Add or Change a Label

A label is a piece of text which you can add to the report. This does not change when the final report is previewed or printed, but the text that you specify is always displayed.

 

Adding a label to a report

  1. Select the Images/HOWTO00000013.gif button from the Report Designer Toolbar.
  2. Click the select mouse button on the report design at the position that you wish to place the label. You will be able to move the label later, but ensure that you place it inside the correct band as you will not be able to move it to a different band once you have created it.
  1. The Label Properties window opens. Type the text that you wish to appear on the label in the Label box.
  2. If you wish to change the appearance of the text, select the Font button to open the Font window. You can use this to change the font, font style, font size and text colour. If you wish to change the background colour of the label, select the Color button. The Windows Color window opens.
  3. If you want to rotate the label on the report, enter the required number of degrees in the Rotation spin-edit box.
  4. Use the Alignment drop-down list to indicate whether you wish to align the text with the left or right side of the element's frame or in the centre of it.
  5. If you want the text to automatically move on to a new line if it does not fit the width of the element, tick the Automatic wordwrap tick box.
  6. If you want to size the width of the label's frame automatically, so that it fits just around the text, tick the Autosize width tick box.
  7. If you want to size the height of the label's frame automatically, so that it fits just around the text, tick the Autostretch height tick box.
  8. Select the OK button to close the Label Properties window and place the label on the report.

 

Change a label on a report

  1. Select the label element.
  2. Click the menu mouse button on the selected label.
  3. Select Edit from the pop-up menu. The Label Properties window opens. You can change the text and appearance of the label using the options in this window. See Add a label to a report above.
  4. Select the OK button when you have made your changes. the Label Properties window closes and the label is changed according to the settings you made.

 

Tips

  • To get help on any of the windows in the Report Generator, press the F1key.
  • You can also open the Label Properties window by double-clicking on the label element with the select mouse button.
  • You cannot overwrite any of the pre-designed reports once you have modified them. You can save the modified report under a new name.