Separate commands with at least one space, tab, or new line. Report processing is not affected by extra blank lines, spaces, or tabs.
Enter commands in either upper or lowercase. Commands are not case sensitive. If the database outline is case-sensitive, then the member names used in the report script must match the outline.
To start report processing, enter the ! report output command (exclamation point or "bang"), or one or more consecutive numeric values. You can place one or more report scripts, each terminated by its own ! command, in the same report file.
You can group more than one format command within a single set of curly braces. For example, these formats are synonyms:
{UDATA SKIP}
{UDATA} {SKIP}Enclose member names that contain spaces or the member name "Default" in double quotes; for example, "Cost of Goods Sold" "Default".
If a formatting command is preceded by three or more of the characters "=," "-," and "_," the Report Extractor assumes that the characters are extraneous underline characters and ignores them. For example, ==={SKIP 1}
Use // (double slash) to indicate a comment. Everything on the line following a comment is ignored by the Report Writer. Each line of a comment must start with a double slash.