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Open Report Dialog Box

You can use the Open Report dialog box to open the saved reports, or import report tabs from another report into the current page report. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Open Report dialog box when you navigate to File > Open or File > Import > Page Report.

Open Report dialog box

Designer displays these options:

Catalog

This option shows the directory of the current catalog that you are using now. You can also select Browse to specify another catalog.

Note icon If you are going to import report tabs into the current page report, you can only choose from reports in the same catalog. In this case, Designer disables the Browse button.

Reports tab

This tab lists all the reports that you have saved in the specified catalog, based on the type you select from the Report of Type drop-down list. Select one or more reports to open, or one report to import report tabs from it into the current report.

  • List icon
    Select to lists the reports in the List mode in which Designer only displays the names of the files.
  • Details icon
    Select to lists the reports in the Details mode in which Designer displays the files with detailed information such as name, size, type, and last modified time.
  • Name
    This column shows the name of all the reports that you have saved in this catalog, based on the type you select from the Report of Type drop-down list.
  • Size
    This column shows the size of the reports.
  • Type
    This column shows the type of the reports.
  • Modified
    This column shows the time when you modified the reports the last time.
  • Report Name
    This option shows the names of the selected reports.
  • Report of Type
    Select the type of the reports.

Recent tab

This tab lists the reports that you have opened recently. Select one or more reports to open, or one report to import report tabs from it into the current report.

  • Report Name
    This column shows the names of the reports.
  • Catalog Name
    This column shows the name of the catalog file that the reports use with its full path.
  • Report Location
    This column shows the location where you have saved the reports.

Open

  • Select to open the specified reports and close the dialog box if you are using the dialog box for opening reports. When you select a self-contained page report, Designer prompts you to specify the way to open the report.
  • Select to open the Select Report Tab dialog box to select the report tabs in the specified report which you want to import into the current report, if you are using the Open Report dialog box for importing report tabs.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

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