Concepts

This section introduces you to the basic structure and concepts behind ActiveReports 6 to enable you to efficiently create reports.

This section contains information about:

Report Structure: ActiveReports are arranged in bands similar to those found in Access reports. This topic describes each type of section and how it may be used.
Report and Page Settings: Find out how to access printer setup, page settings, styles, and global report settings at design time or run time.
KeepTogether Options: There are several ways that you can work with ActiveReports to keep section data together. Learn about all of them here.
Date, Time, and Number Formatting: Learn about built-in and customizable formatting for date, time, currency, and other numeric values.
BarCodes: Learn to format the many barcode styles included with the BarCode control.
Parameters: ActiveReports allows you to specify parameters for simple reports and subreports, in SQL statements, or at run time. This topic explains the various methods.
Layout Files: Report layouts can be saved to different file formats. Find out which one is best for you.
Scripting: In order to save custom code along with an rpx report layout file, you must use scripts. Here you will find a number of important concepts about scripting.
Export Filters: ActiveReports export filters can do a lot, but each format has inherent limitations. This topic explains them so that you can avoid the frustration of trying to do the impossible.
Charts: The ActiveReports chart control allows you to create many types of charts, including XY and financial charts. In this section, you can find information on each of these chart types, as well as on different ways to add data, and on customizing the appearance of charts.
RichText: Learn how the RichText control works, and which HTML tags are supported.
Grouping Data: Find out how grouping works in ActiveReports, and what special options help you to control groupings.
Multiple Groupings: Learn about nesting groups, and how to manage multiple groups.
Subreports: Find out when and how to use subreports.
Report Events: Learn about the intelligent, multi-threaded, single-pass processing used in ActiveReports.
Section Events: Each section in an ActiveReport has three events. Learn what you can and cannot do within these events.
Sequence of Events: Sometimes the order in which report events fire can affect the way in which your reports run. This topic helps you to understand what determines the sequence in which they fire.
Unbound Reporting: Learn which events you can use to set up unbound reporting, and copy some code samples to get started quickly.
Optimizing ActiveReports: If you run very large reports, there are several ways that you can make them run more quickly and use less memory.
CacheToDisk and Resource Storage: If you run very large reports, and are considering whether to use CacheToDisk to use less memory, here is insight into what goes on behind the scenes to help you with your decision.
Section 508 Compliance: Learn about accessibility support in ActiveReports components.
Localization: Find out how you can localize the viewer control and other ActiveReports controls.
Designer Control (Pro Edition): The designer control allows you to offer your end users the features you enjoy with ActiveReports, customized to your specifications.