WINDEV Concepts

50 Part 1: Main concepts Report templates Most organizations use a standardized appearance and layout for their print jobs: date in the upper- right corner in a specific format, page footer with print time and file name, logo in the upper-left corner, etc. Report templates are used to easily standardize report layouts. View of a report template in the report editor. Template used in different reports. Elements from the template are identified by a yellow square. Overridden template elements are identified by a blue square. A report template can be created: • via the icon in the quick access buttons. In the "New" window, click "Report", and then "Report template". • from the current report (on the "Home" tab, in the "General" group, expand "Save" and select "Save as a template"). To create a report based on a template, select the template that will be used when creating the report. The characteristics of the elements can be dissociated from the template. For example, dissociate the position of a control from the template to move it elsewhere while keeping other changes (code, style, etc.). This is referred to as inheritance . In this case, the elements are identified by a blue square.