RLIB Programmers Manual - RLIB - SICOM Systems, Inc.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................1
RLIB in a nutshell............................................................................................................................1
What is a Report Writer..................................................................................................................1
This Manual .....................................................................................................................................1
2. Basic Training .......................................................................................................................................2
A little Terminology........................................................................................................................2
The DATE variable type .................................................................................................................2
Fixed Point .......................................................................................................................................3
Data Sources.....................................................................................................................................3
Report Layout ..................................................................................................................................4
Breaks Explained.............................................................................................................................4
Report Variables ..............................................................................................................................5
Defining a Report ............................................................................................................................5
SAMPLE XML FILE ........................................................................................................................5
Report................................................................................................................................................6
Output...............................................................................................................................................7
HorizontalLine.................................................................................................................................7
Image.................................................................................................................................................7
Line....................................................................................................................................................7
Literals ..............................................................................................................................................8
Field...................................................................................................................................................8
ReportHeader ..................................................................................................................................8
ReportFooter ....................................................................................................................................8
PageHeader......................................................................................................................................8
PageFooter........................................................................................................................................8
Detail .................................................................................................................................................8
Variables ...........................................................................................................................................9
Breaks................................................................................................................................................9
3. RLIB Function Table..........................................................................................................................10
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+ .......................................................................................................................................................10
- ........................................................................................................................................................10
* ........................................................................................................................................................10
/ .......................................................................................................................................................10
% ......................................................................................................................................................10
^ .......................................................................................................................................................10
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!= ......................................................................................................................................................11
&& ...................................................................................................................................................11
||.....................................................................................................................................................11
abs(expN) .......................................................................................................................................11
ceil(expN) .......................................................................................................................................12
floor(expN).....................................................................................................................................12
round(expN) ..................................................................................................................................12
sin(expN) ........................................................................................................................................12
cos(expN)........................................................................................................................................12
ln(expN)..........................................................................................................................................12
exp(expN).......................................................................................................................................12
atan(expN)......................................................................................................................................12
sqrt(expN).......................................................................................................................................12
val(expS) .........................................................................................................................................13
fxpval(expS, expN)........................................................................................................................13
str(expN1, expN2, expN3) ...........................................................................................................13
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