Work Window Menu

The work window menu is displayed after you have opened or created a report. This menu contains the options necessary to create spectacular reports.

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Each of the menu options is 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.
Properties, Report	Displays a dialog to allow you to specify options specific to the report.
Properties, ReportPro	Displays the ReportPro Setup dialog where you can specify options that affect how ReportPro operates.
Properties, Printer	Displays the printer's setup dialog where you configure the printer.
Print	Sends the report to the printer.
Print Preview	Sends the report to the print preview.
Print Export	Exports the report to an alternate file format.
Recent Files	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. 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
Undo	Undoes the last editing action.
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.

Section

This menu option displays the Section Configuration dialog window where you can add sections to the report as well as configure your data source(s). This dialog is discussed in detail in a later section.

Order

When selected, the Order menu option displays the Sort Order dialog that allows you to specify the sort order for the currently displayed section.

Group

This menu option displays the Grouping dialog where you specify how data should be grouped in the current section.

Filter

The filter menu option displays ReportPro's expression builder where you specify a filter that restricts the data that is printed by the current section.

Tools

This menu option allows you to select the tools necessary to create a report. Each of the key menu options is identified 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

When selected this menu option 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 Vertically	Positions the open reports in a vertically tiled arrangement.
Tile Horizontally	Positions the open reports in a horizontally 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.

Also See:

Menu System

Shell Menu

Pop-up Menus