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Open the Report Definition

For all the previous reports in this tutorial, you had to create the report definition. However, because the report definition for this report contains information that you have already created, it is provided for you. After you have prepared the memo file, Paylet.txt, you are ready to use it to generate the form letters.

Follow these steps to open the report definition:

  1. Choose the Open Report button. The Open Report dialog box appears.
  2. Access the rbtutor directory.
  3. Select the Tutorial.prl report library, then choose OK.
  4. Select the Payment Letter Sample report definition, then choose OK. Report Builder opens the Payment Letter report definition.

Figure 6–13 shows the report layout defined in the Payment Letter Sample report definition.

Figure 6–13: Payment Letter Report Layout

The Payment Letter report definition provides a basic layout and structure for this form letter by defining many report characteristics and report layout features:


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