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dSHAREWARE dBASE REPORTER
dShareware Reporter requires very little from the user beyond pointing
at a desired action and hitting the ENTER key. It was designed this way
from the start.
The user can choose a report definition he or she has created from
the first screen. The report description is reviewed by moving the
light bar to the desired report definition and hitting ENTER. Fields
from the primary and secondary file, if one was used, are displayed
along with the active query if one was created for use with the report.
The report definition can then be run or deleted. Output can be sent
to the printer, screen, or to a disk file. Report parameters and the
query can be edited before running the report again.
CREATING A REPORT DEFINITION FOR THE FIRST TIME:
First, the report type is chosen and then report parameters are entered.
You can control things like the left margin, spaces between printed fields
on the report, page width, page length, etc. The only parameter that may
be confusing to the new user is the subtotal parameter.
Say, for example,you have a file of customer purchases like ORDER.DBF.
It is indexed on customer number and you are trying to total the purchases
for each customer and want a a grand total of all purchases. If you choose
the subtotal option on the report parameter screen dShareware Reporter will
print and sum all of the purchases for customer 100, display a subtotal,
space,and then begin printing and summing the purchases by customer 200 and
so forth. Create a report with the subtotal option for ORDER.DBF. Total
the QTY and SELL fields for practice. The subtotal option's use will
then become clear.
You choose your primary from a scolling list. You choose the fields you
wish to include in the report from a scrolling list. Nothing could be easier!
Just remember the following:
1. A MAXIUM OF 27 FIELDS FROM EACH FILE MAY BE USED IN THE REPORT.
2. THREE CALCULATED FIELDS MAY BE DEFINED PER FILE.
3. MEMO FIELD PROCESSING IS LIMITED TO ONE MEMO FIELD IN A SINGLE FILE
REPORT.
4. FIELDS APPEAR ON THE PRINTED REPORT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE
SELECTED.
5. IF YOU DO NOT ENTER A COLUMN HEADING FOR A FIELD THE FIELD NAME WILL
BE USED AS A COLUMN HEADING ON THE REPORT.
6. IF YOU ARE USING TOTALS, SUBTOTALS, AND/OR CALCULATED FIELDS EXPECT
YOUR REPORT TO BE WIDER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE SELECTED FIELDS ALONE.
EXTRA SPACE IS ALLOCATED TO A FIELD BEING TOTALLED AND TO A CALC FIELD
BEYOND THAT WHICH IS DISPLAYED BY THE FIELD SELECTION SCREEN.