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User’s Guide


Pasting Images from the Clipboard

Follow these steps to paste an image from the Windows Clipboard into a report:

  1. Copy or cut the image to the Clipboard using an image manipulation tool.
  2. Switch to or start Report Builder.
  3. Position the edit cursor where you want to place the upper-left corner of the image.
  4. Choose Edit Paste Clipboard Image. Report Builder inserts the image at the specified location. You can then move or size the image as necessary.

When you save a report that contains an image pasted from the Clipboard, the Save Report dialog box appears:

This dialog box shows a thumbnail of the image and prompts you to supply a pathname. Report Builder stores the image in the file you specify and saves this information within the report definition. By default, the fill-in field displays the name of the default image file directory (if you specified one in the Default Directories dialog box).

The file extension you specify determines the graphic type of the saved image file. See Table 12–1 for a complete list of supported image types. If you do not specify an extension, Report Builder saves the graphic in .BMP format.

For example, the filename specified in the following dialog box has a .TIF extension. Therefore, Report Builder saves the graphic in TIFF format:

When you retrieve a report with an image, Report Builder looks for the image file first in the current report library directory. If it does not find the file, Report Builder then looks in the directory saved with the report. If the image file is in neither location, Report Builder looks in the default image directory.


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