Specifications

Using the RichText presentation style
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Headers and footers
You decide whether your RichText report has a header and footer by checking
Header/Footer in the wizard or Rich Text Object dialog box (described in
"Formatting for RichText objects within the report" next). The decision to
include a header and footer must be made at design time; it cannot be changed
at runtime.
To display a page number or a date in the header or footer, you can insert the
predefined computed fields Page n of n or Today().
Formatting for RichText objects within the report
Each type of object in a RichText report has its own dialog box. When you
select Properties from the pop-up menu, the dialog box you get depends on
what is selected.
Properties and Control List views
The Properties and Control List views are not available for RichText reports.
The painter uses the same property sheets as are available to users when they
run the report, and controls in RichText reports cannot be manipulated in the
same way as in other reports.
Most of the objects in a RichText report correspond to familiar objects like
bitmaps, columns, and computed fields. You can also specify formatting for a
temporary selected text object. In a RichText report, the objects are:
• The whole document
• Selected text and paragraphs
• Input fields (associated with columns or computed fields)
• Pictures
This section describes how to select each type of object and access its dialog
box. The user can access the property sheets too if you enable the Popup Menu
option on the Rich Text Object’s General dialog box.