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This text refers to program version 4.2  

The Appearance of the Report - Adding Fields to the Report

The next step is to place fields for the Customer Number, Name and Telephone Number in the report. These fields will print information from each Customer record, and therefore will be printed as many times as necessary (i.e. once for each Customer). They should therefore be placed in the Customer Before section, which is printed once for each Customer record.

1. Click the Customer Before section (marked "Customers vrCustomer Before" in our example) to select it.
   

2. Click the [Field] button above the report display area. The 'Field' dialogue box opens:
   

   

   Field Name
   

   Paste Special    Fields in the register
   

   Choose the field that is to be printed. The 'Paste Special' list will show all the fields in the register you are working with (in this case, the Customer register). You cannot use fields from any other register: if you want to print information from another register you will need to use variables as described here.
   

   Left
   

   Specify here where the left-hand edge of the field is to appear on the page, by entering a number of pixels from the left-hand edge of the page. If you're not yet sure where you want the field to appear, don't change the default. You will be able to move the field later by clicking and dragging. To align the field with its column heading, enter the same left and right measurements here as you did for the heading.
   

   Right
   

   Specify here where the right-hand edge of the field is to appear on the page, by entering a number of pixels from the left-hand edge of the page.
   

   Drill-down
   

   Check this box if you want to be able to drill down from the report into the register, when the report is printed to screen. In the example list of Customers, it might be useful to be able to click on a Customer Number in the report to open the relevant Customer record.
   

   Justification
   

   Use these options to choose whether the text is to be left- or right-justified within the field. Usually fields containing alphanumeric information or text should be left justified, while those containing figures should be right justified.
   

   

3. When the 'Field' dialogue box is complete, click the [OK] button to close it. The field now appears in the report display area, in the Customer Before section:

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 three times to add fields for the Customer Name, Category and Telephone Number:

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