i-net Designer Options

You can open this category of the dialog "Designer Options" with the menu item "Options | General...".

Visible Components

This category allows you to change preferences of the visual design.

• Default Unit
  Choose your favorite unit for length measurement.
• Grid Distance
  Defines the distance between two grid points. You can change the value to your preferred setting.
  If you want to use a none quadratic grid just click on the lock button and enter a different value for grid y distance. This will allow you to create a grid for reports with a specific adjustment distance, which may differ for rows and columns. Click again on the lock button and the grid will switch back to a usual quadratic grid.
• Show Grid
  The grid can help you to gauge the position of your report elements.
• Snap To Grid
  When enabled the components you move/resize will snap to the grid (even if it is not shown). This allows for easier positioning.
• Use Threshold When Moving/Resizing
  Normally, even minor changes of the position will move/resize the component you have selected. If you want to lock the components to their current position you should enable this option. With this option a move/resize operation will only be started if you move the mouse over a longer distance.
• Generate labels for inserted fields
  For each field dragged from the field browser into a detail section a label (text object) will be added to a visible header section above.
• Show hatching for suppressed sections
  Here you can define where the hatching for suppressed sections will be shown. There are three values:
  • on editor page: which means that the suppress lines will be drawn in the editor page all over the section
  • on section label: which means that the lines will be drawn on the left side beneath the editor page where the names of the sections are shown
  • don't show hatching: which means that no lines will be drawn.
• Possible undo steps
  The undo list per report will be limited to the given amount. Please note that if you increase the number of undo points the memory usage of the i-net Designer will also increase.
• Show welcome page at startup
  The welcome page will be displayed at startup if this option is enabled.
• Allow open and save of the report as folder report
  Enables or disables the ability to export a report into a folder structure rather than the default i-net Clear Reports .rpt format (which is a zipped structure with XML files).
• Default Author
  The default author will be used as author for new reports.
  You can see the author of an report in the Document Properties, category "Summary".

Virtual Permissions

This category allows you to change the permission settings.

• User Name
  A user name for testing the security features configured in the category "Permissions" of the i-net Clear Reports configuration manager.
  Also, it can be used to try out the formula function: WebUserName.
• User Roles
  A comma separated list of role names for testing the security features configured in the category "Permissions" of the i-net Clear Reports configuration manager.
  Also, it can be used to try out the formula function: IsWebUserInRole.

Extra

This category allows you to change miscellaneous options.

• Hide system tables
  With this option you can filter the database objects by enabling/disabling system tables to be shown.
• Look & Feel
  If you don't like the standard look and feel of i-net Designer, you can choose another one here. 
• Default Syntax for new Formulas
  With this option you can set the default syntax for newly created formulas. A new formula will be initialized with this syntax. 
• Default Null Behavior for new Formulas
  With this option you can set the default null behavior for newly created formulas. A new formula will be initialized with this null behavior. 

Warnings

The Warnings tab allows you to set whether warnings will be shown or not.

• Save Imported Report as XML
  If you import a different File Format you will get a warning when you try to save it, because the new file may not be readable by the original application, i.e. the application in which the report was designed in the first place. 
• Datasource Unknown
  You get a warning if the report was designed with a datasource which is not known by i-net Designer. It is impossible to execute such a report or to add tables to it, but you can view and change the visual design. 
• Datasource Not Reachable
  The data source you have chosen is not available. It is impossible to execute such a report or to add tables to it, but you can view and change the visual design. 
• Datasource Has Changed
  The structure of the underlying datasource has changed. Sometimes the changes can be ignored, but in most cases you will have to adapt the report design to reflect the changes. 
• Changes Have Not Been Saved
  Show a warning if there are changes which have not been saved and will be lost unless you save them. 
• File Is Going To Be Overwritten
  The file you have chosen already exists. Please use another file name unless you want to substitute the old file with a new one.

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