INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................................................................4
LICENSE.........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
1. BEFORE CREATING REPORT............................................................................................................................................................15
1.1. VISUAL OBJECTS............................................................................................................................................................................16
«Text» object........................................................................................................................................................................................16
«Band» object......................................................................................................................................................................................17
«Picture» object...................................................................................................................................................................................18
«SubReport» object..............................................................................................................................................................................18
«Line» object........................................................................................................................................................................................18
«CheckBox» object...............................................................................................................................................................................19
«RichText» object.................................................................................................................................................................................19
«OLE» object.......................................................................................................................................................................................19
«Chart» object.....................................................................................................................................................................................19
«Shape» object.....................................................................................................................................................................................20
«Barcode» object.................................................................................................................................................................................20
2. DESIGNER BASICS................................................................................................................................................................................21
2.1. USING THE KEYBOARD.................................................................................................................................................................22
2.2. USING THE MOUSE.........................................................................................................................................................................22
2.3. REPORT VARIABLES ....................................................................................................................................................................22
2.4. REPORT OPTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................................24
2.5. PAGE OPTIONS................................................................................................................................................................................24
2.6. FR OBJECT INSPECTOR.......................................................................................................................................................................25
2.7. HIGHLIGHTNING.............................................................................................................................................................................25
2.8. DESIGNER OPTIONS.......................................................................................................................................................................25
2.9. EXTRA TOOLS..................................................................................................................................................................................25
3. PREVIEW DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................................................................................................26
4. CREATING REPORTS...........................................................................................................................................................................27
4.1. SIMPLE REPORT (LIST)..................................................................................................................................................................28
4.2. MASTER-DETAIL REPORT............................................................................................................................................................28
4.3. MASTER-DETAIL-SUBDETAIL REPORT.....................................................................................................................................28
4.4. CROSS-TAB REPORT......................................................................................................................................................................28
4.5. REPORTS WITH VARIABLE ROW HEIGHT................................................................................................................................28
4.6. REPORTS WITH MULTIPLE DATA STRINGS.............................................................................................................................28
4.7. MULTICOLUMN REPORTS............................................................................................................................................................29
4.8. MULTIPAGE REPORTS...................................................................................................................................................................29
4.9. NESTED REPORTS...........................................................................................................................................................................29
4.10. MASTER-DETAIL-DETAIL REPORTS.........................................................................................................................................29
4.11. COMPOSITE REPORTS.................................................................................................................................................................29
4.12. REPORTS WITH BREAKED BANDS...........................................................................................................................................29
4.13. REPORTS WITH MEMO FIELDS AND PICTURES....................................................................................................................29
4.14. REPORTS WITHOUT BANDS.......................................................................................................................................................29
4.15. REPORTS WITH GROUPS.............................................................................................................................................................30
4.16. REPORTS WITH CHARTS ............................................................................................................................................................30
5. TFRDATASTORAGE COMPONENT..................................................................................................................................................31
5.1. CREATING DATABASE..................................................................................................................................................................32
5.2. CREATING TABLE...........................................................................................................................................................................32
5.3. CREATING QUERY..........................................................................................................................................................................32
5.4. FIELDS EDITOR................................................................................................................................................................................33
5.5. CREATING LOOKUP FIELDS..............................................................................................................................................................33
5.6. QUERY PARAMETERS EDITOR....................................................................................................................................................33
5.7. JOINING DATA.................................................................................................................................................................................33
5.8. PARAMETERS DIALOG..................................................................................................................................................................34
5.9. DESIGNER OF PARAMETERS DIALOG.......................................................................................................................................34
6. PROGRAMMING....................................................................................................................................................................................35
6.1. USING INFORMATION FROM NON DATABASE SOURCES. EVENTS...................................................................................35
6.2. DESCRIPTION OF BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS.....................................................................................................................................36
Using strings and variables..................................................................................................................................................................36
