Open Report

This dialog appears when you click File > Open or File > Import > JReport Page Report. It helps you to open a report (page report or web report) or a library component, or import report tabs from existing page reports into current page report.

Open Report dialog

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Catalog

Shows the directory of the default catalog that is being used now. You can also click the Browse button to specify a new one.

Note: If you are going to import report tabs into the current page report, you can only choose from page reports of the same catalog. In this case, the Browse button is disabled.

Reports tab

Specifies one or more reports to open.

List
Clicks to go to the List mode where only the names of the files are displayed.
Details
Clicks to go to the Details mode where the files with detailed information such as name, size, type and last modified time are displayed.
Name
Shows the name of all the reports included in this catalog, based on the type you selected from the Report of Type drop-down list.
Size
Shows the size of the reports.
Type
Shows the type of the reports.
Modified
Shows the time when the reports were modified at the last time.
Report Name
Shows the names of the selected reports.
Report of Type
Specifies the type of the reports.

Recent tab

Lists all the reports that have been opened recently.

Report Name
Shows the names of all the recently opened reports.
Catalog Name
Shows the name of the catalog that the reports are located in.
Report Location
Shows the location of all the reports.

Open

Opens the selected reports and closes the dialog. If a self-contained page report is selected, the Open As dialog will appear, asking you to specify the way in which the report will be opened.

To open consecutive reports, click the first report, press and hold down SHIFT, and then click the last report. Then click the Open button. The last report will be the active report.
To open reports that are not consecutive, press and hold down CTRL, click each report, and then click the Open button. The last selected report will be the active report.

Cancel

Closes the dialog, leaving any changes unsaved.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

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