Adding buttons to a report

The Button control is a command or picture button that can be placed in a report. When clicked at runtime, the button activates the action you assign to it.

For example, you can place a button in a report and specify that clicking it opens the Filter dialog box, where you can specify a filter to be applied to the currently retrieved data.

To add a button to a report:

Select Insert>Control>Button from the menu bar.
Click where you want the button to display.

You may find it useful to put a Delete button or an Insert button in the detail band. Clicking a Delete button in the detail band will delete the row next to the button clicked. Clicking an Insert button in the detail band will insert a row following the current row.

Be careful when putting buttons in the detail band Buttons in the detail band repeat for every row of data, which is not always desirable. Buttons in the detail band are not visible during retrieval, so a Cancel button in the detail band would be unavailable when needed.
With the button still selected, type the text to display on the button in the PainterBar or on the General page of the Properties view.
Select the action you want to assign to the button from the Action drop-down list on the General page of the Properties view.

For information about actions, see “Actions assignable to buttons in reports”.
If you want to add a picture to the button, select the Action Default Picture check box or enter the name of the Picture file to display on the button.