Preview Window

Preview is a DEXiWin window for displaying a single report element independently of report pages, which are shown as part of the Model Window. Preview displays reports using the document format and can be activated from:

Commands

Preview provides menu commands and toolbar buttons similar to those of the Report Page while using the document format.

Save File/Save report…: Saves complete contents of the current report on one or more files, offering a choice between four formats: HTML, Text, Bitmaps, and Metafiles. The former two formats save the report on one file, while the latter two formats write series of one or more consecutively numbered graphic files, each holding one report page.

Print File/Print…: Prints the current report.

PageSetup File/Page setup…: Opens a Page Setup dialogue in which you can define paper size used for printing, portrait or landscape orientation, and four page margins: left, right, top, and bottom.

RptManager Edit/Report parameters…: Opens Report Parameters window for defining the properties of the currently shown report element.

Edit/Add report: Add the currently displayed report element to the main report, located on the Report Page.

Copy Edit/Copy report page…: Copies the currently displayed report page to the clipboard, in one of the following ways:

Copy as metafile: Using the metafile graphic format.

Copy as bitmap: Using the bitmap graphic format.

Crop as metafile and Crop as bitmap: These commands copy only graphic contents, while removing all bordering white space; this is useful for creating graphics to be inserted in other documents.

Zoom View/Zoom…: Adjusts the zoom level of the document. In addition to some predefined zoom percentages (from 5% to 500%), standard zoom levels can be selected: