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RPT-VIDEO -(Hands-On
07) How to create and use Customized Template
Template
Introduction
Templates are generic
objects that allow you to force a set of standard features and
attributes onto your reports. They help you impose uniformity on your.
Hands-on
They need their logo to be
displayed at each new or old report. They ask you to create a template
that contains their logo. Then run a report.
See Figure 7.
Your tasks are:
1- Write a template
containing your client logo.
2- Run the report against
the new created template.
3- Test the report.
F You will learn how
to: create or modify an existing template, save the template with new
name, change the default, delete the logo, replace the new logo, save
your template.
Figure 7
Open a Report Builder
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 Report Module
In the "Object Navigator"
window, go to the Main menu and choose "File," select "Open"
to open an existing report (REPT06) from the "iself" folder.
Open an existing Template
In the Object Navigator,
highlight the "Template" item, choose File from the Main menu, and
select the Open option to open an existing template.
Templates
Templates are generic
objects that allow you to force a set of standard features and
attributes onto your reports. They help you impose uniformity on your.
You can find all the
Templates in you PC or Share Server. Look for all the objects that
their extensions are ".tdf." Select one that are very similar to
your template layout, and start from there.
In this hands-on, the
selected template is in:
C:.tdf
It is easier to change an
existing "template" rather than to create it from scratch.
Save a template
Open the template and save
it as a new name (ISELF_TEMPLATE) in the "ISELF" folder.
Modify a template
In the Object Navigator,
double click on the "Layout Model" icon of ISELF_TEMPLATE.
In the "Template Editor -
Layout Model" window, you can zoon-out or zoon-in to view the
template; and then click on the Down Arrow next to the "Report Style"
box to select your report style. You report style can be: Tabular,
Group Left, Group Above, Form-like, Mailing Label, Form Letter,
matrix, and Matrix with Group.
Notice that a template has
so many different report styles. To view them, click on each report
style and browse through them.
Import company logo
In this hands-on, select
the default template in the Template editor and delete the report
layout logo and import your own organization logo. To import, go to
the Main menu, and choose File > Import > Image" In the Import
Image window, select your image file, its format and Quality. The
click OK.
Resize company logo
In the Template Editor,
resize your logo if needed. If you are done with your template layout,
save the template. To save the template, highlight ISLEF_TEMPLATE and
then click on the Save icon on the toolbar. Or, go to the Main menu,
choose File > Save option.
Save Template and remove it
from workstation
Once you save the template,
you can delete it from your Object Navigator. Highlight ISELF_TEMPLATE,
click on the "X" icon (Delete). This will remove the object from
Object Navigator and the template is saved.
Then remove the template
from the "object navigator."
Now, you can run the REPT06
using the new template. Make sure that you are in the REPT06 report.
Run the report with its old template.
Assign the new template
In the Live Pre-viewer,
click on the "Report Wizard" icon. In the "Report Wizard"
window, open the Template tab. Your template is not in the Predefined
template; therefore, you should us "Template file" by check
marking its radio button. Type or find your template and then click
"Apply" and/or "Finish."
Run the report
Now, your report has its
new template. Navigate through the report pages.
After testing the report
output, highlight the report and save the changes as the report number
7 (REPT07).
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Questions:
Q: What are the templates
in the report module?
Q: How can you create or
modify an existing template?
Q: Your client needs their
logo to be displayed at each new or old report. They ask you to create
a template that contains their logo. Then run a report.
See Figure 7.
Your tasks are:
1- Write a template
containing your client logo.
2- Run the report against
the new created template.
3- Test the report.
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