附註:Includes link to companion web site.
Includes index.
Dedication -- Our Contract with You, The Reader -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- How to Download the Files -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Overview of chapters -- Wizards -- The Report Designer -- The "after life" -- The Label Designer -- The "other world" -- Parts of a report -- General information -- Toolbars -- Enjoy! -- Chapter 2 The Report Wizard -- Starting the Report Wizard -- Creating a single-file report -- Selecting fields -- Finishing the report -- The rest of the Report Wizard -- Step 2-Group Records -- Step 3-Choose Report Style.
Step 4-Define Report Layout -- Step 5-Sort Records -- Step 6-Finish -- The final word -- The One-to-Many Report Wizard -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Learning the Basics -- Invoking the Report Designer via the Menu -- Invoking the Report Designer via the Command Window -- Create a blank report -- Modify an existing report -- Create a Quick Report -- Setting up the page -- Columns -- Print area -- Print order -- Left margin -- Print Setup -- The Report Designer environment -- Grid Lines -- Snap to Grid -- Set Grid Scale -- Show Position -- Report bands -- Adding and removing bands.
Title and Summary bands -- Group Header and Footer bands -- Column Header and Footer bands -- Changing the height of a band -- On Entry and On Exit -- Running the report -- Wrapping up -- Chapter 4 The Data Source -- Normalized vs. Denormalized -- Normalized data -- Denormalized data -- Which is better? -- Private Data Session -- The Data Environment -- The Data Environment window -- The Properties window -- Mind boggling -- Real-world Data Environment issues -- Table of Contents -- Where's the data? -- May I take your order, please? -- Don't you dare open that table -- A fly on the wall.
The FoxPro 2.x Environment -- Use your imagination -- Chapter 5 Report Objects -- Types of controls -- Labels -- Fields -- Shapes -- Pictures and ActiveX Bound controls -- Using the Report Controls toolbar -- Select Objects -- Label -- Field -- Line -- Rectangle -- Rounded Rectangle -- Picture/ActiveX Bound controls -- Button Lock -- Common options -- Field/Object position -- Float and Stretch with overflow -- Print When -- Stretch Downwards -- Comment -- Manipulating the controls -- Selecting controls -- Moving controls -- Resizing controls -- Duplicating controls -- Deleting controls.
Changing properties -- Editing a Label object -- More ways to add controls -- Insert Control -- The Data Environment -- Quick Report -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Adding Pizzazz to the Objects -- Layout -- Align -- Size -- Horizontal spacing -- Vertical spacing -- Z-order -- Group/Ungroup -- Appearance -- Font -- Default Font -- Color -- Text Alignment -- Reading Order -- Fill -- Pen -- Mode -- Programming is an art -- Chapter 7 Data Grouping -- Sorting it all out -- Use an existing index -- Create a temporary index -- Use SQL to create a temporary cursor -- Your choice -- Creating a Data Group.
摘要:Annotation Reports are key to a successful software application. It doesn't matter how efficiently the users can enter data, how much information the system can store or how many complicated calculations the system can process if there's no way to see the final outcome. In The Visual FoxPro Report Writer, Cathy Pountney tells you how to use every nook and cranny of the report writer, and even shows you how to do things you thought were up to now impossible. If you're serious about quality output from your VFP applications, you can't do without this book!
