Report Section Options window: Fields

 


Page Header

Allows you to activate or inactivate the page header section by marking or unmarking this selection. If you inactivate a page header, it will be removed from the report layout, and any fields placed in it will be removed, as well.

You can specify whether you want a page header to be printed on the first page of a report using the Report Definition window.

Report Header

Allows you to activate or inactivate the report header section by marking or unmarking this selection. If you inactivate a report header, it will be removed from the report layout, and any fields placed in it will be removed, as well.

Additional Headers

Displays all the additional headers you've created. The additional headers appear in the report layout in the same order they're listed in this window.

Body

Allows you to activate or inactivate the body of the report by marking or unmarking this selection. If you inactivate the main body of a report, it will be removed from the report layout, and any fields placed in it will be removed, as well.

If the Body section is active, the following fields are available:

Suppress When Empty

Allows you to specify that the section won't be printed if the specified calculated field is empty.

Calculated Field

Displays the calculated fields created for the report. Select the field that, when it contains an empty value, will keep the report body from printing.

To use this feature, the section you want to suppress should contain only one value. The expression in the selected calculated field should contain the table field printed in the section. Be sure to set the appropriate result type for the calculated field.

For example, you could create a report containing invoice numbers and line items, with comments for each line item and each comment line in a different section. Ordinarily, if there is no comment for an item, a blank line would be printed. However, if you create a calculated field containing the comment field and select it in the Calculated Field list, the section containing the comment won't be printed if the comment table field is empty.

Additional Footers

Displays all the additional footers you've created. The additional footers appear in the report layout in the same order they're listed in this window.

Report Footer

Allows you to activate or inactivate the report footer by marking or unmarking this selection. If you inactivate a report footer, it will be removed from the report layout, and any fields placed in it will be removed, as well.

You can use the Report Definition window to specify whether the last page footer should be replaced by the report footer.

Page Footer

Allows you to activate or inactivate the page footer by marking or unmarking this selection. If you inactivate a page footer, it will be removed from the report layout, and any fields placed in it will be removed, as well.

You also can use the Report Definition window to specify whether you want a page footer to print on the last page of a report, or whether the last page footer should be replaced by the report footer.


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