Report Customization Options for Total Access Analyzer
From the main Reports selection form, the Options button
lets you customize how the reports appear. There are two
tabs. The first for all reports and the second for
formatting the module printout report.
Report Options Form
You can customize the appearance of the reports with your
own headers, footers, date format, and more. Report options
are global to title Total Access Analyzer and not saved
separately for each output database.
The top half of the form contains controls for setting
options. As you set options, the sample report on the bottom
half of the form updates the options that you select. These
options are available:
Header 1
This text appears at the top left corner of every report
page. It can be your company name, a project name, or any
text. This field can contain up to 50 characters.
Header 2
This text appears below Header 1 on every report page.
You can have Total Access Analyzer insert the name of the
database by typing #DATABASE# anywhere in the field. For
example, the default setting is “databases: #DATABASE#”
which prints “databases: Northwind.accdb” at the top of each
page (assuming Northwind.accdb is the documented database).
Footer
This text appears at the bottom left of every report
page, and can be up to 50 characters. By default, this field
is blank.
Use A4 Paper
By default, the output reports are formatted for US
Letter size paper. For metric users, select this option to
print on A4 paper.
Separator Lines
Many of the reports have an optional line between
records. Check this option if you want Total Access Analyzer
to print this line. The line makes it easier to read some
reports, but can increase the time a report takes to print.
By default, this option is enabled.
Date/Time Format
You can control the format of the date and time printed
at the top of each report page. To use the short date format
(e.g. 1/1/12), press [Short]. To use the long date format
(e.g. January 1, 2012), press [Long]. The date and time
printed is when the documentation was generated, not the
current date and time. By default, this option is set to
Long.
These formats are defined by your date and time formats
specified by your Control Panel’s regional settings.
Page Numbers
By default, page numbers at the bottom of each page are
displayed (e.g. Page 1). This option lets you display the
page number with the total number of pages (e.g. Page 1 of
10).
Colors
You
can customize the font and background colors for the header
and footer of the reports.
When you click on the font or background color icon, the
color selector form appears:
You can choose from a dropdown list of pre-defined colors,
or specify a value explicitly by entering it or pressing the
[…] button to open the Windows color dialog. As you select
colors, the example displays your choices. Some reports have
a grouping section that you can customize with a background
shading color.
Setting Module Printout Options
There are two reports that print module code: the
standard and the
bracketed Module
Printout reports. The following options control how the
Standard Module Printout report displays your source code.
Press the [Module Printout] tab to see the Module Options
settings:
General Appearance
These settings adjust the appearance of your module
printouts. As you change the options, the sample report’s
layout reflects the new choices.
Greenbars
Enable this option to create a “green bar” effect with
alternating white and gray sections. This makes the code
easier to read, and is enabled by default.
Bold Proc Declarations
Enable this option to print procedure declarations in bold
text. This makes it easier to see where each procedure
begins. This option is enabled by default.
Font
Select the font to use for lines of code. The fonts
available on your system are displayed in this combo box.
Select a mono-spaced font so code lines up correctly. An
8-point type size is used, so you make sure the your font
supports this size.
Comments
Comment lines can have their own special formatting to make
it easier to differentiate between code and comments. These
settings are only applied to comments on a line by
themselves, not to comments that appear on the same line as
code.
Set the text to Bold and/or Italic styles, and specify the
Font.
Line Continuation
Lines of VBA code in Access can be very long and may
word-wrap in the report. To show that a line is linked to
the previous line, a special symbol is added to the
beginning of the word-wrapped line. By default, the “->”
symbol is added. If you prefer another symbol, select
“Custom” and enter your own.
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