General operations

After having opened a report in JReport Viewer, you can do the following general operations:

Managing report tabs
A page report can include one or more report tabs. The Go To drop-down list on the toolbar panel or the tabs across the top of the report lists the display names of all the open report tabs in the current report. Clicking the display name of an inactive report tab will make it active. You can manage report tabs in a page report easily as follows:

Opening and closing a report tab
In a page report, a report tab can be shown or not. To close (hide) the active report tab, click Menu > File > Close Report Tab . If there are one or more report tabs open other than the active report tab, the close action will hide the active report tab; in the case that the active report tab is the only report tab open, the close action will prompt you whether or not to close the report.
To open (show) a hidden report tab, click Menu > File > Open (or the Open button on the Standard toolbar) to display the Open Report Tabs dialog, in which the report tabs open in the current report are marked with a check symbol. Check the report tabs you want to open, uncheck the ones you want to close, and then click OK.
Renaming a report tab
To rename a report tab, first activate it, then click Menu > File > Rename Report Tab. In the Rename Current Report Tab dialog, specify a new display name for the report tab.
Deleting a report tab
To delete a report tab, first activate it, then click Menu > File > Delete Report Tab. The only report tab open cannot be deleted.

Note: A JReport Live license for JReport Server is required in order to delete report tabs. If you do not have a Live license please contact your Jinfonet Software account manager to obtain a license.

Tip: If the administrator has specified to switch report tabs using tabs in the DHTML preferences page, you can easily activate a report tab in a report by clicking the tab representing the report tab on the report tab bar, and closing, renaming and deleting a report tab can also be accomplished by right-clicking the report tab and choosing the corresponding command from the shortcut menu.

Turning the report pages
If a report tab includes more than one page, to turn between the report pages, you can

Click the First Page button , Previous Page button , Next Page button , or Last Page button on the View toolbar.
Input a number into the page box and press Enter to go to that page.
Click Menu > View > Turn To and then click the corresponding command on the submenu.
Use the scrollbar or mouse wheel to scroll up/down the report tab.

Refreshing the report result
To fetch the data of the current report again, you can click Menu > View > Refresh.

Changing the report parameter values
If there are parameters in the current report, you can change the parameter values at runtime. To do this:

Click Menu > Report > Change Parameters to display the Report Parameters dialog. See the dialog.
Specify the value for each parameter. For how to specify the value, refer to Report Parameters dialog.
Click OK to run the report with the specified parameter values.

You can also use parameter web controls to dynamically change the parameter values of a report at runtime. For details, see Applying web controls.

Undoing/redoing actions
You can undo or redo some actions by clicking Menu > Edit > Undo or Redo (or the Undo button

or Redo button

on the Standard toolbar).

Configuring JReport Viewer features
The JReport Administration page provides default settings for you to use JReport Viewer features, and controls whether the settings on the JReport Console page can be configured. A user playing the "administrator" role may change the settings in the JReport Administration page so as to enable or disable some features. Then you can configure JReport Viewer preferences on the JReport Console page, that is, you can decide whether or not to enable the features which have been enabled on the JReport Administration page. After you have made changes to JReport Viewer settings on the JReport Console page and saved them, JReport Viewer features available for you will be consistent with your new settings on the JReport Console page. For details, see Customize Profile.

Setting JReport Viewer options
JReport Viewer allows you to set the skin and customize toolbars. To do this:

Click Menu > View > Options (or right-click anywhere on the toolbar area and select Options from the shortcut menu).
In the Option tab, set the skin of JReport Viewer user interface.
In the Customize tab,
- To modify a toolbar, select it in the Current Toolbar box, remove those unnecessary items from the Selected Tools box, and add required tools from the Available Tools box. Click or to adjust the order of the tools on the toolbar.
- To add a toolbar, click to show the New Toolbar Name dialog, then specify the toolbar name, click OK to return to the Options dialog, and set the tools for the new toolbar.
- To delete a toolbar, select it and click .
To load the default settings, including the skin, and the three built-in toolbars, namely Standard, View, and Analysis, click the Restore Defaults button.
Click OK to apply the settings.

Tip: To close a toolbar, right-click anywhere on the toolbar area, then on the shortcut menu, select the item corresponding to the toolbar name. You can also do this to open an invisible toolbar, such as a newly-created one. The open/close toolbar operation can also be achieved by clicking the corresponding item on the Toolbar submenu of the View menu.

Showing/hiding user information
The User Information bar shows the current user name, catalog path and name, and report path and name. You can click Menu > View > User Information Bar to show or hide the bar.

Tip: Administrators can make this bar open by default. To do this, log onto the JReport Administration page, click Profile on the system toolbar and select Customize Profile from the drop-down menu. Go to the DHTML > Properties > Default tab, and then check the User Information Bar option.

Showing/hiding editing marks
In JReport Viewer, you can use editing marks (dashed outlines of objects) for purposes such as aligning, moving and resizing. By default, the editing marks are shown only when you create a new blank report in JReport Viewer. You can click Menu > View > Editing Marks to switch the status of the editing marks as required.

Tuning report page magnification
You can zoom in or out the report page by selecting a magnification from the Zoom list

on the View toolbar. You can also click Menu > View > Zoom to show the Zoom dialog, and then specify the magnification.

Asking for help
At any time, you can click Menu > Help > User's Guide to open the index page of JReport Viewer User's Guide. Furthermore, you can click the Help button in any dialog to show the help about the dialog. You can also use the Help menu to open the User's Guide and access Jinfonet Software website for more information.

Setting up the page
To set up the report page, click Menu > File > Page Setup. In the Page Properties dialog, specify the page type, the orientation, and the margins as required.

Printing the report result
You can print the report result to a PDF/HTML file. To do this, click Menu > File > Printable Version (or the Printable Version button

on the Standard toolbar). In the Printable Version dialog, specify the settings as required and then click OK. The PDF/HTML result file will be opened in an associated program with which you can print the result to a printer.

Exiting the report
If you want to close the current report and release the resources, just click Menu > File > Exit (or the Exit button

which is always on the upper right corner of the JReport Viewer window, or the close button of the browser window). Closing the only report tab open will also prompt you whether or not to close the report. In case that you have modified the report without saving it, JReport Viewer will prompt you to save the report. If you have changed the sort and/or filter criteria, you can check Sort and/or Filter in this dialog to save these changes with the report. Click Yes to save the report and close the report.