FRM115 Writing Reports

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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

Before You Begin

You may wish to refer to the following topics:

In the Visual LANSA Developer Guide: Creating 5250 Applications and Producing Reports using LANSA.

In the Technical Reference Guide RDMLX Features and Commands.

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

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