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equests, the secured server, and any OracleAS Reports Services printer used to print
report output.
OracleAS Reports Services
See Reports Services.
Paper Design view
One of the views of the Report Editor that displays output for paper reports and
allows you to make many commonly required, simple modifications to the layout,
such as spacing, formatting fields, color, and editing text, without having to open the
Paper Layout view.
Paper Layout view
One of the views of the Report Editor that displays the layout objects in a paper report
and allows you to make many modifications to any layout object. All layout objects
have properties that you can modify using the Property Inspector. The hierarchy of the
layout objects is determined by the Data Model.
Paper Parameter Form view
Displays the layout of the Parameter Form that, at runtime, allows user input of
parameter values in the Runtime Parameter Form.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Acronym for Portable Document Format. A file format (native for Adobe Acrobat) for
representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application
software, hardware, and operating system used to create the documents. A PDF file
can describe documents containing any combination of text, graphics, and images in a
device-independent and resolution independent format.
PL/SQL
Oracle's proprietary extension to the SQL language. Adds procedural and other
constructs to SQL that make it suitable for writing applications.
Property Inspector
A window that enables you to view, locate, and set the properties of the currently
selected object(s) in the Object Navigator, Report Editor, and Template Editor. Every
Reports Builder object (query, group, frame, parameter, etc.) has associated properties
that can be viewed using the Property Inspector. The Property Inspector features:
■ expandable and collapsible nodes
■ in-place property editing
■ search features
■ multi-selection
■ complex property dialogs
■ the ability to invoke multiple instances of the Property Inspector
To get help on any property, click the property in the Property Inspector and press F1.
query
A SQL SELECT statement that specifies the data you wish to retrieve from one or more
tables or views of a database.
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