Selecting Script Methods

The JADE Report Writer Configuration application provides access to existing primitive type methods that you can use in the JADE Report Writer Designer application to create custom script fields that add a variety of data reporting options to your reports.

These methods provide date and time formats and formatting options for other primitive types. They also provide selection options that you can use when creating user scripts in the JADE Report Writer Designer application.

To access the Script Methods sheet

Click on the Script Methods tab of the JADE Report Configuration window.

The Script Methods sheet, shown in the following image, is then displayed.

Use the Script Methods sheet of the JADE Report Configuration window to select the script methods that you want to make available to a schema from within the JADE Report Writer Designer application. Most commonly, the date and time methods are used.

Primitive type methods in your user schema and those in the RootSchema other than those that are made available by default are not displayed in the Script Maintenance dialog of the JADE Report Writer Designer application unless you select them in the Script Methods tab of the JADE Report Configuration window.

For a detailed description of using scripts in the JADE Report Writer Designer application, see Appendix A. A shorter overview is provided in "Creating a Script" under "Using the Catalog of Available Fields Dialog", in Chapter 4.

To select the schema for which you want to select script methods

Select the appropriate schema from the Schema list box in the top-left pane of the Script Methods sheet.

Primitive type methods for the selected schema and for all superschemas, up to and including the RootSchema, are then displayed in the Available Methods pane.

To select your script methods

Expand a folder in the Available Methods pane to display the available methods.
To select methods, perform one of the following actions.
- Click a method and then click the right-pointing arrow or the add button (>), or double-click on the method.
- Select a range of consecutive methods by clicking the first method in the range, holding down the Shift key, and then selecting the last method in the range.
  
  Click the right-pointing arrow or the add button (>) to complete the selection.
- Select a group of non-consecutive methods by clicking the first selected method, holding down the Ctrl key, and then selecting each subsequent method.
  
  Click the right-pointing arrow or the add button (>) to complete the selection.

The selected methods are then copied to the Selected Methods pane.

To select all script methods

Click the add all button (>>).

All script methods are then copied to the Selected Methods pane.

You should not apply all script methods to a schema unless you know that your report designers are technically oriented, as some of the script methods are specialized.

To remove a script method from the selection, perform one of the following actions

Click a method in the Selected Methods pane at the right of the Script Methods sheet and then click the remove button (<).
Select a group of consecutive methods in the Selected Methods pane at the right of the Script Methods sheet. Click the first method in the range, hold down the Shift key, and then select the last method in the range. Click the remove button (<) to complete the removal.
Select a group of non-consecutive methods in the Selected Methods pane at the right of the Script Methods sheet. Click the first selected method, hold down the Ctrl key, and then select each subsequent method. Click the remove button (<) to complete the removal.

The selected methods are then removed from the Selected Methods pane.

To remove all script methods from the selection

Click the remove all button (<<).

All script methods are then removed from the Selected Methods pane.