1 08/23/83   LINUS REPORT WRITER
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 3 The LINUS report writer produces formatted reports from a relational
 4 data base.  The data to be included in the report is selected by the
 5 user through the LILA subsystem.  Reporting functions are provided to
 6 retrieve data from a relational data base; to sort retrieved data; to
 7 describe a report layout; to format a report; and to display the
 8 formatted report.
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10 Format options are provided to control the layout of a report.  A
11 format option consists of a name to identify it and a value which it is
12 set to.  An example of a formatting option is "-page_width 80".  For
13 more information on formatting options type "help
14 formatting_options.gi".
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17 Provided requests:
18 "set_format_options" - set the value of one or more format options
19 "list_format_options" - list the value of one or more format options
20 "save_format_options" - save portions or a complete report layout
21 "restore_format_options" - restore a saved report layout
22 "display" - retrieve the data, format it, and display the report
23 "column_value" - obtain the value of a column
24 "display_builtins" - obtain the value of a builtin
25 For more information on the use of these requests type "help
26 REQUEST_NAME".
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28 The "display" request is used to perform the data base retrieval,
29 sorting, formatting, and display of data.  For more information on the
30 use of the display request type "help display".