Specifications

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You can specify additional heading information (such as a date) in the header
band and you can include pictures, graphic controls, and color to enhance the
appearance of the band.
Displaying the current date
To include the current date in the header, you place a computed field that uses
the
Today InfoMaker expression function in the header band. For information,
see “Adding computed fields to a report” on page 239.
The detail band
The detail band displays the retrieved data. The number of rows of data that
display in the report at one time is determined by the following expression:
(Height of the report – Height of headers and footers) /
Height of the detail band
The presentation style determines the contents of the detail band:
• If the presentation style is Tabular, Grid, N-Up, or Label, the detail band
displays column names, representing the columns
• If the presentation style is Freeform, the labels defined for the columns in
the Database painter display in the detail band with boxes for the data to
the right
How InfoMaker names the columns in the Design view
If the report uses one table, the names of the columns in the Design view are
the same as the names in the table.
If the report uses more than one table, the names of the columns in the Design
view are tablename_columnname. InfoMaker prefaces the name of the column
with the table name to prevent ambiguity, since different tables can have
columns with the same name.
When you design the detail band of a report, you can specify display
information for each column of the report and add other controls, such as text,
pictures, graphs, and drawing controls.