Report Menu

The Report menu provides access to common reporting operations. To show the Report Menu in the Visual Studio menu bar, select the Design View of the report in the ActiveReports Designer. This menu does not appear in the menu bar when the report is not selected.

The following drop-down sections describe the Report menu items. Menu items differ based on the type of report layout in use.

Report menu for section reports

Menu Item	Description
Save Layout	Opens the Save As dialog to save the newly created report in RPX file format.
Load Layout	Opens the Open dialog where you can navigate to any RPX file and open it in the designer. Note that any changes to the current report are lost, as the layout file replaces the current report in the designer.
Data Source	Opens the Report Data Source dialog to bind a data source to the report.
Settings	Opens the Report Settings dialog.
View: Designer Script Preview	Opens the Designer, Script or Preview tabs respectively. See Designer Tabs for more details. This menu item appears only with XML based section reports.

Report menu for page reports

Report menu for RDL reports

Menu Item	Description
Save Layout	Opens the Save As dialog to save the newly created report in RDLX file format.
Load Layout	Opens the Open dialog where you can navigate to any RDL, RDLX, RDLX-master file and open it in the designer. Note that any changes to the current report are lost, as the layout file replaces the current report in the designer.
Convert to Master Report	Converts a RDL report to a Master Report. It disappears from the Report menu when a master report is applied to the report through Set Master Report. See Master Reports (RDL) for more details.
Report Parameters	Opens the Report dialog to the Parameters page where you can manage, add and delete parameters.
Embedded Images	Opens the Report dialog to the Images page, where you can select images to embed in a report. Once you add images to the collection, they appear in the Report Explorer under the Embedded Images node.
Report Properties	Opens the Report dialog to the General page where you can set report properties such as the author, description, page header and footer properties, and grid spacing.
Set Master Report	Opens the Open dialog to select a Master Report (RDLX-master file format) to apply to the current project.
Generate Excel Template	Creates an Excel template of the report that you or the end user can customize for use with Excel exports to control the way the exported reports appear.
View Designer Script Preview	Opens the Designer, Script or Preview tab. See Designer Tabs for more details.
Page Header	Toggles the report Page Header on or off.
Page Footer	Toggles the report Page Footer on or off.