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The Report Builder Main Window
When you start Report Builder, the window shown in Figure 2–5 appears.
Figure 2–5: Report Builder Main Window
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Figure 2–6 shows how the Report Builder main window appears with a report definition open.
Figure 2–6: Main Window Showing Report Definition
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The Report Builder main window has the following user-interface elements:
- Title Bar—Displays the report name.
- Menu Bar—Provides access to the menu options. See the "Menu Bar" section for a description of each option.
- Tool Bar—Contains buttons that perform many of the actions available from the menu bar. See the "Tool Bar" section for a complete description of the tool bar and its buttons.
- Format Bar—Provides quick access to fonts, styles, effects, and alignment options.
- Horizontal and Vertical Rulers—Help you align fields and text in a report.
- Band Lines—Control the placement of data in a report. See the "Bands and Band Lines" section for a complete description of the different types of band lines and where they present data.
- Band Line Label—Identify the band line type.
- Band Line Status Area—Indicates whether the band line is a fixed height and whether it prints only when it meets a specified condition. If a band line is a fixed height, up and down arrows appear in the status area. If you specify a condition upon which to print a band line, a question mark appears in the status area.
- Band Area—Identifies the type of each band line on the layout.
- Layout Area—The area where you create a report layout. The report layout is the schematic representation of the report that contains the fields, text, and any lines, rectangles, or images that will appear in the report.
- Status Bar—Displays information about the currently highlighted field.
- Cursor Locator—Identifies the position of the edit cursor in the layout.
- Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bar—Allows scrolling to the components of the band and layout areas.
The following sections describe some of the Report Builder window features in more detail. For more information about any Report Builder feature, see the Progress Report Builder User’s Guide.
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