Template designer description

Overview

Report designer's default look:

Main toolbar - contains basic commands, like save/open reports and formatting buttons to change appearance of the currently selected element.
Print preview button - allows to quickly switch to preview mode and see how your template will be looking using real data from the database.
Toolbox panel - contains elements which can be placed on the design surface.
Design surface - here you build template structure, using bands and controls from the toolbox, which are bound to database fields listed in the field list.
Field list - contains list of database fields which you can use in your template. Please read separate article about navigation in the field list.
Property grid - contains properties of the selected element. Most properties will be never used, while others will be interesting.

The Toolbox contains all available report controls and allows end-users to add them to the report being edited. Report controls can display both static and dynamic information of different kinds (simple or formatted text, pictures, tables, etc.) and adjust a report layout (organize controls within panels, insert page brakes, etc.)

General Content

The following controls are most commonly used to display data in a report.

Icon	Control	Description
	Label	The most basic Label control is intended to display plain text in a report.
	Check Box	The Check Box control displays True/False or Checked/Unchecked/Indeterminate states in a report by displaying (or not) a check mark, which can be accompanied by a text description.
	Rich Text	The Rich Text control displays formatted text in a report.
	Picture Box	The Picture Box displays static or dynamic images of various file formats in a report.
	Table	The Table control is designed to display tabular information in a report.
	Bar Code	The Bar Code control transforms its content into a bar code of the specified type.
	Zip Code	The Zip Code control transforms its content into a zip code.
	Gauge	The Gauge control provides the capability to embed graphical gauges into a report.

Extended Data

The following controls are connected to data individually, without accessing a report's data source.

Icon	Control	Description
	Chart	The Chart control displays a series of points using numerous 2D or 3D chart types.
	Sparkline	The Sparkline control displays a compact chart that is commonly used to reflect the flow of data for every row in a report.
	Pivot Grid	The Pivot Grid control displays dynamic data in a cross-tabulated form.

Report Layout

The following controls allow you to draw shapes in a report and customize the report layout.

Icon	Control	Description
	Panel	The Panel control is a container that frames separate report controls to allow them to be easily moved, copied and pasted, and visually unite them in the report's preview.
	Line	The Line control draws a line of a specified direction, style, width and color.
	Shape	The Shape control draws one of the predefined graphic objects (rectangle, ellipse, etc.)
	Subreport	The Subreport control allows you to include other reports in a current report.
	Page Break	The Page Break control inserts a page delimiter at any point within a report.
	Cross-Band Line	The Cross-band Line control draws a line through several bands.
	Cross-Band Box	The Cross-band Box control draws a rectangle through several bands.

Document Statistics

The dynamic content of the following controls is not obtained from a data source.

Icon	Control	Description
	Page Info	The Page Info control is intended to add page numbers and system information (the current date and time or the current user name) to a report.