7.1 Reports through nxqddb search mode

You may already know how to create reports if you've been playing with nxqddb searching. To create a report from search mode, follow these steps:

 
1. Click the ``Configure/Search Results''. The ``Search Results Configuration'' window(see figure 4.6) is displayed to allow you to choose the columns, sort order, new user-defined columns, column justification, column widths and separators, and whether or not you wish to see line numbers on your report. Remember, if this search criteria is often used, you may wish to write the template to a file by clicking the ``Write to file'' button. For details on operating this configuration window, reference section 4.4.  
2. Go to search mode by choosing ``Modes/Search Mode''  
3. Choose the ``Edit/Clear'' menubutton to clear out any previous search criteria. Of course, this step is optional.  
4. Tab to the field(s) that you wish to search on and key the search value(s). Alternatively, if you've previously saved a search template, you can read the template into your search window by choosing the ``Templates/Read Template'' menubutton. See chapter 4 for details on how to search within the nxqddb window.
5. After you've completed keying in your search criteria, start the search by either (1) pressing the enter key, or (2) clicking the ``Edit/Search'' button.
6. If only one record is found that matched your search criteria, the record will be displayed in the nxqddb window and you'll be in ``Change Mode''. From ``Change Mode'', you can click the ``File/Print'' menubutton to generate a report containing this one record.
7. If more than one record is found, a window similar to

     
   Figure 7.1: Search Results Window
   

   figure 7.1 is displayed. From this window, you choose the ``Print'' button to display the standard print dialog box. From the print dialog box, you can direct the output to (1) a specific printer, (2) floppy disk, (3) hard disk, or (4) preview on screen.

Remember, you can configure the layout of these reports by configuring the search results.