Change Page Settings for a Report

In Reporting, each page setting of a report can be specified in one of two ways. They can either be set to use the default printer settings when the report is printed, or use report-specific printer settings.

• Default Printer Settings

  The orientation, margins and paper size can be set to use printer settings instead of the report's settings. This is useful for reports that could be printed in several places with different printers and printer settings.

  In the example below, the page properties in the Property Grid are set the default printer settings and are disabled (displayed as greyed out).

  

• Specify the Report's Page Settings

  Report specific page settings are specified using the Property Grid:

  

  The user can set the page orientation and modify the margins. The margin values are expressed in the report's measurement units. The user can select from the predefined paper sizes (Paper Kind property) or choose Custom and create a paper size, or select one which is already defined for this printer (Paper Name property).

  These settings affect the layout of the report's design area. After their modification, red warning marks might be displayed, indicating that the controls go beyond the page dimensions. These warnings can be switched off by setting the Show Printing Warnings property of the report to No.

  

  To change the measurement units shown in the margins tooltips, customize the report's Measure Units property.

  Measure Units = Hundredths of an Inch

• Modify the Settings in Run Report Window

  The Run Report window toolbar (see Print and Export Reports) has an icon that enables the user to modify the page settings. Clicking this icon displays the Page Setup window, which allows the user to adjust the page layout before printing or exporting, and to select the printer.

  

  The margins can also be set visually by dragging the dashed lines in the Run Report window.