Insert

Select an item from the Insert pull-down menu to create a new DDS object to the current page. The following list contains information for each of the specific menu selections on the Insert menu. The CODE Designer creates new objects by using the Creation defaults that are specified on the Styles page of the Properties notebook.

Group (only in the DDS Tree)
Creates a group which associates multiple records with one report. The CODE Designercreates a Design page tab in the Workbook for this new group.

Record
Creates a new record on the Design page. For printer files, you can create the following record types:
Relative
If you want to specify the location of fields in the record relative to other fields, select relative. You cannot specify line numbers for fields. Line numbers will be determined using the SKIP and SPACE keywords.

For example, if FIELDA is to be located three lines above FIELDB in the record, you would specify the SPACEA(3) keyword for FIELDA. The CODE Designer will automatically create and maintain these keywords for you in the Design window, although you can change them directly.

This type of record is useful for detail lines in a report, where a single record appears multiple times on the same page.

Absolute
Identifies that the line number of fields on the report page are explicitly specified.

Named field
Creates a field that your program can read and update at run time.

Date field
Creates a field that contains a date and can be read or updated by your program at runtime.

Time field
Creates a field that stores time and can be read or updated by your program at runtime.

Timestamp field
Creates a field which stores timestamp information.

Database reference
Creates a field which references the description of an existing field in a database file.

Source reference
Creates a field which references the description of another field in the current source file.

Text constant
Creates a constant field that contains text.

Message constant
Creates a constant field that displays a message from a message file.

Date constant
Creates a constant field that contains the system date.

Time constant
Creates a constant field that contains the system time.

Page number
Creates a constant field that displays a page number.

Keywords
Opens the Create Keywords page to produce a keyword for this object.