The tabular autoform wizard is a good place to start. The columnar autoform tool is a good place to start for these. Batch reports that go to the printer are built in a very similar way as batch reports that go to the screen. Properties and Events To really understand how to control the format and contects of batch reports you really need to understand the notion and mechanics of Properties. We will discuss properties and how to configure properties in this series of lectures.
Events are useful to help control data access.
We will discuss data access and using macros to control data input. Data input interacts with report formatting so we will discuss the use of forms to get data and the use of events to help ensure the data are correct.