Layout designer

Reports

You can use the Layout Designer to change and save report templates. You can modify the layout and, to a certain degree, the content of existing cells. New report templates can only be created with the Report Designer .

Any changes are immediately displayed in the preview and in the Report Viewer.

To edit reports using the layout designer.

• You have created a report, which is displayed in the Report Viewer.

1. In the Report Viewer, click Layout Designer.

   The Properties palette and preview are displayed.

2. Select the part of the report template you want to change in one of the following ways:
   • Click the part of the report in the preview.
   • Select the part of the report in the drop-down list box of the Properties palette.
   • Click the part of the report in the tree structure.

     The selected part of the report is highlighted in the preview, and the associated parameters and attributes are displayed in the palette.

3. Change the desired parameters in the Properties palette, and press ENTER to confirm.

   The menus provide the following tools

   • File menu
   • Edit menu
   • View menu
   • Insert menu
   • Window menu
   • '?' menu
4. On the File menu, click Save or Save As and save the modified template as an RDLC file.

   Note: You cannot save modified reports in Allplan's Default folder. Use the Office or Project folder.

Notes on copyright

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Parts of this product were developed using the fyiReporting library of fyiReporting Software LLC.

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