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How to insert data in report 

In a report template all controlling words, variables and data fields must be comprised between symbols "\" (back slash), for instance: \date\ or \Query1:CustNo\

Reference to a field name may... more 

Operators and functions in report 

Different arithmetical and logical expressions may be used in report template.
Arithmetical operations:
>, <, =, <=, >=, <>, != (not equal), +, -, *, /, % (mod)

Logical operations:... more 

Format functions in report 

Different format functions may be used in a report, depending on data type:

Numbers - fexp, ffix, fnum, ffixr, fnumr, fcur format.

Date and time - fdtm format.

Graphics -... more 

IF-ENDIF construction in report 

Format of IF-ENDIF construction is:

\If(<boolean value>)\
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\elsif(<boolean value>)\
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\elsif(<boolean value>)\
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\else\
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\endif\


\elsif\ and \else\ are optional.
<boolean value> may be a variable, data field... more 

Cycle SCAN-ENDSCAN construction in report 

All records of a data table, attached to the ReportData collection, may be inserted in a document as a table rows or in any free form. For this use keywords... more 

Sum, count data inside a cycle 

Optional functions may be used with commands "scan", "scanentry", "scanfooter", "endscan".

These functions are SUM, CTN, CTS. You may use these functions to sum or count values... more 

User defined functions 

User Defined Function, or UDF is an extension to a report language. For example, if it is necessary to obtain some value, and EkRtf component does not support that... more 

Report and code example 

This is an example of a report similar to Northwind database Invoice report. The report uses demo Northwind MS Access database. This is a report template, created in RTF editor:... more