Adding data values and captions

Before you place a data object onto the report design window, click one of the icons on the integrated toolbar to specify whether you wish to drop the item or its title, and whether the object is part of a table:

Dropping the object as a simple report field:

Dropping the object aligned as part of a table (the space allocated for the column will be the larger of the space required for the data or the title, helping to align the title and data in the columns of a table):

Allow the Report Designer to determine the type of dropped object.

The data objects are automatically contained in a Word Box if the data type is defined as less than 30 CHAR, and in Wordwrap Boxes if the data type is defined as larger than 30 CHAR. If the data type is Numeric, the data object is contained in a Decimal Format Box.

The text property of the Word Box or Word Wrap Box, or the value property of the Decimal Format Box, specify what will print in the report output. The value property of the Decimal Format Box can be calculated using an Expression. See Using RTL Expressions.