The table below summarises the sections in a report; it corresponds to the sections visible in the design window. Group Header and group Footer appear only when you add a group.
Report section: |
Description |
Report Header: |
The information in this section is printed at the beginning of the report. This section is often used for the title and date of the report or for adding an image or company logo to the report. |
Page Header: |
The information in this section is printed at the top of each page of the report; you might drag and drop the column headings (using the static text element) in the Page Header section. |
Group Header: |
The information in this section is printed once at the start of each group; you can drag and drop the field on which the report is grouped in this section. |
Detail Section: |
This section contains the fields you want to print for every record in the report. Note that the information in this section is repeated for every record in your data source or query! |
Group Footer: |
When you create a report containing groups, you can use the group footer section to include summary calculations that you want Instant Report to perform for each group. To do that, drag and drop Text-Field elements with their expression properties set to fields that end with _groupName, where _groupName is the name of a group. |
Page Footer: |
The information in this section is printed at the bottom of every page. You can drag and drop a Text-Field element with a PAGE_NUMBER expression in this section to provide page numbers or just simply drag and drop a Page-n-of-N element. You can also drag and drop a Text-Field element with its expression property set to a field that ends with _PAGE to do summary calculations. |
Report Footer: |
The information in this section is printed at the end of the report. You can use this section to drag and drop Text-Fields with their expression properties set to do summary calculations for all records in the report. To do that, just set their expression properties to fields that ends with _REPORT. |