Options
Environment options
To work with environment options, choose Options | Environment Options... menu.
General
Close dataset after report formatting
When previewing, printing or exporting report, the database connection is required only for formatting stage. So, use this option to release database resources after formatting. But when you are developing report and need to test it very often, it is recommended not to set this option for better performance.
Backup template before saving
Make backup copy of the report template with ~DTT extension before its saving.
Automatically check for new version
Allow the application to automatically check for existing of newer Reportizer version. Internet connection is required.
Online Help
Use the online documentation (recommended) instead of the local documentation file (internet connection is required). Alternatively, you can do the following:
- download the Reportizer documentation file from Reportizer website and place it into the application folder;
- install free VLS Doc Reader application from the VLSoftware.net;
- turn this option off.
Note: When you turn this option off, you will need to update the local file from time to time to keep it up-to-date, for example, when new software version is published.
Maximum repository count
Maximum number of repositories in the list of registered report repositories. When the list of repositories reaches the maximum count of repositories, then each new added repository will replace the oldest repository in the list.
Maximum database count
Maximum number of databases in the list of registered databases. When the list of databases reaches the maximum count of databases, then each new added database will replace the oldest database in the list.
View
Integrated preview
Show report preview inside main window instead of the the separate window. This option is also available under View menu.
Preview integrated in main form
Preview in the separate window
Report List
These options affect the view of the report list of the main window. Some of them are also available under View menu.
Show file extensions
Show report files extensions (.dtt or .stt).
Show icons
Show report files icons.
Multi-line descriptions
Show report description with word wrapping if it does not fit the grid cell.
Show full descriptions in grid
Show full report description, if it does not fit the grid cell and if Multi-line descriptions is on. With this option turned off, the description can be shown partially if it is to large.
Row color for dynamic reports
Row color for dynamic reports (.dtt) in the grid.
Row color for static reports
Row color for static reports (.stt) in the grid.
Tables
These options affect the view of the tables in the application.
Column headers font
Font for column headers of the tables.
Tool Buttons
These options affect the view of the buttons on toolbars.
Show hints
Show button description when hovering the mouse over the button.
Flat
Show buttons in so called "flat" look.
Transparent
Show buttons partially transparent.
Reports
Always show warnings
Show warnings before every report preview (if any). Warnings can signal potential issues with reports, so suppressing them are not recommended.
Report creating settings
These options are applied to the report when it is created.
Author
Default author for new reports. You can overwrite it anyway in Report Builder.
Report changing settings
These options are applied to the report when it is changed during the editing.
Changed by
Default modifier of the reports when editing them. You can overwrite it anyway in Report Builder.
Confirmations
Creating schema for text table
Ask to create the schema, when you use a text or CSV table as your report data source, but there is no schema describing the file format and table fields yet. When you confirm, a new dialog appears where you can describe the schema.
Editor Options
These are options for configuring code editors like SQL editors, report text editor, or expressions editor. Access them by choosing Options | Editor Options... menu.
Customizing syntax highlighting
On the Font and color pane, choose the color scheme: Auto, Light or Dark.
Then specify the common background color and common font for the chosen scheme.
Below, in the left part of the window, select the code element to customize, for example, comment or number. Then, in the color palette to the right, specify foreground color for the selected item by left mouse click, and background color by right mouse click. FG here stands for foreground, and BG stands for background. If you need more colors, find them in the drop-down lists to the right. Below the color picker, specify font attributes for the selected item.
In the very bottom, see how the code looks with specified attributes.
Code writing
On the Code writing pane, choose needed options for helping in writing code or make it more convenient:
Show line numbers
Turn on/off showing line numbers in code editors.
Highlight active line
Turn on/off highlighting active line code editors. Active line is a line with cursor.
SQL completion
Display drop-down lists of SQL keywords, table and field names.
Table names completion
Display drop-down lists of table names from report database. This option require database connection.
Field names completion
Display drop-down lists pf field names after you type period after typing table or table alias name. This option require database connection.
Convert keyword case
Automatically change SQL keywords to uppercase after finishing typing a word.
Smart highlighting
On the Smart highlighting pane, configure smart highlighting of code elements whose text matches the text of the selected fragment:
Enabled
Turn the whole feature on/off.
Case sensitive
Use case sensitivity when searching for matching elements. In case sensitive search, big and small letters (uppercase and lowercase) are treated as different.
Whole words only
Search for whole words only when matching elements.
Font color
Foreground (font) color for found elements.
Background color
Background color for found elements.
Other
These options are available under Options menu.
Disable Report Editing
Disable editing, creating, renaming and deleting reports. You can set up a password protection to prevent unauthorized access to report editing. This option is useful, when the application is used by several people and only some of them have permissions to create or edit reports.
Printer Setup
Default printer settings for the current session.
Language
Choose the application interface language.