RLIB Programmers Manual - RLIB - SICOM Systems, Inc.

Detail
Variables
Breaks
Chapter 2. Basic Training
Contains Field Headers and Field Details. Headers are essentially the column headers. Field
details are the lines repeated over and over again.
Variables are used to manuiplate data on the floor and save it. Variables can sum, count, average,
or can be simple expressions. Variables have a name, a type and optionally when they should
reset their value.
name - expS the name of the variable, referenced in expressions as v.name [REQUIRED]
value - Any expression. If it is a sum, average, count it must be a expN
resetonbreak - name of break that the variable should reset
Breaks are hierarchial groupings of data on a report.
name - expS the name of the variable, referenced in expressions as v.name [REQUIRED]
value - Any expression If it is a sum, average, count it must be a expN
newpage = [yes/no] No is default should the break start on a new page
headernewpage = [yes/no] Yes is default. The break header will always appear on the top of
every page
breaks have BreakHeader and BreakFooter and both contain output. ONE NICE FEATURE IN
RLIB IS THAT WHEN A BREAK EVENT HAPPENS THE OUTPUT will be done while on current
row (FOR FOOTER AND HEADER). This makes subtotals much easier!
Breaks also have BreakFields. An expression on how it breaks. There can be more then one and
it has a value. The value is an expression.
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