You can create and edit forms using the Design page
of the Classic Report editor window. Generated
reports are displayed in the Report page.
About this task
To create a form:
Procedure
- Open the Design page for
a classic report in one of the following ways:
- Select . The Create New
Form wizard opens. Specify the name of the form in the Name field
and where the form will be saved in the Data source field.
Click Finish.
- Select the New Form toolbar button. Click
the Design tab to open the Design page
of the Form window.
- The Design page is divided into two
sections. To the left is the Form structure tree.
Each node in the tree represents a section of the report. As you select
a node from the tree, the fields that you have to specify for that
section of the report are displayed.
- To design your form, select one or more sections from the Form
structure tree and enter the corresponding fields. A
classic report includes the following sections:
- Main
- Breaks
- Calculations
- Columns
- Conditions
- Details
- Final
- Options
- Page
- When you have completed designing the form, you can save
the form in your repository, in the QMF catalog, or
to a file.