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| General | This page allows you to select fields from a database that will be included in the HTML report and define some general options for your Internet document. |
| All Data Fields List Box | All data fields from the selected database are listed here. To select a field you have to highlight the field, and then click on the push button with a green arrow. The selected field will be displayed in the Selected Fields list box. The push button with double green arrow selects all fields. |
| To Remove a Field | Highlight the field. Click on the push button with a red arrow. The selected field will be removed from the Selected Fields list box. Click on the push button with double red arrow to remove all fields. |
| To Change the Order of Fields | There are push buttons with up and down red arrows below the Selected Fields list box. When you click on one of them the selected field will move one position up or down. |
| To Group Records | Select a "group by field" from the Group By dropdown box. NOTE: When you want to Group records by a data field your database MUST BE SORTED by this field. Read: Select Index. |
| To Group Records in Separate Files | Select a "group by field", go to the Report Elements Page and select Report Type: 2-Level, or 3-Level. In this case the report main page (index.htm) contains the list of group names with hyperlinks to the corresponding group files. |
| Field Attributes |
The Field Attributes controls allow you to set different attributes of the selected field. To activate the field click on the field name in the Selected Fields list box . The
following attributes of the text can be defined. Name (field header/label): Contains the name of the field. Initially the name is taken from the database structure information. You can enter new name here. Width in Pixels: for tabular report format you can define each column width here (note: some browsers ignore this value). Use Individual Field Attributes: Do you want to set different attributes for each field (different text color, background, font type, ....)? Set this option. Label Attributes, Data Attributes: Select Label when you define label/header attributes. Select Data when you define data attributes. Text Color: This control sets the color in which text will appear in on the screen. Click here to display the Color dialog box. To select the color click on the color box. Click on the OK push button. The selected color will be displayed in the text color control. Text Style, Text Font Size, Text Font Name: These controls set the font size, style, type. Refer to HTML specification to find out more information about H1-H6, FONT tags. Text Attributes: This group of options allows you to set additional text attributes: bold, italic, underlined, centered. Table Background Color: This control sets the background color of the whole table. You can set the color for each column if Use Individual Fields Attributes option is selected. Numeric Fields Attributes: options are displayed when the numeric field is selected. Specify how many digits should be displayed after decimal point. If you want to calculate totals select the Calculate Total options. |
