FRM115 Writing Reports

FRM115 - Writing Reports

Objective:

• To show how Forms and Functions can interoperate.

• To use the CALL and EXCHANGE commands.

• To introduce the SUBMIT command.

• To explain how to enable functions for Full RDMLX.

• To introduce the LANSA reporting templates.

• To highlight the commands used to create a reporting function in LANSA.

• To create a very simple report listing the sections in a department by executing a template.

• To manually create an employee report listing the salary details for each department.

• To introduce the following reporting commands:

• DEF_LINE

• DEF_HEAD

• DEF_FOOT

• DEF_BREAK

• DEF_REPORT

• PRINT

• SKIP

• SPACE

• ENDPRINT

• KEEP_xxxxx (KEEP_AVG, KEEP_COUNT, KEEP_MAX, KEEP_MIN, KEEP_TOTAL).

To achieve these objectives you must complete the following steps:

Step 1. Create a Simple List Style Report Using a Template

Step 2. Call a Function

Step 3. Enable For Full RDMLX

Step 4. Manually Create a Reporting Function

Step 5. Add a Header and Footer

Step 6. Keep Statistics and Print

Step 7. Add a Grand Total Line

Summary

Before You Begin

You may wish to refer to the following topics:

• In the Visual LANSA Developer Guide: Creating Applications using Functions and Producing Reports using LANSA.

• In the Technical Reference Guide RDMLX Commands and RDMLX Features.

In order to complete this exercise, you should have completed the previous exercises.