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Note: The Break header block and the Break footer block cannot be dissociated. However, one of theseblocks can be made invisible if necessary (in the description window of the block or via ..Visible).5.2.7 Page Footer blockThe Page footer block is run at the end of each page.The Page footer block contains information that must be printed at the bottom of each page (counters and/ortotals generated when creating the document or added thereafter, or the number of the current page accordingto the total number of pages for example).Caution: If the destination of the print is an HTML file, the Page Footer block will be edited once only.5.2.8 End of Document blockThe End of document block is printed once at the end of the report execution. In most cases, the End of documentblock contains the counters and/or totals (generated when creating the document or added thereafter).5.2.9 Iteration blockThe Iteration block is a free block, created manually in the report editor, on the "Creation" pane, in the "Structure"group, by expanding "Blocks". In most cases, this block can be used like any other type of block. Forexample, an Iteration block can be used to replace a Page header block to identify the even pages and theodd pages.The substitution of blocks is performed by programming with iSubstBlock. You also have the ability to print aspecific block with iPrintBlock.5.3 Characteristics of report blocksTo display the description window of a block, you can:• double-click the caption of the block.• click the "Description" button in the window of edit options. To display this window, on the "Display"pane, click the group button of the "Options" group ([F12] key).• select "Block description" from the popup menu of the block (right mouse click on the block caption).For example, description window of a Break header block:Depending on the type of block, the description window is used to configure:• the name of the block.• the break item linked to the block (break blocks only).• the parameters and the print options of the block.• the height of the block.• the style of the block (background color, border, …).Part 1: Report editor 65