The detail band displays the retrieved data. The number of rows of data that display in the report at one time is determined by the following expression:
(Height of the report – Height of headers and footers) / Height of the detail band
The presentation style determines the contents of the detail band:
If the presentation style is Tabular, Grid, N-Up, or Label, the detail band displays column names, representing the columns
If the presentation style is Freeform, the labels defined for the columns in the Database painter display in the detail band with boxes for the data to the right
How InfoMaker names the columns in the Design view If the report uses one table, the names of the columns in the Design view are the same as the names in the table.
If the report uses more than one table, the names of the columns in the Design view are tablename_columnname. InfoMaker prefaces the name of the column with the table name to prevent ambiguity, since different tables can have columns with the same name.
When you design the detail band of a report, you can specify display information for each column of the report and add other controls, such as text, pictures, graphs, and drawing controls.