Design/View area

The Design/View area, or report-designing window, comprises of the following parts:

Title bar

The title bar shows the filename of the report set, and three buttons for you to minimize, maximize and close the active report set.

Design tab

The Design tab is a WYSIWYG area for laying out your report. You can make use of rulers, grids and guidelines to position objects.

View tab

The View tab is for previewing the report layout and result. In this tab there is a toolbar which consists of the following buttons:

• First Page
  Displays the first page of the report.
• Previous Page
  Displays the previous page of the report.
• Next Page
  Displays the next page of the report.
• Last Page
  Displays the last page of the report.
• Toc
  Shows the table of contents.
• Refresh Data
  Updates any changes you created in your data.

  Note: After some modifications in design mode, you will find that view mode does not make the changes and the report is shown very quickly. This means you will need to use this button to re-run your report.

• Refetch Data
  Re-fetches data to re-run the report.
• Stop
  Click this button if you want JReport to stop generating the report.
• Back
  Navigates to the last view.
• Forward
  Navigates forward.
• Drag Tool
  Drags the page up and down.
  
  Click this button, and place your mouse pointer on any blank area of the report. When the mouse pointer becomes a small hand, you can drag the page.
• Zoom In Tool
  Enlarges the page.
• Zoom Out Tool
  Click to view the page in a smaller size.

Report tab bar

The report tab bar is for switching among reports in a report set. It also provides a shortcut menu that allows you to rename, duplicate, or remove a report. For details, see Managing reports in a report set.