Use this tab to perform these tasks:
- Maintain general report
information.
- Set various options to
customize the page design of a report.
- Manage the libraries (DLLs)
used in the report script. You can add or remove DLLs.
- View the debug script. In
this script you can set breakpoints for the debug process.
- General Information
-
- Report
- The identification code of the report.
- A report is identified by the unique combination of package
code, module code, and report code.
-
Example:
-
| Package Code:
|
tt
|
Tools.
|
| Module
Code :
|
aad
|
Application Administration
|
| Report
Code :
|
046011000
|
Time
Zones
|
The total identification of the report is: ttaad046011000.
-
Allowed values:
-
This field is read-only and can only be set when you create
a new report.
- Label Name
- The code of the report description label.
-
Allowed values:
-
This field is read-only and can only be set when you create
a new report.
-
Note: To open the label in the Label Editor, click the Label Name hyperlink.
- Description
- The description of the report. For example, "Help Topics
Overview by Search Argument."
-
Allowed values:
-
This field is read-only, because the description originates
from a label. To edit this label, click
Label Name.
- Tools Interface Version
- The Tools Interface Version (TIV) number of the script or
library. It is used to guarantee backward compatibility and related to a
particular version of the porting set, the Enterprise Server, and the 4GL
Tools.
-
For details about the TIV, see the
Infor ES Programmers Guide (Infor
Customer Portal KB2924522).
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range 1 - 9999. Initially, the server
returns a default version number.
- Report Size
- The default size of the report.
-
Allowed values:
-
To specify a value, click
Browse and select
a report size from the select dialog box. This dialog box provides all
predefined report sizes in the development repository of the connected
LN
server.
This table shows examples of available report sizes:
| Report
Size
|
Margin
|
Top
|
Bottom
|
Foot
|
Length
|
Width
|
Font
|
| A3-SMALL
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
-1
|
96
|
132
|
Double
Wide
|
| A3-SMALL-MANUAL
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
-1
|
-1
|
215
|
User
Font 2
|
| A4-LANDSCAPE
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
-1
|
-1
|
-1
|
Small
(17.1 cpi)
|
| A4-LARGE
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
-1
|
-1
|
80
|
Large
(10 cpi)
|
| A4-LARGE-MANUAL
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
-1
|
-1
|
80
|
Large
(10 cpi)
|
| A4-MIDDLE
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-1
|
-1
|
94
|
Middle
(12 cpi)
|
| A4-MIDDLE-MANUAL
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
-1
|
-1
|
94
|
Middle
(12 cpi)
|
| A4-SMALL
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-1
|
-1
|
132
|
Small
(17.1 cpi)
|
| A4-SMALL-MANUAL
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
-1
|
-1
|
132
|
Small
(17.1 cpi)
|
For more information on the previous report size parameters,
see the
Size,
Margin, and
Font field groups.
-
Note: The value you enter in this field will have
influence on the report's
Size,
Margin, and
Font fields. For
these fields, the selected report size determines the default values and
enforces certain constraints.
- External Design Present
-
If this check box is selected,
the report has one of these external designs:
- Microsoft SQL
Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report design
-
Infor Reporting
design
A hyperlink to the corresponding additional file is
displayed. Click this hyperlink to view the additional file.
- For SSRS, you can edit the report design in Microsoft
Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). For more information, see
these guides:
-
Infor Enterprise Server Plug-in for Microsoft SSRS
Development Guide
-
Infor Enterprise Server Plug-in for Microsoft SSRS
Administration Guide
- For
Infor Reporting,
you can edit the report design in Report Studio. For more information, see
these guides:
-
Infor Enterprise Server Connector for Infor
Reporting
Development Guide
-
Infor Enterprise Server Connector for Infor
Reporting
Administration Guide
- Font
-
- Report
- The font of the report, which is a default for all report
layouts. Fonts can be defined in the printer information files of the used
printer.
-
Allowed values:
-
To specify a value, select a font from the drop-down list.
This list provides all predefined fonts in the development repository of the
connected
LN
server.
For example, you can choose one of the following fonts:
- Large (10 cpi)
- Small (17.1 cpi)
- Middle (12 cpi)
- Double Wide
- Near Letter
Quality
- Italic
- Superscript
- Fixed Device Font
-
If this check box is selected,
the specified font cannot be changed when selecting the device at runtime. It
is possible to specify different fonts for each layout in the
Different Font
fields on the
Layouts tab of the
report editor.
-
If this check box is cleared,
it is possible to select another font for the report when you select a device
in the
Select Device (ttstpsplopen) session.
Each layout is printed with the same font. By default, the report font is used.
- Size
-
- Length
- The total page length, including top and bottom margin. If
this value is -1, the report can be printed on paper types with different page
length.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 1 to 999.
Value 0 is not allowed.
Value -1 indicates the page length is dependent on the used
paper type.
- Width
- The page width of the report excluding the left margin. The
page width is used to set the default width for new report layouts. It is used
for calculating the number of columns of a multi-column layout.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 1 to 255 (value 0 is not
allowed).
- Nr. of Multi Column
- The number of adjacent columns.
-
This is useful for printing labels, such as addresses of
customers.
If the number of columns is 0, the report generator computes
how many columns fit on one line.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 0 to 99. Value 0 indicates a
calculated number of columns.
- Repeat Expression
- An expression which is evaluated at runtime. The result is a
numeric value, indicating the number of times each layout on the report will be
printed.
-
Example:
-
The result of the expression is 2. The report layout will be
printed 2 times.
-
Allowed values:
-
The expression is an ASCII text with a maximum length of 30
characters.
If you use variables in the repeat expression, these
variables must be input fields of the report. See the
Input Fields tab of
the report editor.
- Margin
-
- Top
- The number of blank lines at the top of each report page.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 0 to 99.
- Bottom
- The number of blank lines printed at the bottom of each
report page. These lines are printed just after the footer section.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 0 to 99.
- Left
- The number of blank spaces at the beginning of each report
line. This left margin is added to the left margin specified in your report
script.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 0 to 99.
- The number of lines allocated for the footer. If the value is
-1, the footer margin is calculated by the report writer.
-
Note: When a number of different footer layouts of
different sizes are executed on conditions at runtime, it is difficult for the
report writer to calculate the footer margin. In this situation, you have to
specify a number of lines for this margin.
-
Allowed values:
-
Whole number in the range from 1 to 99.
Value 0 is not allowed.
Value -1 indicates a calculated footer margin.
- Linked Libraries
- This list contains the records of all libraries linked to the
report script of the current report.
-
- Sorting
-
- To sort the
libraries by position, name, or description, click the corresponding column
header.
- When you sort by
position, the sort mode is always ascending. When you sort by name or
description, click the involved column header to toggle between ascending and
descending sort mode.
- When you sort by
name or description, the
Up and
Down commands
are disabled.
- Add / remove libraries, change linking order
- You can only perform the following actions if you sort the
libraries by position.
- To add a
library, click Add. Then, press Ctrl+Space in the Name field and select a library
from the select dialog box.
- To remove a
library, right-click a library and, on the shortcut menu, select
.
- To change the
linking order of the libraries, move them up or down the list.
-
Note: To edit a library, click the icon behind the
library name.
-
- Pos
- The library sequence number (Position). This field indicates
the linking order of the libraries.
-
This field is read-only. It is filled automatically when you
link a library.
- Name
- The name of the library.
-
Allowed values:
-
To specify this attribute, press Ctrl+Space and select a library from
the select dialog box.
- Description
- The description of the library.
-
Allowed values:
-
This field is read-only.
LN Studio
automatically fills in the library description after you specified the
Name of the
library.
- Script
-
- Create Script
- Click this button to create an initial report script for the
report.
-
To view or edit the new report script, close the
Report Editor, start the
Report Editor again, and go to the
Source tab.
- Remove Script
- Click this button to remove a report script from the report.
- View Debug Script
- Click this link to open the debug script in the debug text
editor. In this script, you can set breakpoints for the debug process.
See
Using breakpoints.
-
The debug script is generated automatically based on the
report layout and the report script, if present.