Report Preview
Print (button)
When Reports are printed, they are first displayed on the screen in preview mode. When the Print button is selected, the following screen comes into view.
These arrows make it possible to view the full width and the full height of the page.
Zoom Pct (Zoom Percentage)
Enter the desired percentage of the report to be seen. This is useful in viewing a whole page at a time or viewing a specific area of the report.
First / Previous / Next / Last Page (buttons)
These arrows makes it possible to view the first page, previous page, next page and last page of the entire report respectively.
This button will print only the currently displayed page without bringing up the standard Windows printing dialog box.
This scroll box allows for one page to be printed at a time. In this example page 1 of the 3 pages in the report is selected.
This button will display the standard Windows printing dialog box for printing the previewed report.
Text File Output (toggle button)
Clicking this "T" will create a Text file of this report. For more information, see Data Export.
Enter the number of copies to be printed for this report. Up to 99 can be entered into this box.
Exit Without Printing (button)
This button makes it possible to exit without printing the report.
This button allows for more than one page to be printed at a time. In this example, all the pages in the report will be printed.
This button allows the user to search for a certain word or phrase within the report.
Stay After Printing (toggle button)
This button will keep the report on screen after it has been printed.
Email Report using PDF (toggle button)
This button allows the user to email a pdf document of the current report to any specified email address. To email the report click the Email button and then close the print preview screen, the following window will appear:
Enter the email address(es) of the intended recipient(s), and an optional message. The report has already been converted to a PDF file and attached to the email. Click the Send button to send the email.
Generate PDF File (toggle button)
This button allows the user to generate a pdf document from the displayed report. To create this PDF file, click the Generate PDF button and then close the print preview screen, the following window will appear:
Specify an filename and location for the PDF file that will be generated. Click the Save button and the PDF file will be created and opened using your computer's default PDF reading program.
Export This Report (toggle button)
This button allows the user to export the information from the displayed report and open it using the desired program type. To export the report, click the button and then close the print preview screen, the following window will appear:
Click the desired destination button, the report will be exported to a text file then opened using the selected program. If Save File to Disk is selected, a standard Windows file saving dialog box will be displayed for saving the file to the desired location and filename.
