Banded Report Writer - documentatio (Banded Report Writer)
At 23 MAY 2020 10:07:40AM rdhull50 wrote:
Is there more detailed documentation for creating reports using BRW?
The OI BRW 10.0 Reference Guide is somewhat lacking with respect to specific details.
For Example: I was surprised when I created a report with date and time fields, that the time fields displayed as dates - but with EVERY row showing a value of 05/23/2020 - today's date, for ALL records, so the BRW is not reporting those fields according to the dictionary Data Type. The Date field displays in the format mm/dd/yyyy.
On page 35 of the documentation, it talks about "formatting a field according to its value", but the only example given is for changing the font based upon an If/Then comparison.
Where is documentation on all of the formatting options?
Why does BRW not display a field according to its dictionary Data Type?
Another Example: I want to create the equivalent of the R/list statement "Break-on [fieldname}". I imagine that this is done in the Group Header sections. Page 18 shows an example of Grouping data in a Group Header, but does not show how to do it.
The On-line Help in the BRW Designer gives a "File not found (404)" error.