Add or modify static information in a report

Reports display static and dynamic information. Dynamic information is something that changes through a report, such as values from a database (actual report data) or service information (such as current user name or page numbers). Static information is text or images that does not change through the report, and does not depend on the current state on the computer. Information can be printed once (as in a report header), can repeat on each page (as in a page header), or can repeat with every entry in your report (as in a label describing data).

To change static information in a report

  1. Locate the desired report element in the designer and invoke the element's Smart tag.
  2. Click the link or button in the Smart tag to edit content for the element.
    Text elements, such as labels and rich text boxes, also allow in-place editing of their content. Just double-click the element to activate the editor. If you're working with rich text, you can use Formatting Toolbar.

To add information to a report

To add information to your report, you need to use an appropriate element from the Control Toolbox, such as a Label, Rich Text Box or Picture Box. Once an element has been placed at the appropriate position, specify its content using the Smart tag. For instance, the steps in this procedure describe how to add a rich text box into your report.
  1. Drop the Rich Text control from the Reoirt Designer Toolbox onto the onto the Detail band.
    For more details, see Report bands.
  2. Select the resulting control and click its Smart tag.
  3. In the invoked actions list, click the Load File link.
  4. Define the path to an RTF or TXT file containing the text of the announcement, and click Open.
    You can perform additional text formatting using the Formatting Toolbar.