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ReportForm Configuration

You create the text, formatting, and values by using the text editorintegrated ReportForms Editor. To create or edit a report:

1. Go toReports → / Forms.
2. Select a report Form name or select the insert row (first row) to create a new reportForm.
3. Enter or select information in the Form’s row, as needed.

Report Configuration Properties
Field	Description
Name	Enter a name for the report. The system allows you to know if the name is not valid.
Padding	Select padding when replacing a tag name with its value (the field for a tag will have the same number of spaces as the tag name is long).  Compact - Removes any extra characters and displays only the tag value. PadRight - Puts extra space for each character to the right of the tag value. PadLeft - Puts extra space for each character to the left of the tag value.
SaveFormat	Select the report format: XPS HTML Unicode ASCII PDF
SaveFileName	Enter a string and {ObjectProperties}. Use the full path.
SaveTrigger	Enter an object property that will be the trigger.
Append	Enter the file to append the report
Size	Report size configuration.
EditSecurity	Check what user groups can edit the report
Header	Choose another report to be the Header.
Footer	Choose another report to be the Footer.
Legacy	Read-only. Show if the report is a legacy.
Description	Enter a description of this report.

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To change the report format between “portrait” and “landscape”, you need to change it in both NovaPDF (printer used by our Platform ) and the target printer.

You can edit the contents of the ReportForm in the Reports Forms Editor.

Visualizing Reports in Runtime

To visualize the reports created from a ReportForm at runtime is straightforward.

When using Windows WPF clients, you can use the following visualization controls. 

• PdfViewer Control
• ReportViewer Control

When using Web HTML5, or portable displays, you can use the following visualization control:

• PdfViewer Control

Properties Reference

ReportForms Configuration table

Properties Reference

Property	Description
ID	Identifies the unique identifier assigned.
VersionID	Specifies the version number.
Name	Indicates the name assigned for identification.
Padding	Determines space around content: 'Compact' for no extra characters, 'PadRight' for extra space to the right, 'PadLeft' for extra space to the left.
SaveFormat	Sets the file format for saving the document: 'Text', 'HTML', 'Unicode', 'ASCII' or '

ASCII

PDF'.
SaveFileName	Specifies the full path and filename for saving the document.
SaveTrigger	Sets an object property to trigger the save action.
Append	Specifies the file

where

to which the document will be appended.
Header	Selects another document to serve as the header.
Footer	Selects another document to serve as the footer.

Size

Length	Configures the size of the document.
EditSecurity	Checks which user groups have edit permissions for the document.
Legacy	Indicates if the document is a legacy version (read-only).
Level	Determines the access level required for interaction.
Category	Organizes the document into a management category.
LockState	Shows the current lock status of the document for editing or changes.
LockOwner	Identifies the user who has locked the document for exclusive editing.
DateCreated	Records the date and time of the document's creation.
DateModified	Records the date and time the document was last modified.
Description	Provides a summary or explanation of the document's content.

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