Table of Contents
- Working in the Report painter
- Using the Preview view of a report
- Saving data in an external file
- Modifying general report properties
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- Changing the report style
- Setting colors in a report
- Setting gradients and background pictures in a report
- Setting transparency properties for a report
- Specifying properties of a grid report
- Specifying pointers for a report
- Defining print specifications for a report
- Modifying text in a report
- Naming controls in a report
- Using borders in a report
- Specifying variable-height bands in a report
- Modifying the data source of a report
- Storing data in a report using the Data view
- Retrieving data
About this chapter
After InfoMaker generates a basic report, you can further enhance its appearance and content. You do that in the Report painter. This chapter describes basic enhancements you can make to a report.
Related topics
Other ways to enhance reports are covered in later chapters:
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Add controls to a report and reorganize, position, and rotate them |
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Specify display formats, edit styles, and validation rules for column data |
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Limit which rows are displayed, the order in which they are displayed, and whether they are divided into groups |
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Highlight data by using conditional expressions to modify the properties of controls in reports |
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Place reports inside reports |
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Use graphs to visually present information retrieved in a report |
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Use crosstabs to present analyses of data retrieved in a report |
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Use TreeViews to group data and display it hierarchically in a way that allows you to expand and collapse it |
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Control update capabilities |
