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report, you choose which lines make up this field. Just toggle on and off
the specific fields to define the Description.
■ Put on Drawing: Opens the Table Generation Setup dialog box for
specifying how to display your report as a table on your drawing.
■ Sort Fields: Controls the sorting order of the fields in the report.
NOTE The options are saved in the format file after you click OK on the subdialog
boxes. If you are working in an unnamed format file, you have to save the data
after you select Done in order to keep the changes you have made.
Breaks
■ Special breaks: Specifies the value that controls the section break. The
drop-down list displays the report-specific content to apply to the special
break.
■ Add Special break values to header: Adds the special break value to the
page header. For example, if you select a special break of
Installation/Location, the values provided for these devices in the panel
are displayed in the report section header.
Format File
Format files define specific criteria applied to the report before generating the
report to screen, printer, file, or automatic generation. The format files are
saved to the 'Documents and Settings\{user name}' subdirectory or 'Users\{user
name}' on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation.
■ Open Format File: Selects format files to edit. The Report Format Settings
File Selection dialog box opens and displays a list of format files (.set) in
the user subdirectory. Select a file to edit from the list and click OK.
■ Save Format File: Saves a format file on the hard disk for later retrieval and
usage when generating reports.
■ Save As Format File: Saves a format file that you opened and modified with
a different name.
Report format file setup - panel wire connection
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