In this step by step tutorial for beginner, you’ll learn about the commonly used components for designing reports and how to create a simple Sales Invoice format.
💎Understanding Report Object Toolbar
The Fast Report Designer represents reports as a collection of schematic pages. Objects are placed anywhere on the report pages and are used to define the report’s appearance and to display various information, such as text and graphics.
💎Understanding Bands
Bands are one of the most important concepts in Fast Report.
✨The Group Header is a grouping header that prints on every page.
✨The Master Data represents the main dataset of the report.
🌟The Detail Data section is used to display all item details.
✨The Group Footer functions as the grouping footer and appears only on the last page.
✨The Page Footer is displayed on every page of the report.
💎Print position, Stop position and Print count
✨ Print Position determines where the Group footer will be printed on the page.
✨ Stop Position defines where printing should stop, detail will stop at the input value.
✨ Print Count specifies how many number of item records inputs should be printed.
💎Creating a Invoice Report
Step 1 : Choose the appropriate report
Step 2: Add a Picture.
Step 3: Add Customer Email Address.
Step 4: Add a Note.
Step 5: Add a Sum of Quantity.
Step 6: Draw a Line for Better Formatting.
Step 7: Center Objects Horizontally in the Band.
Step 8: Align Objects.
Step 9: Save and Preview the Report.
💎 Alignment Toolbar
✨ Align Left aligns the left edges of all selected objects to the first selected object.
✨ Align Middle aligns the horizontal centers of all selected objects to the first selected object.
✨ Align Right aligns the right edges of all selected objects to the first selected object.
✨ Align Top aligns the top edges of all selected objects to the first selected object.
✨ Align Centre aligns the vertical centers of all selected objects to the first selected object.
✨ Align Bottom aligns the bottom edges of all selected objects to the first selected object.
✨ Space Horizontally distributes the selected objects evenly along the horizontal axis.
✨ Space Vertically distributes the selected objects evenly along the vertical axis.
✨ Centre Horizontally centers each selected object individually within its horizontal band.
✨ Centre Vertically centers each selected object individually within its vertical band.
✨ Shrink/Grow Width adjusts the width of all selected objects to match the first selected object.
✨ Shrink/Grow Height adjusts the height of all selected objects to match the first selected object.
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00:00–00:15 Introduction
00:16–02:07 Part 1 : Understanding Report Object Toolbar
02:08–03:10 Part 2 : Understanding Bands
03:11–04:53 Part 3 : Print Position, Stop Position and Print Count
04:54–05:07 Part 4 : Creating a Invoice Report
05:08–05:28 Part 4 – Step 1 : Choose the Appropriate Report
05:29–05:57 Part 4 – Step 2 : Add a Picture
05:58–06:26 Part 4 – Step 3 : Add Customer Email Address
06:27–06:54 Part 4 – Step 4 : Add a Note
06:55–07:20 Part 4 – Step 5 : Add Sum of Quantity
07:21–07:35 Part 4 – Step 6 : Draw a Line for Better Formatting
07:36–08:52 Alignment Toolbar
08:53–09:12 Part 4 – Step 7 : Center Objects Horizontally in the Band
09:13–09:37 Part 4 – Step 8 : Align Objects
09:38–09:54 Part 4 – Step 9 : Save and Preview the Report
