You use the Preview view of a report to view it as it will appear with data and test the processing that takes place in it.
To display the Preview view of a report open
in the Report painter:
If the Preview view is not already displayed, select View>Preview from the menu bar.
In the Preview view, the bars that indicate the bands do not display, and, if you selected Retrieve on Preview in the report wizard, InfoMaker retrieves all the rows from the database. You are prompted to supply arguments if you defined retrieval arguments.
In external reports
If the report uses the External data source, no data is
retrieved. You can import data, as described in “Importing data into a report”.
In reports that have stored data
If the report has stored data in it, no data is retrieved
from the database.
As the rows are being retrieved, the Retrieve button in the PainterBar changes to a Cancel button. You can click the Cancel button to stop the retrieval.
Select File>Print Preview from the menu bar and evaluate your report.
For example, scroll the page and page down to new pages to review the layout and content of the report.
