Add Frames or Borders to a Report
Add a Visible Frame to a Single Element or Band
You can make the frame around an element or band visible, so that it appears as a border.
- Click the Reports button on the main frame tool-bar to open the Report Generator. Select the report that you want to modify from the list then select the Modify option. Select the OK button.
- Select the element.
- Click the
button on the Report Designer toolbar to open the Frame window.
- Tick the relevant tick boxes to indicate if you wish the Top, Bottom, Left and/or Right lines of the frame to be visible.
- Select the width of the lines using the Width spin-edit box. This is measured in pixels. The default colour of the lines is black. If you wish to change this, select the Color...; button and choose a new colour from the standard Color window.
- Select the OK button to close the Frame window and display the frame according to the settings you have made.
Add a Visible Frame to the Report Page
You can also make the frame that defines the area of the report page visible. This has the effect of drawing a border around each page of the report.
- In the Report Designer, select Report Options...; from the View menu to open the Report Page Setup window.
- Select the Frame & Columns page.
- In the Frame section of the page, tick the relevant tick boxes to indicate if you wish the Top, Bottom, Left and/or Right lines of the frame to be visible.
- Select the width of the lines using the Width spin-edit box. This is measured in pixels.
- The default colour of the lines is black. If you wish to change this, select the Color...; button and choose a new colour from the standard Color window.
- You can also choose a style for the visible lines of the frame. They can be solid, dotted, dashed or a combination. Select the style that you want to use from the Style drop-down list.
- Select the OK button to close the Report Page Setup window and display the frame according to the settings you have made.
Tips
- To get help on any of the windows in the Report Generator, press the F1 key.
- You can also open the Report Page Setup window by clicking the menu mouse button on there report design, outside any report elements. Select Report Options from the pop-up menu.
- You cannot overwrite any of the pre-designed reports once you have modified them. You can save the modified report under a new name.
- you can add a visible frame to more than one element simultaneously by selecting multiple elements instead of a single one
- If you wish to change the size of the border, resize the frame.