Make sure that the report window is in Add mode. Click the Display
and Add Parameters icon on the tool bar. The mode is displayed on the
status bar.
Select the text string that identifies the field.
To select a text string, point to a position just outside of the
upper left part of the string. Click and hold the left mouse button. Then
drag towards the lower right part of the string. Release the mouse button. Hint: Increasing
the zoom might make it easier to select the text string.
Click the Define a Field icon on the toolbar to open the
Add a Field window.
Verify the Identifier. The administrative client automatically
assigns the next available identifier to each field that you add, beginning
with Field1.
Optionally specify a Default Value. The default value is for records
not long enough to contain the field data. (If a record is not long enough
and you do not specify a default value, the indexing program fails.) The
default value must be specified as character (ASCII) data. The default value
can be from 1 to 250 bytes in length. Note: Neither the
administrative client nor the indexing program validates the content of the
data that you specify.
Verify the Trigger. The Trigger identifies the trigger parameter
that the indexing program uses to locate the field.
Verify the Base. If the indexing program should add zero to the
field string box coordinates, then specify Base=0. If the indexing program
should add the upper left coordinates of the location of the trigger string
box to the coordinates provided for the field string box, then specify Base=Trigger.
Verify the Reference String, Upper Left Coordinates, and Lower
Right Coordinates. These values are based on the area that you selected in
the report.
Verify the Location from Trigger. If you specified Base=0, then
the Location can be On a Page Before the Trigger and the Page Offset can be
-1 to -16 or the Location can be On a Page After the Trigger and the Page
Offset can be 1 to 16. If you specified Base=Trigger, then the Location must
be On the Same Page as the Trigger and the Page Offset is zero.
Click OK to add the field.
What to do next
Click Cancel to close the Field window without adding the
field.