To access the screen of the Report layout manager, you must either:
Select the Layout manager context-sensitive menu option or button in one of the following tabs or dialog boxes:
- Question/Answer programming interface (first button panel).
- Programs, after selecting a batch ADELIA or VADELIA program.
- Real use of a management rule.
- Reports, after selecting a report of ADELIA kind.
Select the Layout manager option from the Program menu in the 4GL Editor, for a batch ADELIA or VADELIA program.
In these three cases an intermediate dialog box is shown, which lets you select a report for the selected object:
Select the report you wish and click the Layout manager button.
The name of the work session is quoted at the top of the screen.
Beside the icon of the system menu and the name of the Adelia Studio application, the following elements are specified: the name of the environment and of the current application area, as well as the title of the report currently edited.
The Report layout manager screen displays five elements:
the menu bar,
the tool bar,
the format bar,
the status bar,
the work space.