Report Layouts (ttadv3131s000)

Use this session to maintain the layouts of a report.

 

Report

The module to which the report belongs.

Report

The identification code of the report. A report is uniquely identified by the combination of package code, module code, report code and language.

Report

The language code of the report. When a user runs a session with a report, the report in his own language will be run.

Layout Type

The Layout type.

Field Name

The field name is only applicable for Before.field and After.field layouts. You can only specify fields, which are defined as a sorted input field in the Report Input Fields (ttadv3532m000) session. Before.field and After.field layouts will be printed when the value of the specified field changes.

Sequence Number of Report Layout

It is possible to define more than one layout per Layout/Fieldname combination. The layouts of the same Layout/Fieldname will be printed in the order of the sequence number of the layouts.

There are two reasons to define more than 1 layout per Layout/Fieldname combination:

  • The maximum size of a layout is 22 lines. If your layout should have more lines, you can make a second layout of the same type with a higher sequence number.
  • If a particular layout must be printed under certain conditions and another layout under other conditions, you have to define more than one layout with different output conditions.
Output Expression

The output expression is an expression which is evaluated at runtime. The result is always true or false. The expression syntax is equal to the 3 GL syntax. At the moment a layout has to be printed, the system will evaluate the output condition of the layout. Only if the result at that moment is true, the layout is printed.

Examples

  • 1
    Layout will always be printed
  • 0
    Layout will never be printed
  • print.detail = 1 or print.detail = 2
    Layout will be printed if variable print.detail is 1 or 2
  • strip$(tdsls041.cprj) <> ""
    Layout will be printed if field tdsls041.cprj is not empty
Note

If variables are used in the output expression, then those variables must be defined as input field for the report, specified in the Report Input Fields (ttadv3532m000) session.

Different Font

Only applicable, if the layouts in one report have different fonts (the Fixed Font (default) check box is selected in the Reports (ttadv3130s000) session). It determines the font in which the layout will be printed.

These fonts can be defined in the printer information files of the printer being used.

New Page

If this check box is selected, the report layout is printed on a new page. Skipping to a new page always causes printing of present Header, Footer and Before.field layout types. If the current line is already at the top of the page, the page command will be ignored.

Note

Not applicable for header and footer layouts.

Extra Need

This number indicates how many extra lines are needed for the layout on the same page.

Before printing a layout the report writer calculates the free space at the current page. If the layout does not fit on the same page, then the layout will be printed on a new page. If the value of this field is 0, only the number of lines of the layout itself are taken into account. With this field you can increase the number of extra needed free lines for the layout. Increasing this number of lines can be useful if, for example, you want to print at least 2 detail layouts on the same page together with a "before.field" layout.

Note

This does not apply to the Header and the Footer layout types.

Number of Rows

The number of lines of the report layout. This number is calculated automatically. You can not access this field.

Multi columns

Indicates whether the report layout must be printed in more than one column or not. The number of columns depends on the size of the layout and the paper width. You can change the layout size with the command <Esc>[S] in the report layout editor. Page Width Number of columns = -------------- Layout Width