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“You can tell the
character of every man when you see how he receives praise.”
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles |
Read
first then play the video:
RPT010(VIDEO)-(Hands-On
08) How to use layout appearances (Boilerplate)
Layout Appearances
(Boilerplate)
Hands-on
Now, you client needs to
improve on report appearance. They ask you for any artistic changes.
Be creative and artistic to
change the appearance of their reports. Use boilerplate to change the
title and draw graphic to their reports. Your client wants you to use
your imagination that has no limits.
See Figure 8.
Your tasks are:
1- Modify the appearance of
a report.
2- Use your creative
imagination.
3- Run the report.
4- Test the report.
F You will learn how
to: use boilerplate; use your imagination that has no limit.
Figure 8
Login to the Report
Builder.
Connect to a database
In the Object Navigator,
highlight the Database object, go to the Main menu, choose File,
select the Connect option, and in the Connect window enter your USERID
and PASSWORD.
Open a Module
In the ‘Object Navigator’
window, go to the Main menu and choose “File,” select “Open”
to open an existing report (REPT07) from the “iself” folder. Run
the report.
Layout Model
In the Live Pre-viewer,
click on the "Layout Model" icon.
In the ‘Report Editor -
Layout Model’, click on the "Edit Margin" icon on the
horizontal toolbar. Your report heading margin will be appeared. You
can change anything on that margin.
Change appearance of a
report
Use your creative
imagination and change the report title. There is no limit on your
creativities. By now, you should know how to use the Boiler plate
objects. We have done that in one of Forms’ hands-on. Review that
and do the same here.
Run the report.
Navigate through the report
pages.
After testing the report
output, highlight the report and save the changes as the report number
8 (REPT08).
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“Life is like
playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one
goes on.” Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) |
Questions:
Q: What is the boilerplate
in the Layout Editor?
Q: How do you select an
object or objects in the layout editor?
Q: How do you move an
object or objects in the layout editor?
Q: How do you delete an
object or objects form the layout editor?
Q: When do you use the Edit
Margin icon?
Q: Now, your client needs
to improve on report appearance. They ask you for any artistic
changes.
Be creative and artistic to
change the appearance of their reports. Use boilerplate to change the
title and draw graphic to their reports. Your client wants you to use
your imagination that has no limits.
See Figure 8.
Your tasks are:
1- Modify the appearance of
a report.
2- Use your creative
imagination.
3- Run the report.
4- Test the report.
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