The second menu you'll encounter on ReportPro's menu bar is displayed after you have opened or created a report. This is the work window menu. It contains the options necessary to create spectacular reports.
Each of the menu options are identified below.
File
The work window File menu is very similar to the shell window File menu. It contains the options necessary to create, open and save a report, but it also contains options to configure and print the report.
Menu Option |
Description |
New, Standard Report |
Creates a standard report. |
New, Label Report |
Creates a columnar or label report. |
New, Cross-Tab Report |
Creates a cross tab report. |
New, Standard Report Wizard |
Launches the standard report wizard. |
New, Label Wizard |
Launches the label report wizard. |
New, Cross-Tab Wizard |
Launches the cross-tab report wizard. |
Open |
Opens an existing ReportPro report. |
Save |
Saves the opened report. |
Save As |
Saves the open report with a different name. |
Close |
Closes the report. |
Setup, Report |
Displays a dialog to allow you to specify options specific to the report. |
Setup, Section |
Add, delete and configure sections, tables and SQL queries. |
Setup, Printer |
Displays the printer's setup dialog where you configure the printer. |
Setup, ReportPro |
Displays the ReportPro Setup dialog where you can specify options that affect how ReportPro operates. |
Sends the report to the printer. |
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Print Preview |
Sends the report to the print preview. |
1 - 5 (Last used reports) |
Allows you to quickly access the most recently used reports. |
Exit |
Terminates ReportPro. |
Edit
ReportPro provides a wealth of editing features to aid in the development of reports. This section focuses on the Edit menu option and the features available in the Edit pull-down menu.
You will notice that some of these options are not always available. This is because the availability of the editing features depends on the status of objects in the work window. For example, the Copy option is not available if there are no selected objects in the work window and the Paste command is not available if there are no objects in the clipboard.
The following table identifies each editing command.
Menu Option |
Description |
Cut |
Deletes the selected report objects and places them in ReportPro's clipboard. The Cut objects can later be Pasted into one of ReportPro's work windows. |
Copy |
Copies the selected report objects (without deleting them) into ReportPro's clipboard. These Copied objects can later be Pasted into one of ReportPro's work windows |
Paste |
Pastes objects that were either Cut or Copied into the current work window. |
Delete |
Deletes the selected objects without placing them in ReportPro's clipboard. |
Bring to Front |
Brings the selected objects to the front of the Z-order. The Z-order determines which objects lie on top of other objects. An object "in front" will lie on top of all other objects in the same band. |
Send to Back |
Sends the selected objects to the back of the Z-order. A "sent to back" object will lie behind all other objects in the same band. |
Center Objects |
Centers the selected objects horizontally in the report. Note that when more than one object is selected the rectangle that bounds all of the selected objects is centered and the position of each object is adjusted relative to the movement of the bounding rectangle. |
Select All |
Selects all objects in the current work window. |
Set Font |
Sets the font for all selected objects. For example, if you wish to change the font of all field and text objects on a report, you would click the Select All menu option and then click the Set Font option. |
Order
This menu option does not have a sub menu. When selected, it displays the Sort Order dialog for the currently displayed section. This menu option is a short cut for accessing the Section Sort Order pop-up menu option in the Setup Sections dialog.
Group
This menu option does not have a sub menu. When selected it displays the Grouping dialog where you specify how data should be grouped for the current section.
Filter
This menu option does not have a sub menu. When selected it displays the Expression Builder to allow you to specify a filter for the current section.
This menu option is a short cut for accessing the Section Filter pop-up menu option in the Setup Sections dialog.
Tools
This menu option allows you to select the tools necessary to create a report. Each of the key menu options is identified in the table below.
Menu Option |
Description |
Drawing Tools |
Displays another menu listing ReportPro's drawing tools. |
Grid |
Toggles the display of the design grid. The resolution of the design grid is set using the Report Setup dialog window and works in conjunction with the Snap To Grid feature (having the design grid displayed does not necessarily mean that your drawing will snap to it). |
Snap |
Toggles the snap to grid feature of the design grid. When ON all drawing will snap to the resolution of the design grid. |
Proof Mode |
Toggles the proof mode. When a report is in the proof mode, object shadows are displayed in the work window otherwise they are hidden. |
Field Wizard |
Displays the Field Wizard. |
Object Inspector |
Displays the Object Inspector. |
Variables
This menu option does not have a sub menu. When selected it displays the Variables dialog where you can define variables.
Windows
This menu option is provided to allow you to easily arrange and select open reports.
Menu Option |
Description |
Cascade |
Positions the open reports in a cascaded arrangement. |
Tile |
Positions the open reports in a tiled arrangement. |
1 - N (open reports) |
The lower portion of the menu displays a list of the open reports. You can give focus to a report by selecting it from this list. |
Help
The Help menu allows you to access ReportPro's help system. The help system provides detailed information about ReportPro.
Menu Option |
Function |
Index |
Displays the ReportPro help file index |
Using Help |
Displays help on how to use the windows help system |
About |
Displays the ReportPro About dialog. |
Table of contents
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Index
- Copyright
- Installation
- Getting Help
- ReportPro's Design Interface
- ReportPro's Menu System
- ReportPro's Shell Menu
- ReportPro's Work Window Menu
- ReportPro's Pop-up Menus
- ReportPro's Expression Builder
- Building Expressions
- Creating a Report
- Creating a Standard Report
- Creating a Label Report
- Creating a Cross-Tab Report
- Using an ODBC Data Source
- Report Wizards
- Standard Report Wizard
- Label Report Wizard
- Cross-Tab Report Wizard
- Opening a Report
- Saving a Report
- Configuring ReportPro
- Configuring a Report
- Configuring Sections
- Configuring Local Tables
- Configuring SQL Sources
- Configuring the Printer
- Bands
- Configuring Bands
- Drawing Tools
- Configuring Report Objects
- Align
- Set Size/Position
- Background Style
- Border Style
- Print When
- Shadowing
- Line Style
- Auto Size
- Font
- Text Align
- Field Style
- Picture Style
- Field Wizard
- Object Inspector
- Grouping
- Variables
- Print Preview
- Printing
- Abs()
- AddressBlk()
- Alltrim()
- Asc()
- At()
- AtNoCase()
- AtLineNum()
- AtLineNoCase()
- CDOW()
- Ceiling()
- Chr()
- CMonth()
- Cosine()
- Cotangent()
- CTOD()
- Day()
- Descend()
- DOW()
- DTOC()
- DTOS()
- ElapsedTime()
- Empty()
- GroupMembers()
- HardCR()
- HoursBetween()
- iif()
- Integer()
- IsAlpha()
- IsBetween()
- IsDigit()
- IsLower()
- IsUpper()
- Left()
- Len()
- Log()
- Lower()
- LTrim()
- Max()
- MakeDate()
- MakeTime()
- MemoLine()
- MemoTran()
- Min()
- MLCount()
- Modulus()
- MinutesBetween()
- Month()
- Num2CDOW()
- Num2CMonth()
- NumTrim()
- OccursIn()
- Pad()
- Power()
- PgCount()
- PgNo()
- Properize()
- Rand()
- RAt()
- Replicate()
- Right()
- Round()
- RpEOF()
- RpSQLCol()
- Sec2Days()
- Sine()
- Space()
- SqRt()
- Str()
- StrTran()
- Stuff()
- SubStr()
- Tangent()
- Time()
- Today()
- Trim()
- Upper()
- Val()
- Year()
- LightLib
- Database Drivers
- Appendices