Providing the ReportDesign.initialize code

The following code in the ReportDesign.initialize method creates a file on your hard drive and adds one line to the file.

importPackage( Packages.java.io );

fos = new java.io.FileOutputStream( "c:\\logFile.txt" );

printWriter = new java.io.PrintWriter( fos );

printWriter.println( "ReportDesign.initialize" );

The preceding code performs the following tasks:

Imports the Java package, java.io

Creates a file output stream for the file you want to create

Creates a PrintWriter object that every script can use to track script execution sequence

How to provide code for the ReportDesign.initialize script

1	Choose the Script tab.

2	In Outline, select the top line, as shown in Figure 23-2.

Figure 23-2  Selecting the report design

3	In Script, select initialize.

4	Type the code into the script editor, as shown in Figure 23-3.

Figure 23-3  Providing ReportDesign.initialize code