• simplify the creation of reports in the application.
• simplify the layout of reports in the application.
• easily update the application style book.

• directly, like any other report.
• from an existing report.

Creating a report template

1. Create a new report template:
   • Click in the quick access buttons.
   • The new element window appears: click on "Report", then on "Report template".
   • The report editor displays a new report inside a green border named "Report template".
2. Create all the necessary controls. These controls will be included in all reports that use the template.
3. Enter (if necessary):
   • the events associated with the report.
   • the events associated with the different controls of the template.
     These events will be automatically imported into the reports that use the template.
4. Give your template a name ("General" tab of the description window).
5. Save the report template ( or Ctrl + S).
   

Creating a report template from an existing report

1. Open the report that will be used as template.
2. Keep the controls required by the template. These controls will be included in all reports that use the report template.
3. Keep only the code of the events required by the template. These events will be automatically imported into the reports that use the template.
4. Give a name to your report if necessary ("General" tab in the description window).
5. On the "Home" tab, in the "General" group, expand "Save" and select "Save as template".

• its name is preceded by "Template".
• a green border appears around the report in the report editor.
• the report template is displayed in the "Project explorer" pane in the "Report templates" folder.

Creating a new report based on a report template

1. Create a new report:
   • Click in the quick access buttons.
   • The new element window appears: click "Report" then "Report".
   • The report creation wizard starts.
2. Select the type of report to create. Go to the next step of the wizard.
3. Choose your template from the list of available templates.
4. End the wizard and validate. The new report is displayed in the editor.

• in the report template: the modification will be effective for all the reports that use this template.
• in the report by the mechanism for "control override": the modification will be effective for the report only.
  

Applying a template to an existing report

1. Display the report in the report editor.
2. On the "Modification" tab, in the "Templates and skin template" group, expand "Templates" and select "Inherit from a template".
3. Select the report template to apply.
4. Validate.
5. Specify whether the report properties must be updated from the template. If you answer "Yes", the list of properties to override is displayed. In this window, select the properties of the initial report that must be kept. The report template will be automatically overridden for the properties kept. For all the other characteristics, the report will be automatically linked to the template.
6. Validate.

Specific features of blocks

• the code is automatically inherited (in a cumulative way if several templates are used),
• the properties are inherited,
• the block contains the controls found in the template and the ones found in the report.

Remarks

• Several templates can be applied to a report. In this case, the controls in the different templates are included in the report, as well as the events of these templates. The properties of the report (orientation, height of the blocks, ...) can be linked to a single template only.
• Templates do not support style overrides.
• The following elements cannot be used in the templates:
  • arrays,
  • breaks,
  • data sources.

1. Display the report in the report editor.
2. In the context menu of a template element, select "Open template".

1. List the templates associated with the report: on the "Modification" tab, in the "Templates and skin template" group, expand "Templates" and select "List of templates used".
2. Select the desired template and click "Open template".

• from the template: on the "Modification" tab, in the "Templates and skin template" group, expand "Templates" and select "Update associated reports".
• from any report that uses the template, by opening the list of templates used:
  • on the "Modification" tab, in the "Templates and skin template" group, expand "Templates" and select "List of templates used".
  • click the "Update the selected template" button.

1. Open the report template whose test must be run:
   • click its name in the project explorer.
   • from a report that uses the report template (select "Open template" in the context menu of one of the controls for example).
2. Click .

1. Open the requested report in the report editor.
2. On the "Modification" tab, in the "Templates and skin template" group, expand "Templates" and select "List of templates used".

• "Open a template": opens the selected template in the report editor.
• "Update": the controls and the code of the template are updated in the report.
• "Add": adds a template to the current report.
• "Dissociate": the template controls found in the report are dissociated from the template. The template is deleted from the list of templates used but its controls are not deleted from the report.
• "Delete": deletes the template (controls and code) from the report.

1. Open the project description window: on the "Project" tab, in the "Project" group, click "Description".
2. Display the "Options" tab of the project description.
3. Check "Synchronize templates during generation".