Specifications

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After executing the report again you can see the report is now sorted by Employee ID.
Figure 50 – The report after sorting by Employee ID
Your first simple Banded Report is now complete. The next step is to enhance the report
to obtain the final report format.
Resizing and Aligning Fields
As fields are added to the report, you may need to resize them to ensure that the contents
of the fields will fit into the space allocated by the editor. You will also want to align fields
to each other horizontally and vertically to produce an attractive appearance.
Resizing Objects
Selecting an object (left mouse click) displays the boundary of the object with resizing
handles. You can increase/decrease the size of the field by dragging the appropriate
handle. You can also click on the field and drag it to another location.
Figure 52 – Selected field
For additional resizing options, right-click on the field and select Edit. The Edit dialog box
will appear shown in the figure below. Checking the “Autosize width” and “Autostretch
height” check boxes will adjust the size of the field to fit the contents of the data, if
necessary.
Figure 53 – Field Editing options
Resizing Bands
Bands can be resized using the same methods as
resizing objects. Click anywhere within the
band (but not on a field) and the boundary of
the band will be shown with the sizing handles.
The handles can be used to adjust the height of
the band.
You can also right-click within the band, and
select Options. The following dialog box
appears where you can specify the band height
as well as other options.
Figure 51 – Band options