• Layout Table Reports
• Editing a Layout Table Report
• Reports - Layout Table Reports - Absolute Layout
• Reports - Layout Table Reports - Creating Custom Style Sheets
• Reports - Layout Table Reports - Project Reports - Text Dictionary
• Layout Table Report Example: Customer List
• Creating Custom Stylesheets in Layout Table Reports
• Using a Layout Table Report

Layout Table Reports

Description

Alpha Anywhere now has two styles of reports, the traditional free form banded report, and a new layout table banded report. For web use, most people will want to use the new layout table report with HTML output.

To create a Layout Table Report, first create a report with the Quick Report Genie, then convert the Quick Report to a Layout Table Report.

Strengths of Layout Table Reports

• Capable of generating high quality HTML output
• Capable of generating Excel output with excellent fidelity to the design
• Capable of creating rounded corners across sections of the report, effectively putting an attractive frame around all or part of the report
• Improved style sheet support, with different styles for the header, summaries, and details
• Easier to maintain columnar reports, since inserting a new column will automatically adjust the other columns.
• Can be used as linked reports

Strengths of Free Form Reports

• Offer absolute positioning, for precise control over reports to be output onto pre-printed forms
• Allow for conditional report objects
• Capable of creating multi-column reports

Layout Table Report Topics

• Converting a Quick Report to a Layout Table Report
• Editing a Layout Table Report
• Using a Layout Table Report
• Layout Table Report Example: Customer List