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The following sections describe how to generate reports

Creating Reports

The environment Reports allows you to configure the report format and its basic formatting. Application users can then run the so configured reports.

To create reports:

  1. Go to Edit > Reports > Reports.

  2. Enter or select the information as needed.

Column

Description

Name

Enter a name for the report. The system lets you know if the name is not valid.

Padding

Select the fill to use to replace a tag name with its value (the field is created with the number of characters in the tag name):

  • Compact - Removes all extra characters and displays only the tag value.

  • PadRight - puts extra space for each character to the right of the tag value.

  • PadLeft - places extra space for each character to the left of the tag value.

SaveFormat

Select the report format

  • XPS

  • HTML

  • Unicode

  • ASCII

  • PDF

SaveFileName

Type a text, for the file name with {ObjectProperties}. eUse the full path.

Savetrigger

Enter the property of an object to serve as the trigger for triggering the report.

Append


Size

Report size setting

Header

Choose the definition of another report to be the Header

Footer

Choose the definition of another report to be the Footer.

Description

Enter a description of the report

[Other columns]

For definitions of other columns that are available in many tables, see "Description of common columns"

Note
To change the format of a report between Landscape and Portrait, you must change this
configuration on both the printer and NovaPDF (printer used for PDF on Action.NET)

Using the Report Editor

You create the text, format, and set values for the report using the text editor.

To use the text editor:

  1. Go to Edit > Reports > TextEditor. The following figure shows the desktop for editing reports.

  • Create the text, tags, and formatting of the report.

    • To create text, position the cursor in the desired position and type the text.

    • The picture Font allows formatting and letter choices.

    • Paragraph can be used for alignment, spacing, paragraph numbering

    • Frame Paste allows the collage of project objects such as figures, hyperlynks, rows, tables, tags and symbols.

    • In the box Table, are tools for editing rows and columns of tables

  • Configure alignments of the format data and name of the file to be generated.

  • Save the report by clicking Save. (Icon with floppy)

  • Configure the report properties for the view or script dynamics that the report will run.

  • To search the existing reports in the project click on the drop-down list at the top of the area. The icons are the same as used to handle screens, figure below:

  • The list contains existing reports: Select whatever you want to edit.

  • The floppy icon is used to save the report currently being published.

  • The floppy with the folders for save as, creating a new report

  • The icon with the sign + , when pressed, closes the current report and shows the window for creating a new report.

  • The button with the X closes the report without saving the changes.

Object runtime Report

The namespace Report lists all configured reports.
The most commonly used methods of the Report is the Save command: Report.Report1.SaveCommand()
See http://www.spinengenharia.com.br/help/an-2016/runtime/index.html for the reference of full programming on runtime objects

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