In a Page Report, you can apply more than one layout to a single report by using page tabs. See the walkthrough Overflow Data in Multiple Pages, to learn how to create a report that consists of a first page with a different layout from all subsequent pages.

1. In the Designer, click the gray area around the report page to select a report.
2. In the Properties window, select the Themes property and click the ellipsis (…) button to open the Report - Themes dialog.
3. In the Report - Themes dialog that opens, click the New icon above the list of themes.
4. In the Theme Editor that opens, define the colors and constant expressions for your new theme under the corresponding tabs as follows:

   Theme 1

   Property Name	Property Value	Description
   Text/Background - Light1 (Colors tab)	Default (white)	To set the background color for the theme.
   Name (Constants tab)	Constant1	To define a name for the constant expression to be used within in a theme.
   Value (Constants tab)	Theme1	To associate a value to be used as a constant in the expression.
   Description (Constants tab)	Default Theme	To describe a constant expression.

5. In the Theme Editor, click OK and in the Save As dialog that opens, choose a directory on your local machine and enter the name, Default Theme for your new theme.
6. Click Save to save the theme at the desired location.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 above to add another theme to the report. Define the colors and constant expressions of the theme under the corresponding tabs as follows:

   Theme 2

   Property Name	Property Value	Description
   Text/Background - Light1 (Colors tab)	Yellow	To set the background color for the theme.
   Name (Constants tab)	Constant1	To define a name for the constant expression to be used within in a theme.
   Value (Constants tab)	Theme2	To associate a value to be used as a constant in the expression.
   Description (Constants tab)	Yellow Theme	To describe a constant expression.

In order to apply themes to a report, you need to set the theme as a value of a property. In this walkthrough we set the theme in the BackgroundColor property.

1. In the Report Explorer, select the Page 1 node to open the layout for the first page of the report.
2. In the Properties window, go to the BackgroundColor property and click the arrow to display the drop-down list of values.
3. In the list that appears, go to the Theme button and select Light1.
   

4. In the Report Explorer, select Page 2 node to open the layout for the second page of the report.
5. In the Properties window, go to the BackgroundColor property and click the arrow to display the drop-down list of values.
6. In the list that appears, go to the Theme button and select Light1.
7. From the Visual Studio toolbox, ActiveReports 10 Page Report tab, drag the Textbox control and drop it onto the Page 1 design surface.
8. With this TextBox control selected, set the following properties in the properties window. This is to display a constant value associated with the Theme.

   Property Name	Property Value
   Location	4.4in, 0in
   Size	2.1in, 0.25in
   Value	= Theme.Constants("Constant1") Note: To set this value, enter it in the Value field of the Properties window. You may also use the Expression Editor option that appears when you click the ellipses (...) button adjacent to the Value property.

9. From the Visual Studio toolbox, drag the Textbox control and drop it onto the Page 2 design surface. Set the properties specified in step 8 above in the properties window.

Your layout now contains two themes and a constant expression displaying the theme you are using on the top left corner of the page.

Collation is set to determine the order in which the report pages are rendered when you have multiple themes in the report. In order to define the order, you need to set the CollateBy property.

1. In the Designer, click the gray area around the report page to select the report.
2. In the Properties Window, go to the CollateBy property and select the Simple mode. The report will be rendered in the following way - the report renders all pages with theme 1, then all pages with theme 2.
   

3. In the Properties Window, go to the CollateBy property and select the ValueIndex mode. The report will be rendered by page number. For example, if you have a report with 2 themes, the report renders page 1 for theme 1 and 2, then page 2 for theme 1 and 2, and so on.
   

4. In the Properties Window, go to the CollateBy property and select the Value mode. The report will be rendered by the grouping expression that you specify in the FixedPage dialog. For example, if you have a report comprising of 2 themes with grouping, the report renders group1 (pages 1 and 2 of theme1, then pages 1 and 2 of theme2), then group 2 (pages 1 and 2 of theme1, then pages 1 and 2 of theme2), and so on.
   

• Click the preview tab to view the report.

OR

• See Windows Forms Viewer to display report in the Viewer at runtime.