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A Page Report, allows you to create a layout at design time on a single page tab and apply it to the entire report. Designing a layout in this format gives you the advantage of creating a layout that appears exactly the same at design time and run time. This walkthrough illustrates how to create a report that contains a single layout and preview it.

This walkthrough is split into the following activities:

Adding an ActiveReport to a Visual Studio project
Connecting to a the data source
Adding a dataset
Creating a layout
Viewing the report

Note:

This walkthrough uses the DVDStock table from the Reels database. By default, in ActiveReports, the Reels.mdb file is located at [User Documents folder]\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 12\Samples\Data\Reels.mdb.
Although this walkthrough uses Page reports, you can also implement this using RDL reports.

When you complete this walkthrough you get a layout that looks similar to the following at design time and at run time.

Design-Time Layout

Notice that the run time report layout below is similar to the one you see at design time except for the data which you see at run time or when you preview the report.

Run-Time Layout

In the Report Explorer, right-click the data source node and select the Add Data Set option or select Data Set from the Add button.
In the DataSet Dialog that appears, select the General page and enter the name of the dataset as DVDList. This name appears as a child node to the data source icon in the Report Explorer.

On the Query page of this dialog, in the Query field enter the following SQL query.

SQL Query	Copy Code
Select * from dvdstock

Click the Validate DataSet icon at the top right hand corner above the Query box to validate the query.
Click OK to close the dialog. Your data set and queried fields appear as nodes in the Report Explorer.

In the Visual Studio toolbox, go to the ActiveReports 12 Page Report tab and drag a TextBox control onto the design surface.

Select the TextBox control and go to the Properties window to set the following properties.

Property Name	Property Value
Location	0.25in, 0.5in
BackgroundColor	Khaki
Color	Maroon
Font	Normal, Arial, 16pt, Bold
Size	6in, 0.5in
TextAlign	Center
Value	DVD STOCK

From the Visual Studio toolbox, drag a Table data region and place it on the design surface.

Select the Table and go to the Properties window to set the following properties.

Property Name	Property Value
Location	0.25in, 1in
BackgroundColor	Khaki
FixedSize	6in, 7.5in
RepeatHeaderOnNewPage	True
Size	6in, 0.75in

In the Table data region, place your mouse over the cells of the table details row to display the field selection adorner.

Click the adorner to show a list of available fields from the DataSet and add the following fields to the cells of the table details row.

Cell	Field
Left Cell	Title
Middle Cell	InStock
Right Cell	StorePrice

This automatically places an expression in the details row and simultaneously places a static label in the header row of the same column.

Tip: You can also directly drag fields from the Report Explorer onto the textbox cells of the Table data region.

Select the columns of the Table and set their Width property as follows:

Cell	Field
Left Cell	2.5in
Middle Cell	1.75in
Right Cell	1.75in

Select the following table rows and go to the Properties window to set their following properties.

Row	Properties
Table Header	BorderStyle: Solid Color: Maroon Font: Normal, Arial, 12pt, Bold TextAlign: Left
Table Details	BorderStyle: Solid Font: Normal, Arial, 10pt, Bold TextAlign: Left