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You can place numerous types of fields and labels within the body, header, footer, and groups of a custom report. Click on these items on the top toolbar and then in the report body, header or footer to place them in the report.
Labels are static, meaning that they are not connected to a pipeline or a specific field.
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A text label with the caption you enter. |
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A memo field (multiple lines) with the caption you enter. |
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A formatted memo field (multiple lines) with the caption you enter. |
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A system variable: date, date/time, document name, print date/time, page count, page set, page set desc (e.g. "Page 1 of 4"), page no (e.g. "1" as a page number), page no desc (e.g. "Page 1"), time. |
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A calculated field where you can define your own formula. |
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A picture that you load from a disk file. |
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A rectangle, square, rounded rectangle, rounded square, ellipse or circle. |
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A vertical or horizontal line. |
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A barcode made from text that you enter. |
Fields are connected to a pipeline and data field, and they display the values of fields in pipelines.
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A text field from a field in a pipeline. |
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A memo field (multiple lines) from a field in a pipeline. |
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A formatted memo field (multiple lines) from a field in a pipeline. |
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A calculated field based on data from a field in a pipeline (count, sum, minimum, maximum, or average). |
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A picture from a field in a pipeline. |
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A barcode made from a text field in a pipeline. |
Right-click on a label or field to bring up a menu of useful settings. The available settings vary based on the type of label or field.
Most fields should be set to AutoSize. This allows them to grow and contract to fit the data within them. Right-click on the label or field to set this option.
