Report Designer

From 6b7adb2854a39160441e26550a712f7df7384459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens-Heiner Rechtien Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:16:41 +0000 Subject: INTEGRATION: CWS rpt23fix01 (1.2.4); FILE MERGED 2007/07/16 11:36:27 ufi 1.2.4.1: name changed to Builder --- .../text/shared/explorer/database/rep_datetime.xhp | 6 ++-- .../text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp | 36 +++++++++++----------- .../shared/explorer/database/rep_pagenumbers.xhp | 6 ++-- .../text/shared/explorer/database/rep_sort.xhp | 6 ++-- 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_datetime.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_datetime.xhp index 9c137ce1b3..705df2f068 100644 --- a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_datetime.xhp +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_datetime.xhp @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ * * $RCSfile: rep_datetime.xhp,v $fileonly,v $ * - * $Revision: 1.2 $ + * $Revision: 1.3 $ * - * last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2007-07-06 09:35:30 $ + * last change: $Author: hr $ $Date: 2007-08-02 14:15:35 $ * * The Contents of this file are made available subject to * the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Date and Time -You can open the Date and Time dialog of the Report Designer by choosing Insert - Date and Time. +You can open the Date and Time dialog of the Report Builder by choosing Insert - Date and Time. Press Shift-F1 and point with the mouse at an input box to see a help text for this input box. Enable Include Date to insert a date field into the active area of the report. The date field displays the current date when the report is executed. diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp index 28cf574f98..58d175e2d0 100644 --- a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ * * $RCSfile: rep_main.xhp,v $fileonly,v $ * - * $Revision: 1.2 $ + * $Revision: 1.3 $ * - * last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2007-07-06 09:36:01 $ + * last change: $Author: hr $ $Date: 2007-08-02 14:15:48 $ * * The Contents of this file are made available subject to * the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1. @@ -41,30 +41,30 @@ -Report Designer +Report Builder /text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp -Report Designer +Report Builder -Report Designer +Report Builder -The Report Designer is a tool to create your own database reports. Unlike with the Report Wizard, using the Report Designer you can take control to design the report the way you want. The generated report is a Writer document that you can edit, too. -To use the Report Designer, the Report Designer extension must be installed.how? filename? is it installed by default in 2.3 / 2.4? -To open the Report Designer +The Report Builder is a tool to create your own database reports. Unlike with the Report Wizard, using the Report Builder you can take control to design the report the way you want. The generated report is a Writer document that you can edit, too. +To use the Report Builder, the Report Builder extension must be installed.how? filename? is it installed by default in 2.3 / 2.4? +To open the Report Builder Open a Base file or create a new database. The database must contain at least one table with at least one data field and a primary key field. Click the Reports icon in the Base window, then choose Create Report in Design View. -The Report Designer window opens. +The Report Builder window opens. -The Report Designer is divided into three parts. On the top you see the menu, with the toolbars below. +The Report Builder is divided into three parts. On the top you see the menu, with the toolbars below. On the right you see the Properties window with the property values of the currently selected object. -The left part of the Report Designer window shows the Report Design view. The Report Design view is initially divided into three sections, from top to bottom: +The left part of the Report Builder window shows the Report Builder view. The Report Builder view is initially divided into three sections, from top to bottom: @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Page Footer - drag control fields with fixed text into the Page Footer area -To insert an additional Report Header and Report Footer area choose Edit - Insert Report Header/Footer. These areas contain text that appears at the start and end of the whole report.id="par_id2685323" l10n="NEW"If you want a multi-column report, choose Format - Page, click the Columns tab, and set the number of columns. Now you can also specify a Column Header and Column Footer in the Report Design view.column header/footerClick the "-" icon in front of an area name to collapse that area to one line in the Report Design view. The "-" icon changes to a "+" icon, and you can click this to expand the area again. +To insert an additional Report Header and Report Footer area choose Edit - Insert Report Header/Footer. These areas contain text that appears at the start and end of the whole report.id="par_id2685323" l10n="NEW"If you want a multi-column report, choose Format - Page, click the Columns tab, and set the number of columns. Now you can also specify a Column Header and Column Footer in the Report Builder view.column header/footerClick the "-" icon in front of an area name to collapse that area to one line in the Report Builder view. The "-" icon changes to a "+" icon, and you can click this to expand the area again. You insert database fields by drag-and-drop into the Detail area. See the section "To insert fields into the report" below. In addition, you can click the Label Field or Text Box icon in the toolbar, then drag a rectangle in the Page Header or Page Footer area, to define a text that is the same on all pages. You enter the text in the Label box of the corresponding Properties window. You can also add graphics by using the Graphics icon. To connect the report to a database table @@ -130,17 +130,17 @@ A Writer document opens and shows the report you have created, which contains all values of the database table which you have insert. If the database contents did change, execute the report again to update the result report.automatic? message? To edit a report -First decide if you want to edit the generated report, which is a static Writer document, or if you want to edit the Report Design view and then generate a new report based on the new design. +First decide if you want to edit the generated report, which is a static Writer document, or if you want to edit the Report Builder view and then generate a new report based on the new design. The Writer document is opened read-only. To edit the Writer document, click Edit File show on the Standard toolbar.saved automatically with the Base file? -If you want to edit the Report Design, you can change some of its properties. +If you want to edit the Report Builder, you can change some of its properties. Click in the Details area. Then in the Properties window, change some properties, for example the background color. After finishing, click the Execute Report icon to create a new report. -If you close the Report Designer, you will be asked if the report should be saved. Click Yes, give the report a name, and click OK.report part of Base file? +If you close the Report Builder, you will be asked if the report should be saved. Click Yes, give the report a name, and click OK.report part of Base file? Sorting the report Without sorting or grouping, the records will be inserted into the report in the order in which they are retrieved from the database. -Open the Report Design view and click the Sorting and Grouping icon show in the toolbar. You see the Sorting and Grouping dialog. +Open the Report Builder view and click the Sorting and Grouping icon show in the toolbar. You see the Sorting and Grouping dialog. In the Groups box, click the field which you want as the first sort field, and set the Sorting property.what meaning has the order of fields / move up down button? @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Grouping -Open the Report Design view and click the Sorting and Grouping icon show in the toolbar. You see the Sorting and Grouping dialog. +Open the Report Builder view and click the Sorting and Grouping icon show in the toolbar. You see the Sorting and Grouping dialog. In the Groups box, open the Group Header list box and select to show a group header. @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Execute the report. The report shows the grouped records. -If you like to sort and group, open the Report Design view, then open the Sorting and Grouping dialog. Select to show a Group Header for the fields that you want to group, and select to hide the Group Header for the fields that you want to be sorted. Close the Sorting and Grouping window and execute the report. +If you like to sort and group, open the Report Builder view, then open the Sorting and Grouping dialog. Select to show a Group Header for the fields that you want to group, and select to hide the Group Header for the fields that you want to be sorted. Close the Sorting and Grouping window and execute the report. Updating and printing your data When you insert some new data or edit data in the table, a new report will show the updated data. Click the Reports icon and double-click your last saved report. A new Writer document will be created which shows the new data. diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_pagenumbers.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_pagenumbers.xhp index edd913de91..0a1a467139 100644 --- a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_pagenumbers.xhp +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_pagenumbers.xhp @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ * * $RCSfile: rep_pagenumbers.xhp,v $fileonly,v $ * - * $Revision: 1.2 $ + * $Revision: 1.3 $ * - * last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2007-07-06 09:36:37 $ + * last change: $Author: hr $ $Date: 2007-08-02 14:16:17 $ * * The Contents of this file are made available subject to * the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Page Numbers -You can open the Page Numbers dialog of the Report Designer by choosing Insert - Page Numbers. +You can open the Page Numbers dialog of the Report Builder by choosing Insert - Page Numbers. Press Shift-F1 and point with the mouse at an input box to see a help text for this input box. Page N Page N of M diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_sort.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_sort.xhp index 81746c838f..ea9d220257 100644 --- a/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_sort.xhp +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_sort.xhp @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ * * $RCSfile: rep_sort.xhp,v $fileonly,v $ * - * $Revision: 1.2 $ + * $Revision: 1.3 $ * - * last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2007-07-06 09:37:19 $ + * last change: $Author: hr $ $Date: 2007-08-02 14:16:41 $ * * The Contents of this file are made available subject to * the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@

Sorting and Grouping -In the Sorting and Grouping dialog of Report Design, you can define the fields that should be sorted in your report, and the fields that should be kept together to form a group. If you group your report by a certain field, all records with the same value of that field will be kept together in one group. +In the Sorting and Grouping dialog of Report Builder, you can define the fields that should be sorted in your report, and the fields that should be kept together to form a group. If you group your report by a certain field, all records with the same value of that field will be kept together in one group.

The Groups box shows the fields in an order from top to bottom. You can select any field, then click the Move Up or Move Down button to move this field up or down in the list. The sorting and grouping will be applied in the order of the list from top to bottom. -- cgit