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Chapter 8 Painting the Report Tables : Expanding Definitions of Individual Fields

Expanding Definitions of Individual Fields
Literal Text
When defining a report table, you can display the attributes for the literal text in your report table. To expand a particular piece of literal text, complete the following tasks from the Report Table Painter:
1.
2.
A view-only screen showing all the attributes for the literal appears. The display attributes are the same for all the text literals in the report table.

 
COMMAND ==> Scroll:
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Literal: Y Definition for FIELD:
Row : 4 Col: 6
Type: Syntax: C Length: 8 Decimal Places: 0 Justify: L
Display Mask:
Globalfield Name :
Value : EMPLOYEE
Visual Attributes
Foreground Colour : Highlight : Y
Background Colour : Show :
Blink : N Truncate :
Reverse : N
Underline : N
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROW COL FIELD NAME Type Syn Len Dec Just Fill Prot Show Rqd Hi Skip Null
--- --- --------------- - - ---- --- - - - - - - - -
1 16 MONTH D B 6 0 L . Y Y N N Y Y
1 49 DEPTNO I P 2 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
2 49 MANAGER_NUM I P 5 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
PFKEYS: 3=SAVE 12=CANCEL

 
Field Definitions
When defining a report table, you can expand the definition of a field. You use this feature to invoke a window that displays more information on a particular field and change its attributes. It is the same screen you get when you expand on a literal except that you are able to edit most of the attributes for the fields.
The only attributes you are not able to edit are the FIELD NAME, Literal, and Globalfield Name. Refer to Adding Literal Text and Creating New Fields for a description of each of these attributes.
The field you expanded is highlighted in the list of fields in the bottom portion of the screen. To expand on a field, complete the following tasks from the Report Table Painter:
1.
You can position the cursor on the field in either the image area or the field definition area.
2.
A screen showing the definition of the field (for example, MONTH) appears:

 
COMMAND ==> Scroll:
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Literal: N Definition for FIELD: MONTH
Row : 1 Col: 16
Type: D Syntax: B Length: 6 Decimal Places: 0 Justify: L
Display Mask: MMM YYYY
Globalfield Name :
Value :
Visual Attributes
Foreground Colour : Highlight : N
Background Colour : Show : Y
Blink : Truncate : Y
Reverse :
Underline :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROW COL FIELD NAME Type Syn Len Dec Just Fill Prot Show Rqd Hi Skip Null
--- --- --------------- - - ---- --- - - - - - - - -
1 16 MONTH D B 6 0 L . Y Y N N Y Y
1 49 DEPTNO I P 2 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
2 49 MANAGER_NUM I P 5 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
PFKEYS: 3=SAVE 12=CANCEL

 

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