Report Controls

A Report Control is an element showing information in a report (for example, static or bound text, line, picture, check box, ).

Available Controls

The following controls are available in the Toolbox panel:

• Label

• Check Box

• Rich Text

• Picture Box

• Panel

• Table (including Table Row and Table Cell)

• Line

• Shape

• Bar Code

• Zip Code

• Chart

• Pivot Grid

• Page Info

• Page Break

• Cross-band Line

• Cross-band Box

• Project Info

Add Controls to a Report

1. To create a control, drag it from the Toolbox panel onto the report's area.

   

2. To automatically create a control bound to data, drag a field from the Field List panel, and drop it onto a report's surface.

   When dropping a field onto an existing control, this control will be bound to the data field.

   

   A field is dragged with the right mouse button, when the button is released the context menu is displayed.

3. Use this menu to specify which control should be created.

   

   For further information on data binding for report controls, refer to Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Elements to Data).

   Note: When the controls overlap, the report may be shown incorrectly when exported to HTML, XLS, XLSX or RTF formats. Red markings and a tooltip indicate this situation. The red warning marks may be switched off using the report's Show Export Warnings property.

   

Useful Key Combinations

To change a control's size and position, the following key combinations can be used: