To reference a field in boilerplate text:
In the Paper Design view or Paper Layout view, click in the boilerplate text where you want the reference to a field to appear.
Type an ampersand (&
)
followed by the name of the field.
If you want to place the field reference in front
of other text with no spaces in between, enclose the field name in angle brackets
to separate it from the text (for example, &<fieldname>Oracle
).
If the field reference follows other text, no angle brackets are needed (for example,
Oracle&fieldname
).
You can include field references right next to each other with no spaces in
between and without angle brackets (for example, &field1&field2&field3
).
A reference to a field includes the field's properties. Therefore, if the
Horizontal Elasticity property is set to Fixed, any extra spaces
in the field will appear in the report output. For example, if field f_sal
is fixed horizontally, $&<f_sal>/week
may produce
in the report output.
$800 /week
In addition to referencing fields in a boilerplate text object, you can
directly reference a database column (for example, &SAL
).
For example, $&<SAL>/week
may produce $800/week
in
the report output.
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