Make sure that the report window is in Add mode. Click the Display
and Add Parameters icon on the toolbar. The mode is displayed on the status
bar.
Click the area in the report where you want to define the field.
If necessary, click and hold the left mouse button and drag to select areas
that include the blank character and other special characters. For example,
suppose that you need to define a field to hold 30 bytes. The values in the
sample data are a maximum of 25 bytes. You can define the field
by selecting the five blank characters that immediately follow one of the
values. The administrative client shows the number of characters as you select
the field data. To define more than one field area in a record, press and
hold the Ctrl key while you click an area. For example, if a report contains
three columns of field data, select the first column. Then press and hold
the Ctrl key and select the second column. Continue holding the Ctrl key and
select the third column.
Click the Define Transaction Field icon on the toolbar to open
the Add Transaction Field window.
Verify the Order. By Row is used to extract the first value in
the first row and the last value in the last row. By Column is used to extract
the first value in the first column and the last value in the last column.
Verify the Mask. If necessary,
change the symbols in the mask to match the data type of each character of
field data.
Verify the Size. This is the length of the field, based on the
area you selected in the report.
Verify the Column Offsets. The number of offset pairs and their
starting and ending values are based on the field areas that you selected
in the report.
Click OK to add the field.
What to do next
Click Cancel to close the Field window without adding the field.