hyperblock

One of several objects used to display the contents of a list in an Application Studio report. It has a key output cell and a value cell. The key output cell contains the reference to the list. Typically, you put a formula in the value cell to retrieve a slice of data. Unlike other list objects (for example, a combo box) a hyperblock exists only in Design mode. In View mode, only its output is visible. In View mode the value cell is copied once for every element of the list. If the value cell contains a formula, a value is calculated and displayed for each element of the list. Hyperblocks can display lists horizontally or vertically. Often, two hyperblocks (one horizontal and one vertical) are nested with their value cells overlapping, and a formula placed in the value cell. In View mode, the lists form the X and Y axes of the report and the formulas generate the report data.