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Reports & Queries - Source : www.pcsoft-windev-webdev.com

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To make several queries of your application modifiable in <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>:1. Start the wizard for improving the project. To do so, on the "Project" pane, in the "Audit and performances"group, expand "Edition audit" and select "Wizard for including the new features".2. Display the wizard screen named "<strong>Reports</strong> modifiable by "<strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>"".3. Select "Yes - Allow "<strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>" to be started". Go to the next screen.4. For each relevant query, check "Query visible" in order for the query to be visible in <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>.5. Validate.1.7 Step 4: Creating the executable and distributing the applicationThe method for creating and distributing a WinDev application that uses <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong> is the same asthe method for creating and distributing a standard application. The parameters specific to <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>can be specified when creating the setup procedure.Once your WinDev application is entirely developed (windows, reports, queries, …), create the correspondingexecutable: on the "Project" pane, in the "Generation" group, click "Generate".Then, create the setup program. To do so, on the "Project" pane, click "Setup procedure". In the wizard forcreating the setup program, in the "Additional modules" plane:1. Check "Include the setup of <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>". The setup package of <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong> is automaticallysought. This setup package is found in the "Install\<strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong>" sub-directory of the setupdirectory of WinDev.Caution: Including <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong> significantly increases the size of your setup (about 120 MB).The setup package of <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong> can also be distributed separately. If <strong>Reports</strong> & <strong>Queries</strong> is notincluded in the setup, it can be downloaded directly from the application (via the automatic menu, fromthe print preview of a report or by Run<strong>Reports</strong>And<strong>Queries</strong>. By default, the software is downloaded on anFTP site of PC SOFT. You have the ability to customize the download address of the software (site of a<strong>com</strong>pany for example).2. Specify (if necessary) the directories corresponding to the reports and queries modified or created bythe end user:• the directory of the custom reports and queries corresponds to the directory of the reports and queriesvisible only by the user who created them.• the directory of the shared reports and queries corresponds to the directory of the reports and queriesvisible by all the users of the application.3. Allow (or not) these directories to be modified when installing the application.Note: f<strong>Reports</strong>And<strong>Queries</strong>Dir is used to find out the directory of the custom and/or shared reports and queries.Customizing the download addressIf Report & <strong>Queries</strong> is not included in the setup program, its download will be automatically proposed whenusing the automatic menu, when viewing a report or when starting the software.By default, the download address corresponds to a PC SOFT FTP site.230Part 3: <strong>Reports</strong> and <strong>Queries</strong>

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