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Creating a Report Using the Report Generator
Creating a Report Generator Report - Specifying the Primary Register
Creating a Report Generator Report - The Appearance of the Report
Creating a Report Generator Report - Choosing a Print Destination
Creating a Report Generator Report - The Width of the Report Window
Creating a Report Generator Report - Printing the Report
Creating a Report Generator Report - Adding White Space
Creating a Report Generator Report - Adding Searches
Creating a Report Generator Report - Adding a Secondary Register
Creating a Report Generator Report - Using Variables and Formulae
   - Declaring a Variable
   - Assigning a Value to a Variable
   - Printing a Variable
   - More Examples
   - An Alternative Way to Count Records
   - Joining Two or More Pieces of Information Together
   - Joining Strings and Non-Strings
   - Testing
Creating a Report Generator Report - Printing Information from Matrices
Creating a Report Generator Report - Bringing Information in from Other Registers
Creating a Report Generator Report - Page Breaks
Creating a Report Generator Report - Filtering Records (Print If)
Creating a Report Generator Report - Adding Check Boxes to the Specification Window
Creating a Report Generator Report - Adding Radio Buttons to the Specification Window
Creating a Report Generator Report - Searching for Records within a Period
Creating a Report Generator Report - Break Points, Subtotals and Totals
Creating a Report Generator Report - Blocks
Creating a Report Generator Report - Syntax
Creating a Report Generator Report - Useful Functions
Example Reports - Listing Sales Figures
Creating a Report Generator Report - Common Error Messages

Tutorials for Standard Accounts

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Creating a Report Generator Report - Using Variables and Formulae - Printing a Variable

This page describes including a variable in the output of a Report Generator report.

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Having declared a variable and assigned a value to it, you will need to place the variable in the report layout so that it will be printed in the correct place.

  1. Return to the Report Definition record and change to the 'Layout' card.

  2. Click on the section where the variable is to be printed and then click the [Formula] button. Our example variable will contain the number of Customers listed in the report and should be printed at the end of the report in the footer. We will therefore click on the Report Footer section to select it and then click the [Formula] button. The 'Formula' dialogue box opens:

  3. Enter the name of the variable in the Formula field, specify appropriate left and right co-ordinates and choose a justification.

  4. When you click [OK], the variable is placed in the correct position in the Report Footer section. In the illustration, we have also added some identifying text:

    This is the result:

Please follow the links below for more details about variables:
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