Chapter 4. Report Template Designer Manual

The Kugar Report Designer allows to interactivelly create and modify report templates, place report sections and section items onto a report.

Kugar Report Designer is a WYSIWYG application. Report page size defines the report dimensions on the screen. At the present moment, the scale is set to 100% automatically and can not be changed.

Every report template may contain following report sections:

Report sections may contain following report items:

Report sections and items can be placed onto the report template by using menus or toolbars.

Every element, such as report template, report section or an item has it's own properties. Those properties define geometrical, textual and any other parameters. Every time the element placed, a set of default properties applied. For an example, when Label is placed, it's Text property value is set to “Text”.

To change properties, use Report Item Options dialog. That dialog can be called by right mouse button click on an item or with a Edit Properties button in the Edit Toolbar. See screenshot below (properties for a Field item):

To delete an item, middle mouse button click on it or use Delete button in the Edit Toolbar.


New Report dialog

The Kugar Report Designer menu reference

File->New (Ctrl+N)

Bring the New Report dialog to create a new report template.

As seen on the screenshot, report page size, orientation and margins must be set before the report created.


New Report dialog
File->Open (Ctrl+O)

Open the previously saved report template.

File->Open Recent

Open the report template from list of recently opened templates.

File->Save (Ctrl+S)

Save the current report template into a text file in XML™ format.

File->Save As

Save the current report template into a file and give it another name.

File->Close (Ctrl+W)

Close the current report template.

File->Print (Ctrl+P)

Print the current report template as text in XML format.

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Quit the program.

Edit->Clear Selection

Cancel any edit action, so no properties will be edited or items deleted.

Edit->Edit Properties

Edit properties of the selected item.

Edit->Delete

Delete the selected item.

Sections->Report Header

Place the Report Header section onto the report template.

Sections->Page Header

Place the Page Header section onto the report template.

Sections->Detail Header

Place the Detail Header section onto the report template.

Before placing the section, the Add Detail Header dialog will be shown to specify the detail level. Detail header will be added to the detail section of given level.


Add Detail Header dialog
Sections->Detail

Place the Detail section onto the report template.

Before placing the section, the Add Detail dialog will be shown to specify the detail level.


Add Detail dialog
Sections->Detail Footer

Place the Detail Footer section onto the report template.

Before placing the section, the Add Detail Footer dialog will be shown to specify the detail level. Detail footer will be added to the detail section of given level.


Add Detail Footer dialog
Sections->Page Footer

Place the Page Footer section onto the report template.

Sections->Report Footer

Place the Report Footer section onto the report template.

Items->Clear Selection

Clear item selection, so no report item will be added to the section.

Items->Label

Place the Label element onto the section.

Items->Field

Place the Field element onto the section.

Items->Calculated Field

Place the Calculated Field element onto the section.

Items->Special Field

Place the Special Field element onto the section.

Items->Line

Place the Line element onto the section.