Printer Setup
This check box causes the Windows print dialog box to appear before the printing begins. This dialog allows you to change printers, start the job from a specific page, and set other aspects of the job that are controlled by Windows.
Printer Cover
This check box causes the system to print a coverpage before the actual report. The cover indicates the report name, as well as the particular settings (i.e. date ranges) that were selected at the time of the report.
Preview
Generates the report to be displayed on the screen.
Generates the report and sends it to the Windows printer driver.
FILE
Masterpiece is able to export information in several file formats.
TXT (default)
This file type is special in that it uses your report template form to
create an ascii text file that is formatted in much the same way as a
printed report would be. This
report forces the courier font (ascii) and does not include any graphic
characters (such as lines, pictures, and boxes.)
The options below use the report template to create the export file. They simply output the data in an unformatted, row by row, method appropriate for each data type.
XLS
Creates a Microsoft Excel version 5.0 worksheet file. Each field from the
currently selected table becomes a column in the spreadsheet and each
record becomes a row. An .xls extension is assigned to the new worksheet
if you do not include a file extension.
SDF
Creates an SDF (System Data Format) file. An SDF file is an ASCII text
file in which records have a fixed length and end with a carriage return
and line feed. Fields are not delimited. The SDF file name is assigned
a .txt file extension if you do not include an extension.
WK1
Creates a Lotus® 1-2-3® version 2.x spreadsheet file. Each field from the
currently selected table becomes a column in the spreadsheet and each
record becomes a row. A .wk1 file name extension is assigned to the new
spreadsheet.
CSV
Creates a comma separated value file. A CSV file has the field names as
the first line in the file, and the field values in the remainder of the
file are separated with commas.
DEL (Delimited)
Creates a TAB delimited file. A delimited file is an ASCII text file in
which each record ends with a carriage return and linefeed. Character
fields are additionally delimited with double quotation marks.