Summary

Summary

FRM115 - Writing Reports

Important Observations

• The CALL and SUBMIT commands will execute a function. When a function is called, the calling program is not accessible until after the called program ends.

• EXCHANGE can only be used to pass information to a function. It can be passed from a form or from a function to another function.

• Once a function has been enabled for Full RDMLX, it cannot be changed back to an RDML Function.

• Reporting commands can only be used in LANSA Functions. They cannot be used in Forms.

• LANSA provides a very simple set of reporting commands that can be combined to create very powerful reports.

Tips & Techniques

• In order for the report to print, LPT1 needs to be mapped to a particular printer for all NT-based systems. Therefore the following command needs to be issued from the command line:

     NET USE LPT1: <PATH>\<printer name>

     For example:

     NET USE LPT1: \\NT1\HP

What You Should Know

• How to CALL a function from a form.

• How to SUBMIT a function to batch.

• How to EXCHANGE information between LANSA programs.

• How to enable a function for RDMLX.

• What some of the differences are between RDML and RDMLX functions.

• You should be familiar with 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)