Define Footer

Explanation

Use this activity to define a document footer for external documents.

Prerequisites

In order to create a document footer, the fields to be used must have been created in the Document Footer/Define Field tab.

System Effects

The field IDs' created and used in a footer will be shown on external documents to which the Footer is connected.

Window

Document Footer   

Related Window Descriptions

Document Footer

Procedure

  1. Open the Document Footer window.
  2. Populate or query for the required company.
  3. Open the Define Footer tab.
  4. Enter an ID for the footer in the Footer ID field.
  5. Enter a description for the footer in the Footer Description field. If it is necessary this text can be changed.
  6. Enter the number of columns that is required for the footer in the No Of Columns field.
  7. Click Save. All the field IDs created in the Define Field tab will appear in the list and the result will be created with the number of columns entered. The width of the columns will be of equal size when the footer is originally created.
  8. Drag and drop the different field IDs into the Result view and create the footer. You have to drag them individually in to the columns in the order that you would like to display them in the document. It is possible to print up to 8 lines on the external reports.
  9. If a field ID should be removed, then it must be dragged and dropped in to the paper basket. If there are too many spaces between any of the columns, drag the mouse pointer over the column line and drag the line to the left or right.