Report Template Designer Manual
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Chapter 4. Report Template Designer Manual

Alexander Dymo

Phil Thompson

Kugar Report Designer allows interactive creation and modification of report templates, and placement of report sections and section items onto a report.

Kugar Report Designer is a WYSIWYG application. Report page size defines the report dimensions on the screen. At the present moment, the scale is set to 100% automatically and cannot be changed.

Every report template may contain the following report sections:

Report sections may contain the following report items:

Report sections and items can be placed onto the report template by using menus or toolbars.

Every element, such as a report template, a report section or an item has its own properties. These properties define geometrical, textual and any other parameters. Every time an element is placed, a set of default properties is applied. For example, when Label is placed, its Text property value is set to “Text”.

To change properties, use the Report Item Options dialog. This dialog can be called by right mouse button clicking on an item or with an Edit Properties button in the Edit Toolbar. See screenshot below (properties for a Field item):

To delete an item, middle mouse button click on it or use the Delete button in the Edit Toolbar.


New Report dialog

The Kugar Report Designer menu reference

File->New (Ctrl+N)

Bring up the New Report dialog to create a new report template.

As seen on the screenshot, the report page size, orientation and margins must be set before the report can be created.


New Report dialog
File->Open... (Ctrl+O)

Open the previously saved report template.

File->Open Recent

Display a list of recently opened templates. Select a file to open it.

File->Save (Ctrl+S)

Save the current report template into a text file in XML format.

File->Save As...

Save the current report template into a file and give it another name.

File->Close (Ctrl+W)

Close the current report template.

File->Print (Ctrl+P)

Print... the current report template as text in XML format.

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Quit the program.

Edit->Clear Selection

Cancel any edit action, so no properties will be edited or items deleted.

Edit->Edit Properties

Edit properties of the selected item.

Edit->Delete

Delete the selected item.

Sections->Report Header

Place the Report Header section onto the report template.

Sections->Page Header

Place the Page Header section onto the report template.

Sections->Detail Header

Place the Detail Header section onto the report template.

Before placing the section, the Add Detail Header dialog will be shown to specify the detail level. The Detail header will be added to the detail section of the given level.


Add Detail Header dialog
Sections->Detail

Place the Detail section onto the report template.

Before placing the section, the Add Detail dialog will be shown to specify the detail level.


Add Detail dialog
Sections->Detail Footer

Place the Detail Footer section onto the report template.

Before placing the section, the Add Detail Footer dialog will be shown to specify the detail level. The Detail footer will be added to the detail section of the given level.


Add Detail Footer dialog
Sections->Page Footer

Place the Page Footer section onto the report template.

Sections->Report Footer

Place the Report Footer section onto the report template.

Items->Clear Selection

Clear item selection, so no report item will be added to the section.

Items->Label

Place the Label element onto the section.

Items->Field

Place the Field element onto the section.

Items->Calculated Field

Place the Calculated Field element onto the section.

Items->Special Field

Place the Special Field element onto the section.

Items->Line

Place the Line element onto the section.

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