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Resource Viewer

Introduction

Since JReport Designer version 700, a new tool named Resource Viewer which can be used to manage your data is provided for you to edit your report more easily.

It lays on the right side of the word area. If it is invisible on the window, go to the View menu, and click Resource Viewer to bring it out. Click the cross on the up right corner to close it.

On the bottom of the Resource Viewer, there are two tabs - Resource and Inspector. When Report Inspector is not available, click the Inspector tab, it will be displayed here.

Objects in Resource Viewer

Four type of objects are listed in Resource Viewer:

• query which is used by the currently opened report,
• formulas that used and can be used in the currently opened report,
• summaries that used and can be used in he currently opened report,
• parameters that used and can be used in the currently opened report.

A red arrow is marked on the icon of each used object.

Working with Resource Viewer

With the help of Resource Viewer, you can do the following jobs:

• Inserting DBField
  
  Expand the query, select the DBField you want to insert, and drag it to the position you want.
• Creating formula, summary and parameter
  
  Selecting the Formulas, Summaries or Parameters node, right click and then on the pop-up menu click Add Formula, Summary or Parameter.
• Editing and renaming formula, summary and parameter
  
  Select the formula, summary or parameter you want to edit, right click and on the pop-up menu click Edit Formula, Summary or Parameter.
  
  For rename them, just on the pop-up menu, click Rename, and then type a new name in the text field.
• Inserting formula, summary and parameter
  
  Select the object you want to insert, and then drag it to the position in the report.

Toolbars

Standard Toolbar

Standard Toolbar contains the basic features of JReport such as New, Save, Open and Format etc.  Each icon is described below.

• New
  The Open Report dialog is brought up, and then you can create a new report with Report Wizard.
• Open
  List all existing reports under the current catalog.  Browse to select a catalog and open a report.
• Save
  Save your report under its previous name and catalog.
• Print
  Print the current report with the default printer settings.
• Page Setup
  Set the page properties for printing.
• Cut
  Erase an object and place it in the clipboard.
• Copy
  Copy an object and place it in the clipboard.
• Paste
  Paste into your report whatever object was placed in the clipboard.
• Delete
  Delete the selected object.
• Undo and Redo
  The Undo operation (left) will reverse the previous action.  The Redo operation (right) will repeat the previous action.
• Open Data Set
  This icon takes you to the Working Set menu which contains Data, Joins and Conditions tabs.  It is often used to modify your filters after the rough design with Report Wizard.
• Inspector
  Bring out or hide Report Inspector.
• Catalog Browser
  Bring out or hide Catalog Browser.
• Show Invisible Objects
  Display our hide all the invisible objects.
• Style drop down list
  Show style group name for you to select.
• Font Face
  Select a font face for the selected object.
• Font Size
  Specify the font size for the selected object.
• Bold Italic and Underline
  Make the selected object bold, italic or underlined.
• Left, Center, Right, and Justify
  The alignment type. Choose one according to your own requirement.
• Highlight
  Choose the background color for the selected object.
• Font Color
  Choose the foreground color for the selected object.
• Help
  Bring up the help menu.

Edit Toolbar

Edit Toolbar allows you to insert and create objects that you can use to enhance your report.

• Insert DBField 
  Clicking on this icon takes you to the DBFields dialog, where you can create, modify and insert a DBField.
• Insert Formula
  Clicking on this icon takes you to the Formulas dialog, where you can build, modify and insert a formula.
• Insert Summary
  Clicking on this icon takes you to the Summary dialog. Note: you must select a field first to enable the icon.
• Insert Parameter
  Clicking on this icon takes you to the Parameters dialog, where you can create, modify and insert a parameter.
• Insert Special Fields
  The drop-down arrow will display all the available special fields.
• Insert Text
  Insert a text box.
• Insert Chart
  Initiate the Chart dialog to create a chart in a report.
• Insert Barcode
  Initiate the Barcode dialog to create barcode in a report.
• Insert Map
  Initiate the Map dialog to create a map in a report.
• Insert Crosstab
  Initiate the CrossTab dialog to create a Cross Tab in a report.
• Insert Section
  Insert a section.
• Insert Group
  Initiate the Group/Sort dialog  for adding or modifying Groups/Sorts.
• Insert Subreport
  Initiate the Subreport dialog to insert a subreport.
• Insert Line, Insert Box, Insert Arc, Insert Oval, and Insert Roundbox
  Insert various common shapes with the quick launch buttons.
• Insert Label
  Place a label into your report.
• Insert Image
  Place a JPEG or GIF image into your report.

Hot keys

When designing or viewing reports, you may find some reports' contents are so great that they span a large space vertically to be shown in several pages. It's time-consumed for you to move the cursor row by row to design or view your reports. For this situation, we support hot keys in JReport Design mode and View mode.

PageUp
You can scroll contents page up in the current page by pressing this key on your keyboard.

PageDown
You can scroll contents page down in the current page by pressing this key on your keyboard.

Work Area

The work area consists two tabs: Design and View. It is partitioned into different sections: Report Header, Page Header, Group Header, Detail, Group Footer, Page Footer and Report Footer.

See also: User's Guide | Previewing a Report.

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