Report Bands and Sections

The Visual Report Designer is divided by Report bands.

When you start designing a Report, DBxtra will show the following bands: Report Header; Page Header; Detail Band, Page Footer and Report Footer.

Insert a Report Band

To insert a new band right click on the Report area and select the type of band to insert.

Report Header Band

This band is shown on top of all other bands.

Page Header Band

This band will show on top of each page.

Group Header Bands

This band shows for each group on top of it.

Detail Band

This band holds detail fields and will grow as necessary to show all records.

Detail Report Bands

This band will hold data for a bound Sub-Report and will grow to show all records of it.

Group Footer Bands

This band shows for each group on the bottom of each group.

Report Footer Bands

This band is shown below all other bands.

Page Footer Bands

This band will show on the bottom of each page.

Report Header

DBxtra automatically inserts a Report header at the ”ReportHeaderBand”.

If the Report is created from a saved Query then it will insert the Query name as Report header if not you need to insert it manually.

Report Criteria Control

DBxtra will automatically insert a field called ”ReportCriteria” which will show any filter criteria applied to the Report.

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The Visual Report Designer

Design a Report

Report Bands and Sections

Report Wizard

Label Wizard

Work with Fields

Format Fields

Field Properties

Work with Styles

Report Groups

Summarize Data

Calculated Fields

Data Sources

Unbound Sub Reports

Bound Sub Reports

Report Scripting

Page Setup

Preview and Print

Save the Report