The Report Settings Dialog
With ActiveReports, you can modify facets of your report, such as the page setup, printer settings, styles, and global settings of your report at design time, as well as at run time. To make changes at design time, access the Report Settings dialog by selecting Report > Settings from the toolbar menu.
Alternatively, you can right-click the "Settings" node located within the Report Explorer and select "Show."
The Page Setup Pane
By clicking the Page Setup button, you can make changes to the report margins (left, right, top, and bottom), specify a gutter, and select the Mirror margins option within the Page Setup pane.
By setting a gutter and selecting Mirror margins, you can easily set up reports for publishing purposes. When you select Mirror margins, the inner margins in the report are set for opposite pages to be the same width and the outside margins for opposite pages to be the same width. Specifying a gutter gives extra space between the edge of the page and the margins. This allows reports to be bound.
The Printer Settings Pane
By clicking the Printer Settings button, you can make changes to the printer paper size and orientation within the Printer Settings pane. You can set a custom paper size by selecting "Custom Size" from the options listed in the "Paper Size" combo box. Once you have selected this option, you can set a specific height and width.
The Printer Settings dialog also lets the user choose the type of collation to use, whether or not the report should be printed in duplex, and the location of the paper source.
The Styles Pane
By clicking the Styles button, changes can be made to the appearance of text associated with controls within the Styles pane, either by applying an existing style sheet, creating and applying a new style sheet, or by modifying and applying an existing style.
The Global Settings Pane
By clicking the Global Settings button, changes can be made to the design surface within the Global Settings pane, including showing or hiding the grid, setting the controls to align to the grid, setting the number of columns or rows on the grid, and changing the ruler units to inches or centimeters.
In addition, you can set the number of Pages that will display within the Preview Tab of the ActiveReports Designer. The minimum value is "1" and the maximum value is "10000."
