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In Developer Studio, you can use the Report Painter to set styling options. For more information, see the Creating Reporting Applications With Developer Studio manual. The remainder of this section applies to the browser, unless indicated otherwise.
In the browser, Report Assistant enables you to set various styling options to enhance the look of your report. From Report Assistant, you can set the styling for the font, font style, font size, text color, and text background color for the following report components:
Make your styling selections from the Report Assistant Style dialog boxes. Access the Style dialog boxes, as follows:
Style Dialog Box |
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Styles for Field |
From the Field Options dialog box, select a field and click Field. |
Styles for All Fields |
From the Field Options dialog box, click All Fields. |
Font (Conditional Styling) |
From the Conditional Styling dialog box, define a condition, then click Font. |
Report Style |
From the Report Options tab, click Report Style. |
Note: You can also style Headings and Footings from the Headings tab in Report Assistant. You can use the toolbar to set font properties, text and background color.
Each Style dialog box displays the customizable styling options you can set for that report component and the Style Example dialog box. The Style Example dialog box reflects the current style settings for the report component. As you make your styling selections, Report Assistant creates a style sheet that it applies to the report. A style sheet is a special set of instructions generated by Report Assistant to control the styling of the report.
You can select a predefined WebFOCUS StyleSheet or a Cascading Style Sheet from Report Assistant, instead of applying custom styling. A predefined StyleSheet or a Cascading Style Sheet is a style sheet that a WebFOCUS Administrator creates or imports and stores in a WebFOCUS domain Other Files folder. Any user who then accesses Report Assistant from the domain can apply the style sheet to their report.
You apply a style sheet to a report from the Report Options tab in the Report Assistant. The following image shows the Global report styling section of the Report Options tab. This field contains the Font button, active report Styling button, and the drop-down list boxes Apply an existing WebFOCUS Style Sheet and Apply an existing Cascading Style Sheet.
To apply an existing style sheet to a report, select a style sheet from the drop-down list. The drop-down list includes all style sheet files stored in the domain.
If you apply a predefined style sheet to a report, Report Assistant disables all customizable styling options and does not apply any previous styling selections for the entire report. These settings are not lost. If you decide not to apply the predefined style sheet, Report Assistant restores the report original styling settings and allows you to further customize styling a report.
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