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Creating Page
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Group headers print heading information that
appears at the top of a group of detail lines and
automatically at the top of subsequent pages for this
group. There are two types of group headers:
- Explicit group header - an
explicit group header is found in the input file and
consists of constant or variable heading
information.
- Implicit group header - an
implicit group header is assigned by FormTrap to a detail line
and consists of constant heading information.
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Explicit group header |
An explicit group header is found in the input
file. On a records mode form, when explicit group
headers are created they are assigned a letter of the
alphabet, lowercase a through j, as a unique identifier.
When FormTrap sees an a - j identifier in the first
column of the input file record it will print the corresponding
explicit group header.
To add an explicit group header:
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Implicit group header |
An implicit group header contains constant
heading information and prints at the top of a group of
detail lines. The implicit group header is associated
with a specific detail line or a group of detail lines.
When that detail line is first found in the input file, the
implicit group header will print before the detail line
as a group heading.
To add an implicit group header:
- From the Define menu, select
Add group header and then
Implicit.
- On the Settings tab, set:
- Name - the name is used as
a reference for the group header.
- Height - set the height of
the group header to accommodate the constant
text objects that represent the detail
information and any additional formatting
objects.
- Footer - space between the
end of the current table object and the next
table object.
- Has table object - table
for the current group of detail lines is printed
with the group header.
- Page break before - a new
page will be generated before the group header
prints.
After the implicit group header is defined it is then
associated with a detail line.
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Has table object |
If the Has table object box has been
checked FormTrap will create a table using the
associated explicit or implicit group header at the top
of the table. The table object will create a border
around the Detail Area. If a new explicit or implicit
group header is called the current table object terminates
and a new table object with a new header is created.
The newly created group header is outlined by a
black rectangle. This black rectangle represents the
table object and its properties can be edited to change
the color and style of the table printed. The table
object columns can also be created and positioned
graphically on your form.
To edit the table object:
- Double click on the table object.
- On the Settings tab set:
- Border - set the border
style to Thin, Thick or
Double.
- Rounded at the top - check
the box to give the top of the table rounded
corners.
- Rounded at the bottom -
check the box to give the bottom of the table
rounded corners.
- Colors - select a section
of the table, e.g. border color, and then click
the Edit... button to change the color of the
section. Click the Transparent button to make
that section of the table transparent.
- Fill Detail Area - check
the box to have the table fill to the end of the
Detail Area, regardless of how many detail lines
are printed on the page.
- On the Columns tab, add and
modify the columns for the table. You can also
create and reposition column lines graphically on
the form itself.
- Add - click the Add
button to add a new column and enter the column
width.
- Edit - select a column and
click the Edit button to edit
the column width.
- Delete - select a column
and click the Delete button to
delete a column.
- Space evenly - click the
Space evenly button to make all
columns an equal width.
- Keep proportional - if
checked, the columns within the table object
remains
proportional when the object is resized.
- Click the OK button.
To edit the table object columns graphically on your
form:
- Right click on the table object and select
Edit Columns from the drop down
menu.
- Right click and select Insert Columns.
- Click within the table object to insert a new
column line. Continue to insert as many column lines
as you need in your table object.
- Once you have finished inserting columns, right
click within the table object and select End
Inserting Columns from the drop down menu.
You can insert new column lines by right clicking
and selecting Insert Columns from
the drop down menu.
- To move a column line within the table object,
click to select the column line and drag it to the
desired position or use the arrow keys on your
keyboard to
nudge the line.
- Once you have finished editing the columns in
the table object, right click within the table
object and select Accept Changes to
save the changes to the table object columns, or
Cancel Changes to discard the changes to the table
object columns.
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