Setting Report Formats
This section describes the Report Formats dialog, which enables you to set field formats for an individual report, including numbers, currency, Boolean values, dates, times, and timestamps.
Standard system-wide report format default values are set in the Jade Report Writer Configuration application. (For details, see "System Formats Menu", in Chapter 3.)
You can create a report design without changing any of these standard report formats. You can also accept the standard default values and change individual field formats by using the field properties. For details, see "Setting Field Properties" under "Using the Detail Functions", later in this chapter.
Having changed the report formats, you can also return to the default formats set by the Jade Report Writer Configuration application at any time.
You can change report formats in advance of any physical design or you can change them at any time during the report design.
To display the Report Formats dialog
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Select the Formats command from the Report menu.
The Report Formats dialog is then displayed, with the Number sheet uppermost. The Report Formats dialog displays the following sheets.
| Sheet | Enables you to set default format of report… |
|---|---|
| Number | Number fields |
| Currency | Currency fields |
| Date | Date fields |
| Time | Time fields |
| TimeStamp | Timestamp fields |
| Boolean | Boolean fields |
