Detail lines represent the repeating information
in a form, which may be of different structures. In an
Invoice you may have product lines, comment lines, tax
lines and so on, all are detail lines.
To define a Detail Line:
Select Add detail line from the
Define menu.
On the Settings tab set:
Name - the name is used as
a reference for the detail line.
Height - set the height of
the detail line to accommodate the text objects
that represent the detail information and any
formatting objects such as extra lines or boxes.
Page break before - a new
page is generated before the detail line
prints.
Page break after - a new
page is generated after the detail line prints.
Widow/Orphan - the
widow/orphan value defines the minimum amount of
remaining space that must be available at
run-time in the Detail Area in order for the
detail line to be printed. If the available
space is less than the space required by the
widow/orphan value, the detail line will not be
printed on this page and will instead be carried
to the next page. This is used for
within-detail-area structures so as not to show
just a header and/or total on a page by itself.
Record mode identifier - a
letter of the alphabet (uppercase) used to
uniquely identify the detail line (only
applicable in Records Mode).
On the Advanced tab:
Implicit header - an
existing implicit header can be associated with
the detail line. When the assigned detail line
is first found in the data the implicit group
header prints the table object for that
group of detail lines, before printing the
associated detail line.
Growing and Shrinking -
detail lines can be defined to dynamically
resize at run-time in order to accommodate
variable text or other objects within the
detail. This is most useful when text objects on
the detail contain multiple fields, which can
result in paragraphs with a varying number of
lines, depending on the input data.
Detail
lines defined as being of variable size can also
have an arbitrary amount of white space set to
follow the printed detail. For example, this
feature ensures a consistent space between
paragraphs on a letter form.
Tick the Variable height
checkbox and enter a value in the White
space text box. This creates a
margin between the current detail line and the
next detail line.
On the Records tab, define the
fields for this detail line. FormTrap can then
properly extract the data from the input file.
