什么是AluxReport
What is AluxReport - Translated by Marianne Wang

AluxReport是一个功能强大且易于使用的针对Lotus Notes的图形化专业报表制作工具。
AluxReport is a powerful and easy-to-use graphic report preparation tool that is professionally designed for Lotus Notes.

使用AluxReport，你可以很容易地设计出多种类型的报表。AluxReport从Lotus Notes数据库中读取数据，并提供多种手段来帮助你完成一个复杂的报表。比如销售报表，会计账目表等。你还可以使用一个图表（Graph）来图形化显示你的数据。
With the help of AluxReport, you can design a variety of reports easily. AluxReport reads data from Lotus Notes database, and provides multiple approaches to help you prepare sophisticated reports, such as sales statement and accounting statement. You can also use a graph to display your data graphically.

AluxReport允许你通过一个视图（View）或者一个定制的特殊的查询，从Lotus Notes提取数据，你可以重新布置和修饰报表的外观，并为报表排序、过滤、或者为报表添加一个图表（Graph）来增强你的报表。
AluxReport enables you to extract data from Lotus Notes via a view or a special made-to-order query. You can rearrange or decorate the appearance of your report, collate and filter your report, or enhance your report by adding a graph.

最后，你可以打印你的格式化的报表，或者将它输出为文本文件、Excel文件、HTML文件或者AluxReport专用的AFR（AluxReport Format Report）文件。你甚至可以在AluxReport中将这些文件直接作为邮件附件发送给网络中其它的Lotus Notes用户。
Finally, you can have your formatted report printed, or export it as a text file, Excel file, HTML file, or AFR (AluxReport Format Report) file that is exclusive for AluxReport. You can even directly email these files as attachments in AluxReport to other Lotus Notes users on the network.

注释：AFR文件是一个扩展名为.afr的特殊的报表格式文件，这个文件中包含了不可更改的报表格式信息和数据信息。你必须通过AluxReport Viewer来浏览和查看这个文件。
Note: AFR file is a special report form file, the extension name being .afr. The file includes unalterable report form information and data information. You can only browse and view this file with AluxReport Viewer.

AluxReport包含两个独立运行的应用程序：AluxReport Designer和AluxReport Viewer。
AluxReport includes two independent applications: AluxReport Designer and AluxReport Viewer.

这个版本仅支持ASCII字符集，如果你在Lotus Notes中使用了Unicode字符，可能会出现一个不可预期的错误。
This version supports ASCII character set only. If you have used any Unicode character in Lotus Notes, unexpected error may occur.

报表设计工具：AluxReport Designer
Report Design Tool: AluxReport Designer

一个报表通常包含文本、字段、图形、图片、统计字段以及图表等设计元素。AluxReport Designer是一个图形化的设计工具，它提供所有这些设计元素来使你重新规划、组织你的报表。大多数时候，你只需要移动、拖拽（Drag-Drop）鼠标，以及简单地设置一些属性便可以设计出一个复杂的报表。
A report usually comprises such design elements including texts, fields, patterns, pictures, statistic fields and graphs. AluxReport Designer is a graphic design tool that enables you to redesign and reorganize your reports with all these design elements. In most cases, you can design a sophisticated report simply by moving and drag-dropping your mouse and setting up some properties.

设计的结果保存在一个名为设计库的Lotus Notes数据库中（AR_DesignRepository.nsf）。设计库可以是一个本地（LOCAL）计算机或Domino服务器上的Lotus Notes 数据库。
Design results are saved in a Lotus Notes database named Design Repository (AR_DesignRepository.nsf). A design repository can be a Lotus Notes database either on a local computer or a Domino server.

AluxReport Designer是一个提供给Domino/Notes系统的开发者、管理员使用的报表创作工具。通常你需要知道一些关于Domino/Notes系统的开发知识，并且熟悉Domino Designer软件的使用。如果你使用过其它的一些开发工具如Delphi、VB、PowerBuilder、FoxPro，或者其它的报表创作工具如Crystal Report等，那么也是非常有帮助的。
AluxReport Designer is a report creation tool designed for developers and administrators of Domino/Notes. Usually you need to know something about the development of Domino/Notes system, and be familiar with the usages of Domino Designer application. It will also be helpful if you have used other development tools such as Delphi, VB, PowerBuilder, FoxPro, as well as other report creation tools such as Crystal Report.

报表运行时（Run-Time）工具AluxReport Viewer
AluxReport Viewer – the Run-Time Tool of the Report

AluxReport Viewer是运行时的报表检索工具，提供给最终客户使用。
AluxReport Viewer is a report retrieval tool at run-time that is designed for end-users.

当报表的设计者使用AluxReport Designer完成报表设计，并将之保存在一个可以公共访问的Domino服务器上后，最终客户可以使用AluxReport Viewer访问已经完成的报表设计，并从Notes数据库中检索、显示数据。
After the designer of a report has completed report designing with AluxReport Designer and has saved it on a Domino server that allows public access, end-users can visit the completed report design with AluxReport Viewer, and retrieve or display data from the Notes Database.

AluxReport Viewer可以独立运行，也可以在Lotus Notes中从LotusScript或公式（Formula）中被调用执行。
AluxReport Viewer can run independently, or be called for execution from LotusScript or the formula of Lotus Notes.

一种普遍的使用方式是：
Domino/Notes应用程序设计者在Notes的视图、页面、框架、表单或文档中添加一个自动化组件如Action，在此自动化组件中编写一段调用AluxReport Viewer的脚本程序，并向AluxReport Viewer传递一些参数，如报表名称等。最终用户通过执行这些组件打开AluxReport Viewer并从Notes数据库中检索、显示数据。
A popular practice:
Designer of Domino/Notes application program adds an automated component, such as Action, to the view, page, frameset, form, or document of Notes, writes a script calling AluxReport Viewer in the automated component, and transmits some parameter, such as the name of the report, to AluxReport Viewer. By executing these components, end-users open AluxReport Viewer, and retrieve or display data from the Notes database.

如果你将报表输出为一个AFR（AluxReport Format Report）文件，你也必须通过AluxReport Viewer来打开它。通常，配置程序已自动创建了.afr文件和AluxReport Viewer程序的文件关联。
If you export the report as an AFR (AluxReport Format Report) file, you will also have to open it with AluxReport Viewer. In most cases the configuration program will have already created an .afr document automatically to associate with the file of AluxReport Viewer program.