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A Report worksheet is used to design a report that is dynamically generated during runtime (using
the current values of the included tags) and then either sent to a printer or saved to a file.
To create a new Report worksheet, do one of the following:
l On the Insert tab of the ribbon, in the Task Worksheets group, click Report;
l Right-click the Reports folder in the Project Explorer, and then click Insert on the shortcut
menu; or
l Click New on the File menu, click the File tab, and then select Report Worksheet.
To edit an existing Report worksheet, double-click it in the Project Explorer.
Figure 1. Report worksheet
The Report worksheet is divided into two areas:
l Header area (top section), which contains information for the whole group; and
l Body area (bottom section), where you define each tag in the group.
Use the Header parameters on this worksheet as follows:
l Description field: Type a description of the worksheet for documentation purposes.
l Output File field: Type a tag name for the output file (using the {tag} syntax) where data is
stored when you are printing to a file. Where the tag value is part of the file name.
For example: report{Day}.out. Where the generated file might be report1.out,
report2.out, report3.out, and so on, according to the tag day value.
Note: A report configuration file uses .RCP as the default extension. The Output File
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field is the file where data is stored.
l Edit RTF file button: Click to access the report as an RTF file, which you can edit for layout
modification and so forth.
l Disk Append checkbox: When printing to a file
¡ Check the box to add (amend) the new report to the end of an existing file
¡ Uncheck the box to replace the existing report in that file with the new report
l Unicode checkbox: Click (enable) to save the report in Unicode format (two bytes per
character) or (disable) to save the report in ASCII format (one byte per character).
l Lock Value into the {Tag/Exp} length checkbox: Click (enable) to automatically truncate
the values of Tags/Expressions in the report to fit between the curly brackets, as they are
positioned in the Body of the report (see below). This helps to preserve the layout of the
report. If this option is left unchecked, the full values of Tags/Expressions in the report will be
displayed.
Use the Body portion of this worksheet for report formatting. You can configure a report using data
in the system and indicating where to print the tag values. Each tag name will replace the
{tag_name} tag name. For Real type tags, use the following syntax: {tag_name n}, where n is the
number of decimal places you want printed.
If you are using the standard report editor (text only: ASCII or Unicode), the number of characters
reserved for the tag value will be equal to the number of characters used to type the tag name
(including the two "curly" brackets). For example, if you configure {TagA} in the report body,
reserve six characters for the tag value in the report file. This behavior is not valid for reports in
RTF format.
To execute a Report worksheet, use the Report function anywhere an expression is allowed.
Note: After you create and edit a Report worksheet, you can save it with a custom name. The
name should not contain spaces, however, because if it does, the Report function will not be
able to execute it.
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