Creating Report Definitions Manually
Document Actions
To define a data view for your report:
- From the Specify menu bar, choose Tools > Report Designer. The Available Reports dialog box appears.
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Next click on the Add button.
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Since we are creating a report, select the Full Setup Report and click OK.
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Select a search that contains the fields that you want to use in your report OR select a search and use the grid fields. Click OK.
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Select the source of the fields. Click OK.
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Enter criteria to limit the records. Click OK.
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Select the number of duplicates that you want to print. Click OK. There may also be a message saying what the name of the active dataview. Click OK.
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The Rave Report will be started.
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Click on the Report Tab. Select the Region Component and then click in the white gridded area. You should see something similar to the above image.
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Region Component Button
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Change the Height to be 10, Left to be 0.5, Top to be 0.5 and Width to be 7.5
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If you want a header banner or a title section, you can select a BandComponent.
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Band Header
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To change the name of the report, select the report from Report Library.
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Then go to the Report Properties
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Standard Tab
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Then go to the Text Properties
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Then go to the Text Properties
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Then go to the Text Properties
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DataBandComponentButton
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DataBand Properties
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DataBandDataView Properties
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LinkBandTo DataBand
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Click on the Report Tab.
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Dynamic Text Button
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Click on the Report Tab. Select the Region Component and then click in the white gridded area. You should see something similar to the above image.
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UsingDataText
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