Table of Contents
- Working in the DataWindow painter
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- Understanding the DataWindow painter Design view
- Using the DataWindow painter toolbars
- Using the Properties view in the DataWindow painter
- Selecting controls in the DataWindow painter
- Resizing bands in the DataWindow painter Design view
- Using zoom in the DataWindow painter
- Undoing changes in the DataWindow painter
- Using the Preview view of a DataWindow object
- Saving data in an external file
- Modifying general DataWindow object properties
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- Changing the DataWindow object style
- Setting colors in a DataWindow object
- Setting gradients and background pictures in a DataWindow object
- Setting transparency properties for a DataWindow object
- Specifying properties of a grid DataWindow object
- Specifying pointers for a DataWindow object
- Defining print specifications for a DataWindow object
- Modifying text in a DataWindow object
- Defining the tab order in a DataWindow object
- Naming controls in a DataWindow object
- Using borders in a DataWindow object
- Specifying variable-height bands in a DataWindow object
- Modifying the data source of a DataWindow object
- Storing data in a DataWindow object using the Data view
- Retrieving data
About this chapter
Before you put a DataWindow object into production, you can enhance it to make it easier to use and interpret data. You do that in the DataWindow painter. This chapter describes basic enhancements you can make to a DataWindow object.
Related topics
Other ways to enhance DataWindow objects are covered in later chapters:
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Add controls to a DataWindow object 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 DataWindow objects |
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Place reports inside DataWindow objects |
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Use graphs to visually present information retrieved in a DataWindow object |
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Use crosstabs to present analyses of data retrieved in a DataWindow object |
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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 |
