOW("VOLINS),""," ",""," ml") + CFMT(OBSNOW("NUMSITES"),""," @ ","","2 sites") + HRET)}
2. Padding Function (not my creation). This lends itself better to more than 2 columns
{/* the pad function pads the string s with spaces to make it len long
Also set the font to a fixed width one */
fn fnpad(s, len) {
local i
/* if s is already bigger than len, then leave it alone */
if size(s) > len then
return s
else
for i = size(s), i < len, i = i + 1 do
s = s + " "
endfor
return s
endif
}}
Then you would select a fixed length font for the form, and do translation like….
{fnpad("Muscle Injected:",10) + fnPad(OBSNOW("MUSCLE),10) + nextlabel + nextobs….}
Posted : April 21, 2012 2:35 am
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I will work on it, thank you!
Posted : April 23, 2012 11:39 pm
Saw an error
{CFMT(OBSNOW("MUSCLE"),"","Muscle Injected:{backslash}t{backslash}t","",CFMT(OBSNOW("INSUNITS),""," – ",""," units") + CFMT(OBSNOW("VOLINS),""," ",""," ml") + CFMT(OBSNOW("NUMSITES"),""," @ ","","2 sites") + HRET)}
Posted : April 24, 2012 2:51 am
