Create
a Page Footer
We now
have a header, and can move to the creation of a Page Footer. Within
the footer, we will insert the additional variables that the client has
requested.
1.
Click anywhere
in the Layout area, once again, to ensure it is enabled.
2.
Select Report
from the main menu atop the Report Designer.
3.
Select Page
Footer from the menu that appears,
We see
the new Page Footer section in the Layout area, as shown in Illustration
19.
We
will work within the Page
Footer section to
manage the objects and formats that appear in the footer sections of the
various pages of the report. As we noted when discussing the Page Header
section, we can insert various objects into the footer, but these do not
include data regions (lists, matrices,
tables, and charts), and some other objects that are typically associated with
the report Body section.
4.
Insert a Textbox
into the Page Footer section of the Layout area.
5.
Click the Textbox in the
Footer section, to ascertain that it is selected.
6.
Open the Properties
window for the Textbox.
7.
In the Properties
window, ensure that the settings shown in Table 4 are in place.
|
Property
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
Font:
|
|
|
FontStyle
|
Normal
|
|
FontFamily
|
Verdana
Ref
|
|
FontSize
|
8pt
|
|
FontWeight
|
Normal
|
|
Location:
|
|
|
Left
|
0in
|
|
Top
|
.175in
|
|
Size:
|
|
|
Width
|
2in
|
|
Height
|
0.175in
|
Table 4: Textbox Properties Settings
The Textbox
Properties window appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration
20.
Illustration 20: Textbox
Properties Window with Settings
Now we
will add a global variable to the footer, using the Value setting within
the Textbox Properties window where we have just completed the above
settings.
8.
Click within
the Value setting in the Textbox
Properties window to select it.
9.
Click the selector button (the
down arrow) that appears.
10.
Select <Expression ...>
from the selector, as shown in Illustration 21.
Illustration 21: Click
Expression from the Value Selector
The Edit
Expression dialog appears.
11.
Type the
following after the "=" ("equals") sign in the Expression
area of the dialog:
"System User: " &
NOTE: As a general rule, be sure to provide a space on either side of the "&"
(ampersand) sign, when using it to concatenate text, fields, etc. in
expressions, as we will be doing in this, and subsequent, steps.
12.
Click the "+"
("plus") sign to the immediate left of Globals, under Fields,
on the left side of the Edit
Expression dialog, to expand it.
13.
Click UserID
under Globals to highlight it.
14.
Click the Append
button.
The UserID
expression component appears in the Expression area of the dialog.
The Edit Expression dialog should appear as depicted in Illustration
22.
Illustration 22: The
Edit Expression Dialog with Our Additions
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