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Report Style - Special Field

Before reading this section, please read the Reports section.

Special Field can be used for adding the following fields to the report:

  • Page X of Y - returns the number of the report page and the total number of pages.
  • Page - returns the page number.
  • Number of Pages - returns the total number of pages in the report.
  • Date and Time - returns the current date and time.
  • Date - returns the current date.
  • Time - returns the current time.
  • Number of Records - returns the general number of records printed in the report. To return the number of records in the group, use formula subRecN (to learn more, see the Grouping section).
  • Absolute Record Number - returns the number of the record in the whole report.
  • Record Number on Page - returns the sequence number of the record on the page.
  • Number of Records on Page - returns the number of records on the page.
  • Number of First Record on Page - returns the number of the first record on the page.
  • Number of Last Record on Page - returns the number of the last record on the page.
  • Text Formula - allows adding a text formula to the report (for example, to return the values of the variables). To learn more, see the Using Text Formulas section.
  • User Input - that means that the field value may be altered right before printing without necessity to open Area Editor (position 3 on the Print Preview... screenshot).
  • AREA CODE - reserved.

See Also:

Report Style Editor

Report Style Properties (sort, group, columns, printer)

Printing