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Designer Menu Bar
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Designer Menu Bar
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The designer menu bar is a vertical menu located on the left hand margin of the report. It is used for placing objects on the report, like data bands, so that other information can be displayed in the object. For example, you need to add a data band to the report before you can add data columns from a table.
The following is a list of each menu icon and its description:
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Description |
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Selection |
Standard mode of operation. Mouse cursor selects object(s), modifies their sizes, etc. |
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Hand |
Enables dragging of an entire report page. |
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Zoom |
Allows left-clicking to zoom in (adds 25% if already 25-75%, else adds 100%) or right-clicking to zoom out (subtracts 25% if already 50-100%, else subtracts 100%) holding left mouse button while dragging zooms in to selected area |
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Text editor |
Allows in-place editing of “Text” object. Holding the left mouse button and moving the cursor creates and sizes a new “Text” object and opens its editor. |
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Format copying |
Allows Format copying from one "Text" object to others (select a “Text” object, click the Format mode button, then select Target "Text" objects)
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Band |
An area on a design page which behaves according to its type (Report Header band, Page Header band, Data band, etc.) |
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Text |
Add one or more lines of text within a rectangular area |
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Picture |
Enables you to add picture from a graphic file in “BMP,” “JPEG,” “ICO,” “WMF” or “EMF” formats |
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System Text |
Enables you to add system information (date, time, page number, etc.) or aggregate values |
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Sub Report |
Allows insertion of another report design page within the host page |
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Draw |
Enables you to draw various geometrical shapes (diagonal line, rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, triangle and diamond) |
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Chart |
Enables you to add a chart to display data in various chart formats (pie chart, histogram, etc.) |
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Gradient |
Adds a back ground color gradient. |
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Cross tab |
Adds a cross tabulation report, or table, or rows and columns. |
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DB Cross Tab |
Adds a cross tabulation report, or table, or rows and columns. |
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Rich text |
Adds text in Rich Text Format (RTF) |
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Check box |
Adds a check box with either a check mark or an X |
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Barcode |
Enables you to display data in one of several barcode types |
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OLE |
Enables you to add any object using OLE technology |
