This deck added on 4-24-2014
- Now we will design the BODY PART for the layout started on the last set. You start by:
Putting FIELDS on the BODY PART. adding the name, address, phone, email fields. Use SLIDING if necessary.
- Now you add a SUMMARY PART. You need to show the SUMMARY FIELDS (how many) times:
ONLY ONCE, probably AFTER all the data, so you use a TRAILING GRAND SUMMARY.
- How do you insert the TRAILING GRAND SUMMARY part?
INSERT–>
PART–>
TRAILING GRAND SUMMARY
- How do you activate the TRAILING GRAND SUMMARY part?
add the SUMMARY FIELDS to it, along with meaningful labels.
- On your report, why would you use separate TITLE HEADER and HEADER parts?
So you can put a SMALLER header on every page after the first.
- Since this is a REPORT, INTENDED FOR PRINTING, you can SKIP AUTO RESIZE ANCHORS, unless:
you want to make the report print properly on different paper sizes or page orientations.
- If you use FIND MODE to find only a few records (you have to switch to the DETAIL LAYOUT first). The SUMMARY FIELDS change to reflect:
ONLY THE RECORDS ON THE FOUND SET.
OF COURSE, THE PRINTED REPORT ALSO INCLUDES ONLY THE DATA IN THE FOUND SET.
- What is a SUB SUMMARY PART?
It shows SUMMARY INFORMATION about a SUBSET of the records in the FOUND SET.
- How would you use a SUBSUMMARY PART?
Say you want to know how many people in your database live in California. You could do a FIND for California, and then run the report on that FOUND SET, OR you could use a SUB SUMMARY PART, which shows SUMMARY INFORMATION about a subset of the records in the FOUND SET.
- How do you tell a SUB SUMMARY PART what you want?
You tell it what kind of groups you want by ASSOCIATING it with a FIELD. A SUB SUMMARY PART that is hooked to the state field will show total for EACH STATE.
