| The V5.00 online help incorrectly states
that Cicode variables can be declared from within a Cicode block in
a Report. This is true only for plain reports and not RTF format
reports. In a plain report, it is possible to declare variables
globally by defining them in a Cicode block at the very start of
the file. These variables can then be called from within any Cicode
block throughout the report.
RTF format reports do not support the declaration of any
variables. The reason this doesn't work in RTF is that the user's
'top of file' is not the same as the RTF file's. If you need to use
variables in a Cicode block you can either: a) declare them in the
Variable tags database or b) put your cicode in a library and call
your function in the report. Note that you can still pass arguments
to a function called in a report.
If you choose the second option and write your cicode in a
library, then you can still use the Print() and PrintLn() functions
in your cicode as they are still essentially being called from
within a report. To generate a new line in your RTF format report
you will need to call Print("\par "). Currently "\page" is not
supported by Microsoft so it is not possible to do a form feed in
an RTF format report.
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