Report Preview

Each edit form has options to create reports. The common practice would be to preview it on screen, then if all is as expected print it from there. You can also save to a file. However you can also print a report without preview or export to a text file from the edit screen.

When a report icon is clicked, there may be several different reports available, or perhaps some additional parameters such as sort order, grouping criteria or filter parameters required, so one or more dialogs may appear before the report screen is displayed. eg

The report is displayed in the child area and may be in landscape or portrait orientation.

The toolbar at the top has icons to control zoom, page display and selection and to print or save the report. There are fields to manually select the zoom factor or page number. It also displays the current page number and total number of pages.

The tool bar items that control the report are as follows.

	Zoom in and zoom out You can also enter a zoom % directly into the edit box
	Fit the page so the width of the report fills the screen
	Fit the page so the height of the report fills the screen
	Previous page and Next page You can also type a page number directly into the Page number edit box.
	Print the report – page range and number of copies can be specified
	Save to file – file name and format can be specified Note that RTF format, while editable in word, is not as good a duplication of the on screen or printed report PDF format. The PDF file is not able to be edited but is the best for for sending a report to a thrird party for printing.

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