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Genero Report Designer User Guide
What's new in Genero Report Designer, v 3.00
The Report Design Document
Overview of Genero Report Designer
Genero reports
Launch the Report Designer
The Report Design window
The Report output
Designing a Report
The Report Design window
The work area
The Tool Box view
Placing elements on the report page
Specific positioning or automatic layout
Drag multiple objects
Choose the right container
Choose other report elements
Modify the sizing policy of containers
Changing a report element type
Changing a property value (The Properties view)
Using expressions for property values
Adding report metadata
Adding report data (Data view)
Adding data values and captions
Support for arbitrary XML data sources
Organizing the report structure (the Report Structure view)
The tree structure
Triggers
Place a trigger within the report structure
Page headers and footers
Example report structure
The Printed page
Using page numbers
Using a page number string
Report Design Document metadata
Configuring the output
Design How-To
General design
Align and format numbers
Center elements
Set the paper settings of a report
Force a page break
Switch child and parent nodes
Print headers and footers
Print group totals and report totals
Print totals at the beginning of a report
Print a Layout-dependent reference (InfoNodes)
Specify different first and last pages
Print an invoice page number instead of the physical page number
Design Documents for preprinted forms
Design labels
Design address labels
Modify an object's borders, margins, or padding
Size expressions for bordered boxes
Size expressions that contain the variable max with other components
Use hyperlinks in a report
Some tips for legacy report designers
Backside printing
Debugging your Report Design Document
Working with tables
Add a table to a report
Assign content to a table column
Set the triggers for a table in a report
Merge cells
Add rows or columns
Add headers and footers
Change the width of a table
Change the width of a column
Working with business graphs
Report Writer business graphs
Map Chart
Category Chart
XY Chart
Creating a graph
The data
The design
Custom keys
Output charts as tables
Working with Pivot Tables
What are pivot tables?
Set data types
Runtime configurability
Performance considerations
Sample pivot table reports
Create a static pivot table
Pivot table properties
Arrange your hierarchies
Add a dimension
Add a measure
Pivot table elements and the Structure view
Expressions in properties
Overview
Using the expression language
Using RTL classes
Using the PXML expression language
Substituting 4GL variables for constants
Expression examples
Check a field for a value
Report Designer Reference
Report Design Elements (The Toolbox)
Simple Containers
Propagating Containers (Mini Pages)
Drawables
Word Box and Word Wrap Box
Decimal Format Box
HTML Box
Page Number (PageNoBox)
Image Box
Table
Business Graphs
Map Chart
Map Chart Item
Category Chart
Category Chart Item
XY Chart
XY Chart Item
Pivot Table
Pivot Table Hierarchy Value
Pivot Table Fact
Pivot Table Measure
References
Reference Box
Info Node
Bar Codes
Bar Code Box
Report Element Properties
General Properties
alignment (Alignment)
anchorX (Anchor X)
anchorY (Anchor Y)
baselineType (Baseline Type)
bBorder (Bottom Border)
bgColor (Background Color)
border (Border)
categoryKey (Category Key)
categoryTitle (Categories Title)
check (Check)
class (Class)
clip (Clip)
codeType (Code Type)
codeValue (Code Value)
codeValueExpression (Code Value Expression)
color (Color)
colspan (Column Span)
computeAggregatesInnermostDimension (Compute aggregates on the innermost dimension)
computeAverage (Compute Average)
computeCount (Compute Count)
computeDistinctCount (Compute Distinct Count)
computeMaximum (Compute Maximum)
computeMinimum (Compute Minimum)
computeTotal (Compute Totals)
controlCharacters (Control Characters)
dataSymbolsPerLine (Data Symbols per Line)
displayFactRows (Display Fact Rows)
displayRecurringDimensions (Display Recurring Dimension Values)
displaySelection (Display Selection)
drawAs (Draw As)
drawLabels (Draw Labels)
drawLegend (Draw Legend)
encoding (Encoding)
enumValues (Enum Values)
errorCorrectionDegree (Error Correction Degree)
fidelity (Text Fidelity)
fill (Fill)
floatingBehavior (Floating Behavior)
fontBold (Bold)
fontItalic (Italic)
fontName (Name)
fontSize (Size)
format (Format)
fWidth (Fix Width)
hAlign (Horizontal Alignment)
hidePageHeaderOnLastPage (Hide Page Header On Last Page)
hidePageFooterOnLastPage (Hide Page Footer On Last Page)
hierarchiesInputOrder (Hierarchies input order)
href (href)
hPadding (Horizontal Padding)
hRule (Horizontal Rule)
id (id)
indent (Indent)
intendedResolution (Intended Resolution)
key (Key)
keysTitle (Keys Title)
layoutDirection (Layout Direction)
lBorder (Left Border)
localizeText (Localize Text)
location (Location)
name (Name)
noCheckDigits (Number Check Digits)
noDigits (Number Digits)
noText (Hide Text)
outputOrder (Output Order)
padding (Padding)
pageName (Name)
pageNoOffset (Offset)
pageNoFormat (Format)
preferRectangularSymbols (Prefer Rectangular Symbols)
pWidth (Proportional Width)
rawCodeValue (Raw Code Value)
rBorder (Right Border)
referenceDefault (Default)
referenceName (InfoNode Name)
rule (Rule)
ruleColor (Rule Color)
section (Section)
scaleX (Scale X)
scaleY (Scale Y)
seriesTitle (Series Title)
smartParse (Smart Parse)
sortAscending (Sort Ascending)
sortBy (Sort By)
splitOversizedItem (Split Oversized Items)
strikethrough (Strikethrough)
swapX (Swap X)
text (Text)
textAlignment (Text Alignment)
textExpression (Text Expression)
thinToGapRelation (Thin To Gap Relation)
thinToThickRelation (Thin To Thick Relation)
title (Title)
tBorder (Top Border)
topN (Top N)
trimText (Trim Text)
transformTransparently (Transform transparently)
objectType (Type)
underline (Underline)
URL (Location)
vAlign (Vertical Alignment)
value (Value)
valuesTitle (Values Title)
visibilityCondition (Visibility Condition)
vPadding (Vertical Padding)
vRule (Vertical Rule)
x (X)
xAxisTitle (xAxisTitle)
X-Size (X-Size)
X-Size Adjustment (X-Size Adjustment)
y (Y)
yAxisTitle (yAxisTitle)
Y-Size (Y-Size)
Y-Size Adjustment (Y-Size Adjustment)
Properties related to margins and borders
marginWidth
marginRightWidth
marginBottomWidth
marginLeftWidth
marginTopWidth
borderWidth
borderRightWidth
borderBottomWidth
borderLeftWidth
borderTopWidth
borderStyle
borderRightStyle
borderBottomStyle
borderLeftStyle
borderTopStyle
borderColor
borderRightColor
borderBottomColor
borderLeftColor
borderTopColor
roundedCorners
paddingWidth
paddingRightWidth
paddingBottomWidth
paddingLeftWidth
paddingTopWidth
Properties for Report Document Metadata
title
author
creator
subject
keywords
Bar Codes
Bar Code type listing
Bar Code type details
codabar-2
codabar-18
code-11-matrix
code-128
code-2-5-datalogic
code-2-5-IATA
code-2-5-industrial
code-2-5-interleaved
code-2-5-inverted
code-2-5-matrix
code-BCD-matrix
code-32
code-39
code-39-extended
code-93
code-93-extended
data-matrix
ean-8
ean-13
ean-code-128
ean-data-matrix
ean-supplemental-2
ean-supplemental-5
gs1-8
gs1-13
gs1-code-128
gs1-data-matrix
gs1-supplemental-2
gs1-supplemental-5
intelligent-mail
pdf-417
qr-code
upc-a
upc-e
upc-supplemental-2
upc-supplemental-5
RTL Classes Overview
Dimension Resolver
Unit Names
Paper Format Abbreviations
Customize Report Designer: preferences
RTL Class Reference
The Boolean Class
The Color Class
The Date Class
The Enum Classes
The Alignment Class
The TextAlignment Class
The BaselineType Class
The LayoutDirection Class
The Y-SizeAdjustment Class
The PageNoFormat Class
The TrimText Class
The X-SizeAdjustment Class
FloatingBehavior Class
Section Class
XYChartDrawAs Class
MapChartDrawAs Class
CategoryChartDrawAs Class
CodeType Class
BorderStyles Classes
The FGLNumericVariable Class
The FGLStringVariable Class
The Numeric Class
The Runtime Class
The String Class
Upgrading Genero Report Designer
Upgrading reports from prior versions
Version 3.00
Version 2.50
bar code
4-CB
[1]
4CB
[1]
codabar-18
[1]
codabar-2
[1]
code-128
[1]
code-2-5-datalogic
[1]
code-2-5-IATA
[1]
code-2-5-industrial
[1]
code-2-5-interleaved
[1]
code-2-5-inverted
[1]
code-2-5-matrix
[1]
code-32
[1]
code-39
[1]
code-39-extended
[1]
code-93
[1]
code-93-extended
[1]
code-BCD-matrix
[1]
data-matrix
[1]
ean-13
[1]
ean-8
[1]
ean-code-128
[1]
ean-data-matrix
[1]
ean-supplemental-2
[1]
ean-supplemental-5
[1]
gs1-13
[1]
[2]
gs1-8
[1]
[2]
gs1-code-128
[1]
gs1-data-matrix
[1]
gs1-supplemental-2
[1]
gs1-supplemental-5
[1]
Intelligent Mail
[1]
intelligent-mail
[1]
pdf-417
[1]
qr-code
[1]
upc-a
[1]
upc-e
[1]
upc-supplemental-2
[1]
upc-supplemental-5
[1]
USPS 4-State Customer Barcode
[1]
USPS OneCode Solution
[1]
USPS4CB
[1]
bar code code-11-matrix
[1]
barcode
barcode listing
[1]
basics
OrderReport demo
[1]
configuration
distributed mode
[1]
data source
arbitrary XML input source
[1]
Design a report
Create a graph
[1]
Output charts as tables
[1]
Genero Reporting API
fgl_report_commitCurrentSettings
[1]
fgl_report_configureAutoformatOutput
[1]
fgl_report_configureCompatibilityOutput
[1]
fgl_report_configureDistributedEnvironment
[1]
fgl_report_configureDistributedProcessing
[1]
fgl_report_configureDistributedURLPrefix
[1]
fgl_report_configureHTMLDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configureImageDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configureLabelOutput
[1]
fgl_report_configureLocalization
[1]
fgl_report_configureMultipageOutput
[1]
fgl_report_configureOORTFDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configurePageSize
[1]
fgl_report_configurePDFDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configurePDFFontEmbedding
[1]
fgl_report_configureRTFDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configureSVGDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configureSVGPreview
[1]
fgl_report_configureXLSDevice
[1]
fgl_report_configureXLSXDevice
[1]
fgl_report_createProcessLevelDataFile
[1]
fgl_report_findResourcePath
[1]
fgl_report_getErrorStatus
[1]
fgl_report_loadAndCommit
[1]
fgl_report_loadCurrentSettings
[1]
fgl_report_runFromXML
[1]
fgl_report_runReportFromProcessLevelDataFile
[1]
fgl_report_selectDrive
[1]
fgl_report_selectLogicalPageMapping
[1]
fgl_report_selectPreview
[1]
fgl_report_setAutoformatType
[1]
fgl_report_setBrowserDocumentDirectory
[1]
fgl_report_setBrowserDocumentDirectoryURL
[1]
fgl_report_setBrowserFontDirectory
[1]
fgl_report_setCallbackLocalization
[1]
fgl_report_setDistributedRequestingUserName
[1]
fgl_report_setEnvironment
[1]
fgl_report_setImageShrinkImagesToPageContent
[1]
fgl_report_setImageUsePageNamesAsFileNames
[1]
fgl_report_setOutputFileName
[1]
fgl_report_setPageMargins
[1]
fgl_report_setPageSwappingThreshold
[1]
fgl_report_setPaperMargins
[1]
fgl_report_setPDFImageResolution
[1]
fgl_report_setPDFJPEGImageEncoding
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterChromaticity
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterCopies
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterDestinationUrl
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterFidelity
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterJobImpressions
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterJobMediaSheets
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterJobName
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterJobPriority
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterJobSheets
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterMediaName
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterMediaTray
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterName
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterNumberUp
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterOrientationRequested
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterPageRanges
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterQuality
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterRequestingUserName
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterResolution
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterSheetCollate
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterSides
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterSizeName
[1]
fgl_report_setPrinterWriteToFile
[1]
fgl_report_setProcessLevelDataFile
[1]
fgl_report_setRTFMemoryThreshold
[1]
fgl_report_setSharePortWithGDC
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGCompression
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGCopies
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGOrientationRequested
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGPageRange
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGPaperSource
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGPrinterName
[1]
fgl_report_setSVGSheetCollate
[1]
fgl_report_setXLSMergeCells
[1]
fgl_report_setXLSXMergeCells
[1]
fgl_report_stopGraphicalCompatibilityMode
[1]
listing
[1]
preferences
paper settings
[1]
report writer
[1]
Properties
set expressions
[1]
report designer
switch child and parent
[1]
Report Element Properties
alignment
[1]
Alignment (Geometry)
[1]
Anchor X (Geometry)
[1]
Anchor Y (Geometry)
[1]
anchorX
[1]
anchorY
[1]
author
[1]
Background Color (Color)
[1]
Baseline Type (Layout)
[1]
baselineType
[1]
bBorder
[1]
bgColor
[1]
Bold (Font)
[1]
border
[1]
Border (Table)
[1]
Bottom Border (Table)
[1]
Categories
[1]
Categories Title (Chart)
[1]
Category Key (Items)
[1]
categoryKey
[1]
categoryTitle
[1]
check
[1]
Check (Bar Code)
[1]
class
[1]
Class (Object)
[1]
clip
[1]
Clip (Layout)
[1]
Code Type (Bar Code)
[1]
Code Value (Bar Code)
[1]
Code Value Expression (Bar Code)
[1]
codeType
[1]
codeValue
[1]
codeValueExpression
[1]
color
[1]
Color (Color)
[1]
colspan
[1]
Column Span (Table)
[1]
Compute aggregates on the innermost dimension (Chart)
[1]
Compute Average (Value)
[1]
Compute Count (Value)
[1]
Compute Distinct Count (Value)
[1]
Compute Maximum (Value)
[1]
Compute Minimum (Value)
[1]
Compute Totals (Value)
[1]
computeAggregatesInnermostDimension
[1]
computeAverage
[1]
computeCount
[1]
computeDistinctCount
[1]
computeMaximum
[1]
computeMinimum
[1]
computeTotal
[1]
Control Characters (Bar Code)
[1]
controlCharacters
[1]
creator
[1]
Data Symbols per Line (Bar Code)
[1]
dataSymbolsPerLine
[1]
dateType
[1]
Default (Reference)
[1]
Display Fact Rows (Chart)
[1]
Display Recurring Dimension Values (Chart)
[1]
Display Selection (Chart)
[1]
displayFactRows
[1]
displayRecurringDimensions
[1]
displaySelection
[1]
Draw As (Chart)
[1]
Draw Labels (Chart)
[1]
Draw Legend (Chart)
[1]
drawAs
[1]
drawLabels
[1]
drawLegend
[1]
encoding
[1]
Encoding (Bar Code)
[1]
Enum Values (Value)
[1]
enumValues
[1]
Error Correction Degree (Bar Code)
[1]
errorCorrectionDegree
[1]
fidelity
[1]
fill
[1]
Fill (Image)
[1]
Fix Width (Table)
[1]
Floating Behavior (Layout)
[1]
floatingBehavior
[1]
fontBold
[1]
fontItalic
[1]
fontName
[1]
fontSize
[1]
format
[1]
Format (Page Number)
[1]
Format (Value)
[1]
fWidth
[1]
general properties
[1]
hAligh
[1]
Hide Page Footer On Last Page (Mini Page)
[1]
Hide Page Header On Last Page (Mini Page)
[1]
Hide Text (Bar Code)
[1]
hidePageFooterOnLastPage
[1]
hidePageHeaderOnLastPage
[1]
Hierarchies input order (Chart)
[1]
hierarchiesInputOrder
[1]
Horizontal Alignment (Table)
[1]
Horizontal Padding (Table)
[1]
Horizontal Rule (Table)
[1]
hPadding
[1]
href
[1]
href (Hyperlink)
[1]
hRule
[1]
id
[1]
id (Hyperlink)
[1]
indent
[1]
Indent (Text)
[1]
InfoNode Name (Reference)
[1]
Intended Resolution (Image)
[1]
intendedResolution
[1]
Italic (Font)
[1]
key
[1]
Key (Items)
[1]
Keys Title (Chart)
[1]
keysTitle
[1]
keywords
[1]
Layout Direction (Orientation)
[1]
layoutDirection
[1]
lBorder
[1]
Left Border (Table)
[1]
Localize Text (Text)
[1]
localizeText
[1]
location
[1]
Location (Image)
[1]
[2]
margins and borders properties
[1]
name
[1]
Name (Font)
[1]
Name (Object)
[1]
Name (Page Number)
[1]
noCheckDigits
[1]
noDigits
[1]
noText
[1]
Number Check Digits (Bar Code)
[1]
Number Digits (Bar Code)
[1]
objectType
[1]
Offset (Page Number)
[1]
Output Order (Chart)
[1]
outputOrder
[1]
padding
[1]
Padding (Table)
[1]
pageName
[1]
pageNoFormat
[1]
pageNoOffset
[1]
Prefer Rectangular Symbols (Bar Code)
[1]
preferRectangularSymbols
[1]
Proportional Width (Table)
[1]
pWidth
[1]
Raw Code Value (Bar Code)
[1]
rawCodeValue
[1]
rBorder
[1]
referenceDefault
[1]
referenceName
[1]
report document metadata properties
[1]
Right Border (Table)
[1]
rule
[1]
Rule (Table)
[1]
Rule Color (Table)
[1]
ruleColor
[1]
Scale X (Geometry)
[1]
Scale Y (Geometry)
[1]
scaleX
[1]
scaleY
[1]
section
[1]
Section (Layout)
[1]
Series Title (Items)
[1]
seriesTitle
[1]
Size (Font)
[1]
Smart Parse (Bar Code)
[1]
smartParse
[1]
Sort Ascending (Chart)
[1]
Sort By (Chart)
[1]
sortAscending
[1]
sortBy
[1]
Split Oversized Items (Mini Page)
[1]
splitOversizedItem
[1]
strikethrough
[1]
Strikethrough (Font)
[1]
subject
[1]
Swap X (Orientation)
[1]
swapX
[1]
tBorder
[1]
text
[1]
Text (Text)
[1]
Text Alignment (Text)
[1]
Text Expression (Text)
[1]
Text Fidelity (Font)
[1]
textAlignment
[1]
textExpression
[1]
Thin To Gap Relation (Bar Code)
[1]
Thin To Thick Relation (Bar Code)
[1]
thinToGapRelation
[1]
thinToThickRelation
[1]
title
[1]
title (general property)
[1]
Title (Metadata)
[1]
Top Border (Table)
[1]
Top N (Chart)
[1]
topN
[1]
Transform transparently (Orientation)
[1]
transformTransparently
[1]
Trim Text (Text)
[1]
trimText
[1]
Type (Object)
[1]
underline
[1]
Underline (Font)
[1]
URL
[1]
vAlign
[1]
value
[1]
Value (Miscellaneous)
[1]
Values Title (Chart)
[1]
valuesTitle
[1]
Vertical Alignment (Table)
[1]
Vertical Padding
[1]
Vertical Rule (Table)
[1]
Visibility Condition (Object)
[1]
visibilityCondition
[1]
vPadding
[1]
vRule
[1]
x
[1]
X (Geometry)
[1]
X-Size
[1]
X-Size (Geometry)
[1]
X-Size Adjustment
[1]
X-Size Adjustment (Geometry)
[1]
xAxisTitle
[1]
xAxisTitle (Chart)
[1]
y
[1]
Y (Geometry)
[1]
Y-Size
[1]
Y-Size (Geometry)
[1]
Y-Size Adjustment
[1]
Y-Size Adjustment (Geometry)
[1]
yAxisTitle
[1]
yAxisTitle (Chart)
[1]
RTL Class Reference
Alignment class
[1]
BaselineType class
[1]
Boolean class
[1]
BorderStyles class
[1]
CategoryChartDrawAs class
[1]
CodeType class
[1]
Color class
[1]
Date class
[1]
Enum class
[1]
FGLNumericVariable class
[1]
FGLStringVariable class
[1]
FloatingBehavior class
[1]
LayoutDirection class
[1]
MapChartDrawAs class
[1]
Numeric class
[1]
Overview
[1]
PageNoFormat class
[1]
Runtime class
[1]
Section class
[1]
String class
[1]
TextAlignment class
[1]
TrimText class
[1]
X-SizeAdjustment class
[1]
XYChartDrawAs class
[1]
Y-SizeAdjustment class
[1]
strings
displaying in report
[1]
Tool Box objects
Bar Code Box
[1]
bar codes
[1]
business graphs
[1]
[2]
Category Chart
[1]
[2]
Categpry Chart Item
[1]
Decimal Format Box
[1]
drawables
[1]
HTML Box
[1]
Image Box
[1]
Info Node
[1]
Map Chart
[1]
[2]
Map Chart Item
[1]
Mini Pages
[1]
Page Number (PageNoBox)
[1]
Pivot Table
[1]
Pivot Table Fact
[1]
Pivot Table Hierarchy Value
[1]
Pivot Table Measure
[1]
Pivot Table sample reports
[1]
Pivot Tables
[1]
Pivot Tables data types
[1]
Pivot Tables definition
[1]
Pivot Tables performance considerations
[1]
Pivot Tables runtime configuration
[1]
Pivot Tables, create
[1]
propagating containers
[1]
Reference Box
[1]
references
[1]
simple containers
[1]
Table
[1]
Word Box
[1]
Word Wrap Box
[1]
XY Chart
[1]
[2]
XY Chart Item
[1]
upgrade report design documents
gsreport command-line utility
[1]