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- Overview
- Characteristics the report based on a Table control
- Creating a report based on a Table control from the window editor
- Creating a report based on a Table control from the report editor
- Creating a report based on a Table control from the report editor
- Printing a report based on a Table control
- Printing a report based on a Table control
Report based on a Table control
The report on a Table control allows you to directly print the information displayed in a Table control (data-related, programmatically or variable-based) present: - in a window or page of the application. This window or page must be displayed when printing the report.
- in a window or in an internal page. The window (or the page) that displays the internal window (or the internal page) must be displayed.
 Reports & Queries cannot be used to create reports on Table control. However, it is possible to customize reports on a Table control created using the built-in report editor (color, font, size, etc.). A report based on a Table control can print: - all rows displayed in the Table control (ability to filter the data found in the Table control with the magnifier).
- the rows selected by the user (for the multi-selection Table controls where the rows are selected with the Ctrl key). This option is not available in WEBDEV.
Characteristics the report based on a Table control If the report is based on a Table control: - Each row in the Table control corresponds to a record.
- Each column of Table control corresponds to a Static Text control (even the invisible columns).
For a table report, the order in which the columns are displayed in the report corresponds to the order of columns in the window being edited. In WINDEV, if the user modifies the order of columns in the window, the order in which the columns are displayed in the report will not be modified dynamically. Warning Data printed in the report is sorted according to the sort column defined for the Table control.
A report on Table control can be created: - from the window editor. The created report corresponds to a table report.
- from the report editor. The report creation wizard opens, allowing you to choose the type of report to be created (array, form, etc.).
Once the report based on the Table control is created, you can: - change the data source of the report ("Data" tab in the report description).
- add or delete Static Text controls linked to the Table control associated with the report.
Warning It is not possible to test a report on a Table control directly from the report editor, as the window or page containing the Table control must be open. To run the test of a report based on a Table control, you must: - create (if necessary) a button in the window or in the page of Table control. This button can be used to print the report with the data from the Table control (iPrintReport).
Internal windows: If the Table control is present in an internal window, it is advisable to create the button in the internal window and not in the host window. - test directly the window or page containing the Table control, then test the report (via the button).
Case of internal windows: the test must be run from the window that hosts the internal window.
Creating a report based on a Table control from the window editor Creating a report based on a Table control from the report editor The report editor lets you create any type of report based on a Table control (array, form, etc.). Creating a report based on a Table control from the report editor To create a report based on the Table control from the report editor: - Click
 in the quick access buttons. - The new element window appears. Click "Report", and then "Report".
- The report creation wizard opens.
- Choose your report layout (array, card, label, etc.). For more details, see The different types of reports.
- Select (if necessary) the report template to use. A report template is used to comply with a specific page layout. For more details on report templates, see Report templates.
- Select the data source of the report ("From a Table or Looper control").
- Select the Table control on which the report will be based. Only the Table and Looper controls in the windows or pages of the current project will appear.
- For each Table control column displayed in the report:
- specify whether the column must be printed or not via the checkmark.
- type the corresponding caption. This caption will be displayed:
- before the control. For example:
- in the column header (for the Table reports). For example:
This caption can be modified in the report editor.
- select the block in which the control associated with the column of Table control will be printed. The positions of different controls can be modified in the report editor. For more details on the different blocks and their position in a report, see Report blocks.
- Modify (if necessary) the display order of controls in the report with the arrow buttons found on the right of table.
- If the Table control associated with the report contains at least one numeric item, calculations can be performed on these items. Specify the calculation performed for each item (sum, average, ...). Two types of calculations are available:
- general calculation: a Calculated field will be created in the block End of document.
- calculation on breakage: a Calculated field will be created in the Breakage bottom block. In the calculations on break, the calculation result is reinitialized after each break. To perform a calculation on break, a break must be found in the report currently created.
- Depending on the type of report currently created, indicate the specific options.
| | | Type of report | Specific options |
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| Report based on a form | Form image, print form image, etc.
Options presented in detail in Report based on a form | | Label report | Label format, number of identical copies, etc.
Options presented in detail in Label report |
- Specify the format of sheet on which the report will be printed. The report is printed in A4 format by default.
Note: By default, report controls are arranged in a single column. To create a multi-column report, simply specify the desired number of columns in the "Format" tab of the report description window. - Select the skin template of the report if necessary.
- Type the name and title of the report (name of ".WDE" file corresponding to the report). This name will be used to identify the report in your programs.
- Validate the report creation.
- The report editor automatically proposes to change the report format if the following conditions are fulfilled:
- the report currently created includes a table.
- the report format does not allow to display all table columns.
- Specify (if necessary) the mode for reducing the report size:
- Print the report on several pages. In this case, the end user will have to group the pages. For more details, see Multi-page print.
- Use the landscape mode.
- Reduce the report size. Please note: depending on the reduction percentage selected, the printed report may become illegible..
- The report currently created is displayed in the report editor.
Printing a report based on a Table control Printing a report based on a Table control A report based on a Table control must be printed from the window displaying the Table control to print. If the button was not created automatically, you must: - Create a button in the window (or page) containing the Table control.
- Configure the report print destination: For more details, see Print modes of a report.
- Specify the name of the report to print with iPrintReport.
Remarks: - If additional parameters must be passed to the report, these parameters must be specified in iPrintReport, after the name of the report to print. For more details, see Report with parameters.
In Reports & Queries software, you can print a report: - by starting a print job (
 ). - by testing the report (
 ).
Therefore, no programming is required to print the report.
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