Layout Type

Layouts of this type are printed once at the beginning of the report. This layout can be used to present information about the report. For example, the title page of the report.

Header layouts are printed at the top of every page.

You can define this layout for each input field for which a Sort Mode is defined in the Report Input Fields (ttadv3532m000) session.

Each time the value of the sorted input field changes, this layout is printed before the Detail lines. In this way the records are grouped. If a group of records spans more than one page, the before.field layout is repeated at the top of the new page (following the header).

You can suppress automatic printing at the top of every page by using lattr.break as an output expression. The lattr.break output expression is a predefined variable that contains the value 1 (true) when the sort field changes. By using this output expression, the layout is only printed when the input variable is changed.

The order of sorting and grouping depends on the Sort Sequence that was specified.

Detail layouts are used for the individual records included in the body of the report. They are printed every time that data is sent to the report.

You can define this layout for each input field for which a Sort Mode is defined in the Report Input Fields (ttadv3532m000) session.

Each time the value of the sorted input field changes, the layout is printed after the detail lines. In this layout, the presorted input field still contains the old value.

This layout, for example, can be used to print totals for a particular group of detail lines.

This layout is only printed at the end of the report, and after all other layouts. If this layout does not fill a complete page, the footer layout will be printed at the bottom of the page, where the After.report layout(s) is printed.