• Reports and Data Access

The following sections describe how to generate reports:

• Creating Reports explains how to create reports and set their properties
• Using the Report Editor describes how to add text and formatting to the report
• The Report Namespace presents the complete set of runtime objects for Reports

Creating Reports
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This section lets you configure and save the basic properties for a report. Standard content can be added with the report editor. Application users can then run reports.
To create or edit a report:

1. Go to Edit > Reports > Reports.
2. Select a report name, or select the insert row (first row) to create a new report.
3. Enter or select information, as needed.

   Column	Description
   Name	Enter a name for the report. The system lets you know if the name is not valid.
   Padding	Select padding to use when replacing a tag name with its value (field starts with space for the same number of characters as the tag name):

• Compact—Removes any extra characters and displays only they tag value.
  
• PadRight—Puts extra space for each character to the right of the tag value.
  
• PadLeft—Puts extra space for each character to the left of the tag value.|

  SaveFormat

  Select the report format:

• XPS
  
• HTML
  
• Unicode
  
• ASCII
  
• PDF|

  SaveFileName	Enter a string, along with {ObjectProperties}. Use the full path.
  SaveTrigger	Enter with an object property to be the trigger.
  Append	Enter the file to append the report
  Size	Report size configuration.
  EditSecurity	Check the user groups that can edit the report
  Header	Choose another report to be the Header.
  Footer	Choose another report to be the Footer.
  Legacy	Read-only. Show if the report is a legacy.
  Description	Enter a description of this report.
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  To change the report format between "portrait" and "landscape", you need to change it in both NovaPDF (printer used by FactoryStudio) and the target printer.
  Using the Report Editor
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  You create the text, formatting, and values for the report using the text editor.
  To use the text editor:
• Go to Edit > Reports > TextEditor.
• Create the text, tags, and formatting for the report.
• Click Save.
• Configure the report properties for the display dynamics or script that will run the report.

Report Runtime Objects
The namespace Report lists all configured reports.
The most commonly used method of the report is the Save Command:
Report.Report1.SaveCommand()
See http://www.tatsoft.com/help/fs-2014/runtime/index.html for the complete programming reference on runtime objects