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Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software
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Working with a Setup Created in Pre-6.0 Lizard
In the Report framing options frame, you can define headers, trailers,
and checksums. These are all optional. A header is a string of characters
before the report body, whereas a trailer is a string of characters after
the report body. Headers and trailers can be defined to reports to help
distinguish them from other reports.
A checksum is used to validate the data of the report. If the received
checksum does not match the one calculated when the report was sent,
the report data is corrupt. The desired checksum algorithm for a report
can be selected from the checksum combo box.
Working with a Setup Created in Lizard 6.0 or Later
Unlike with earlier reports, the Report Framing options in the
Communications view cannot be used to add framing information to
reports created in Lizard Setup Software 6.0 and later. Instead, you need
to work in the Reports view, and the procedure is as follows:
1.
In the Reports view, make sure you know which report you want
to add a header and a trailer to; in other words, the report is on the
Existing reports list.
2.
In the Available templates list, first select StringForm, then click
New. A new report of type StringForm appears in the Configure
report frame on the right.
The new report serves one purpose only: it will be the container for
the actual report you want to send and to which you want to add a
header and a trailer.
3.
Select the first cell of the new report. This cell will be the header
of the report to be created.
4.
With the header cell selected, in the Text text field in the Cell
properties frame, enter the desired information for the header.
5.
Select the third cell of the new report. This cell will be the trailer
of the report to be created.
6.
With the trailer cell selected, in the Text field in the Cell
properties frame, enter the desired information for the trailer.
7.
Select the second cell of the new report. This cell will be linked to
the actual report you want to send.
8.
In the Select variables list, select the report you want to link to the
new report you created in the previous steps, then drag it to the