Specifications

13 – Configuring Reports
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Formatting the Report Output
Specify any sections of the report output that are to contain values from Free
Format report variables by enclosing the variable index number in single
quotation marks.
Special characters can be added for spacing lines and forcing page breaks.
Lines can be repeated. Free Format variable index numbers can be incremented
within repeated lines.
An operating system text file can be copied directly into the report. To include an
operating system file, first define the file with the ‘Operating System File
Definition’ entry in the variable definition section.
An X-Y plot of history samples for a point can be plotted. The history samples
need to have been previously read from the database using the ‘F = Fetch from
point’ entry in the variable definition section.
R = Read from file Provided to read a value from a server database file
or operating system file into a Free Format report
variable. To read from an operating system file the
file must first be defined with the entry, M, Operating
system file definition.
W = Write to file Provided to write a value from a Free Format report
variable into a server database file.
B = Start of report
body
Used at the end of the variable definition section to
indicate the start of the formatting section of the
report. Any lines following this entry will be included
in the report output. They are used to specify the
layout of the report including headings and spacing.
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