To enter report texts from any Create Report screen:
From the screen Create Report or Change Report or Display Report: Initial Screen, choose Goto
The screen Create Report / Change Report / Display Report: Texts screen appears.
Report Painter
From the screen Report Painter: Create/Change/Display Report, choose Extras ® Report Texts.
Processing Functions for Text Definition
Function |
Choose (Report Painter) |
Choose (Report Writer) |
Enter text for title page |
Title page |
Title page |
Enter text for headers |
Headers |
Headers |
Enter text for footers |
Footers |
Footers |
Enter text for last page |
End page |
End page |
Enter text for export of report to HTML and Office Integration |
Text for export |
Text for export |
The screen Change <text position> <report name> in Language <language code> appears.

If these functions are not available, choose Formatting ® Report layout and check whether Change allowed during execution is selected on the tab Page/control.
The text appears on the Create Report: Texts screen.
Entering Variables in Report Text
In the report output, you can insert text variables, frames, and rows with Insert. For more information about the different types of text variables you can define in your report text, and how to enter variables in report text, see
Using Variables in Report Text Definition.