.. _XPreview:

Preview Window
--------------

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

- :ref:`Aggregation Function Editor <XEditFunctionAggregation>`
- :ref:`Evaluation Page <XPageEvaluation>`

.. image:: images/Preview.png
   :alt: Document Preview Window

Commands
~~~~~~~~

*Preview* provides menu commands and toolbar buttons similar to those of the
:ref:`Report Page <XPageReportDocument>` 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 :ref:`Report Parameters <XReportParameters>`
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
:ref:`Report Page <XPageReport>`.

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

  |CopyMetafile| **Copy as metafile**: Using the metafile graphic format.

  |CopyBitmap| **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:

- |Zoom100| Actual size
- |FullPage| Show full page
- |PageWidth| Show full page width
- |TwoPages| Show two pages side by side

|Browse| **Open report in browser**: Shows the current report in the :ref:`internal <XBrowser>`
or system browser, depending on :ref:`settings <XSettingsAdvancedReports>`.

The following toolbar buttons are provided for **navigation** between report pages:

- |First| Go to the first page
- |Prev| Go to the previous page
- |Next| Go to the next page
- |Last| Go to the last page

To go directly to some page, type the page number in the edit box located on the toolbar.

.. |Copy| image:: icons/ImgCopy.png
.. |CopyBitmap| image:: icons/ImgCopyBitmap.png
.. |CopyMetafile| image:: icons/ImgCopyMetafile.png
.. |Save| image:: icons/PrevSave.png
.. |Print| image:: icons/PrevPrint.png
.. |PageSetup| image:: icons/PrevPageSetup.png
.. |RptManager| image:: icons/ImgSettings.png
.. |Zoom| image:: icons/PrevZoom.png
.. |FullPage| image:: icons/PrevZoomFullPage.png
.. |PageWidth| image:: icons/PrevZoomPageWidth.png
.. |Zoom100| image:: icons/PrevZoom100.png
.. |TwoPages| image:: icons/PrevTwoPages.png
.. |Browse| image:: icons/PrevBrowse.png
.. |First| image:: icons/PrevFirst.png
.. |Last| image:: icons/PrevLast.png
.. |Prev| image:: icons/PrevPrev.png
.. |Next| image:: icons/PrevNext.png