Grouping rows
274 DataWindow .NET
10 Select Color and Border settings and click Next.
11 Review your specification and click Finish.
The DataWindow object displays with the basic grouping properties set.
This is an example of a Group style DataWindow object:
What DataWindow
Designer does
As a result of your specifications, DataWindow Designer generates a tabular
DataWindow object and:
• Creates group header and trailer bands
• Places the column you chose as the grouping column in the group header
band
• Sorts the rows by the grouping column
• Places the page header and the date (as a computed field) in the header
band
• Places the page number and page count (as computed fields) in the footer
band
• Creates sum-computed fields for all numeric columns (the fields are
placed in the group trailer and summary bands)