Report Layout Menu Operations
At the bottom of the frame is the Report Layout menu. It allows you to perform the following operations:
Create
Displays a submenu with operations that allow you to create most new report components, including trim, columns, aggregates, headings, and blank lines. To create break headers, footers, and other report sections, use the Layout operation instead of Create. For instructions, see
Layout and Create Operations (see page
Layout and Create Operations—Create New Report Components).
Delete
Deletes the report component at the cursor position. To delete break headers, footers, and other report sections, use the Layout operation instead of Delete. For instructions, see
Layout and Delete Operations (see page
Layout and Delete Operations—Delete Report Components).
Edit
If the cursor is on trim, edit the trim.
If the cursor is on a column or aggregate, displays a submenu with operations that allow you to change the column's data display format or other column options, including the sort order and runtime selection criteria. If the column being edited is a sort column, this submenu also includes the BreakOptions operation, which allows you to specify how RBF handles breaks in column values.
Move
Layout
ColumnOptions
Establishes sort order, sort direction, and runtime selection criteria. For instructions, see
Column Options (see page
Column Options).
ReportOptions
Establishes a variety of report options, including page length, inclusion of form feeds, display of null values, and underlining capabilities. For more information, see
Report Options Frame (see page
Report Options Frame).
Rulers
Allows you to use horizontal and vertical straight edge alignment guides for aligning report components. For instructions, see
Report Components in the Report Layout Frame (see page
Report Components in the Report Layout Frame).
Name
Allows you to obtain the name of a column for a field in the Detail section of the Report Layout frame. For more information, see
Obtain the Name of a Column (see page
Obtain the Name of a Column).
Undo
Reverses the effects of the last editing operation. For instructions, see
Undo Operation (see page
Undo Operation—Undo Edits).
Save
Help, End
Perform standard operations.