Page Masters

You can build as many Page Masters as you need, and you can have more than one Page Master in a report. Each Page Master contains its own defined page layout. The figure here shows a report for which two Page Masters are defined (see in the Layout and Styles toolbox...).

Figure 1 - Example of a Page Master

The Page Master called “Page Master 1” (currently selected in the figure above) will for example always show the page title in the upper left corner, and then below that, whatever is specified in the current Report Page.

To create a new Page Master:

1. In the Layout and Styles toolbox, right-click on the Page Masters element and select Insert Page Master (Inside).

A new page master is created.

2. Right-click on the new Page Master element and select Rename.
3. Type a logical name for the new Page master into the field.
4. Double-click on the new Page Master or right-click on it and select Edit.

The Page Editor opens. Here you can add the required components from the Visual Components toolbox to create the desired layout.

5. On completion, click Save to save the changes.

Note that you can add scripting to Text elements in a Page Master. This will allow you to enter scripts which will run on all pages controlled by that Page Master, in the same location on each page. This will avoid the necessity of having to repeat scripts on each page (go to Scripting in Text Elements for more information).

When a viewer is reading the report, the active report page will be inserted into the “Report Page Area” area, so the page title will be above the report page, and the active filter summary will be presented towards the right side of the page.