Report Designer at a Glance |
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Report Designer works in a similar way to many Windows-based applications.
Report Designer provides:
For the purpose of this Help file, familiarity with RAP (Report Application Pascal) is necessary.
Design Report Designer uses standard edit options (such as cut, copy, paste, bring to front, send to back, etc.), toolbar functions (functions to draw, align, nudge, change size, toolbar rulers, grids, etc.), toolbar objects (components), and report options (page style, portrait, landscape, pixel sizes), drag and drop ability within the report layout, as well as dropping objects or design components into reports.
OnCalc This is where RAP (Report Application Pascal) functions are applied. The RAP code is executed when an event occurs. Each report object or component will fire one or more events. The code itself will be executed when any associated event occurs.
Preview
The report being designed can be previewed to see roughly how it will be printed. Scripts will automatically provide dummy data for the RAP, so that a preview will show data results as it appears within the report design layout. When editing a report, choices are to use design data or use live data. Design data will populate with dummy data as just mentioned. Live data will populate from the associated object in Jim2.
Data In relation to use within Jim2, the data used for this report is replaced by Jim2 Scripts. This screen will therefore normally be empty.
Further information
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