Progress
Report Builder
Tutorial
Before You Begin
Before you start creating any of the sample reports in this tutorial, you must:
- Confirm that you have a version of Progress that allows you to connect to a local database.
- Confirm that Progress Report Builder is properly installed on your PC.
- Confirm that your PC has a printer driver installed. If it does not, Report Builder will not have access to the necessary font information.
- Create a directory to be the working directory for all the tutorial samples.
- Create a directory named
rbtutor
. Copy the files listed in Table 1–1 from$DLC\SRC\aderb
from the installation media into therbtutor
directory.
Table 1–1: Required Files Filename Description newsport.db1 Newsport database data file containing the database definition and data. newsport.bi1 Newsport database before-image file containing the before-image information. newsport.lg1 Newsport database event log file containing the history of significant database events. Report library containing the report definitions for the sample reports in this tutorial. Unprepared text file for the Recall form letter sample report described in Form Letters." Unprepared text file for the Payment form letter sample report described in Form Letters." Prepared text file for the Recall form letter sample report described in Form Letters." Prepared text file for the Payment form letter sample report described in Form Letters."If you need assistance with any of these tasks, consult your system administrator.
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