Preparing Rpv reports

To prepare an Rpv report first we have to say is that the output of your program must be redirected to a file instead to the printer.

Once we know this, we must create the report with the following structure.

• Configuration section.
  
  This will be the first part of the report, in which we define papersize, report_title, printer, orientation, etc. We will recognize it because it is at the very beginning of the file.
  See configuration section to learn more.
   

• [Header] section.
  
  This will be the part of the report that will be repeated for every page of it and we will recognize it by its identification [header]. This section is the indicated to place the titles, column names, and any other information that must be present in all the pages.
  
  From version 5.3.3 is possible to change the HEADER as many times as needed for the same report.
  Every time that a new HEADER is declared, a new page will be created and the new header will be repeated until the end of the report or until the header is changed again.
   

• [Footer] section.
  
  From version 5.3.3 is possible to define a footer using the [footer] section. It can also be changed as many times as needed until the end of the report or a new footer is set.

• [Data] section.
  
  This wiill be the "body" of the report. Its identification is [Data] and like its name indicates, we must place all the data inside. In this section we ussually "forget" about pages, because that is a work that the application must perform and not you. It is possible to have control over the pages anyway by inserting new pages at the moment you want using the appropiate command to do it ({\NP}).

See also:

Rpv first example