Specifications

Working in the Report painter
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The summary and footer bands
You use the summary and footer bands of the report the same way you use
summary pages and page footers in a printed report:
• The contents of the summary band display at the end, after all the detail
rows; this band often summarizes information in the report
• The contents of the footer band display at the bottom of each screen or
page of the report; this band often displays the page number and name of
the report
Using the Report painter toolbars
The Report painter contains three customizable PainterBars and a StyleBar.
For more information about using toolbars, see “Using toolbars” on page 29.
PainterBars
The PainterBars include buttons for standard operations (such as Save, Print,
and Undo on PainterBar1), for common formatting operations (such as
Currency, Percent, and Tab Order on PainterBar2), and for database operations
(such as Retrieve and Insert Row on PainterBar3).
They also include six drop-down toolbars, which are indicated by a small black
triangle on the right part of a button. Table 6-2 lists the drop-down toolbars that
are available. The Controls toolbar is on PainterBar1. The other drop-down
toolbars are on PainterBar2.
Table 6-2: Drop-down toolbars in the Report painter
StyleBar
The StyleBar includes buttons for applying properties (such as bold) to selected
text elements.
Toolbar Used to
Background Color Specify the background color of one or more selected controls.
Borders Specify borders for one or more selected controls.
Controls Specify controls to add to a report.
Foreground Color Specify the foreground color of one or more selected controls.
In a text control, the foreground color specifies the color of the
text.
Layout Specify the alignment, sizing, and spacing of selected controls.
Slide Specify sliding for controls.