Chapter 1. Report Writer Basics

Table of Contents

1. xTuple Report Writer
2. OpenRPT
3. The Toolbar
3.1. New File
3.2. Open File
3.3. Save File
3.4. Cut
3.5. Copy
3.6. Paste
3.7. Show Grid
3.8. Snap to Grid
3.9. Labels
3.10. Fields
3.11. Text Areas
3.12. Lines
3.13. Bar Codes
3.14. Images
3.15. Graph Editor
4. Managing Report Definitions
4.1. Loading Reports from a Database
4.2. Saving to XML
4.3. Loading from XML
4.4. Saving to a Database
5. Parts of a Report Definition
5.1. Section Editor
5.2. Report Headers
5.3. Page Headers
5.4. Report Footers
5.5. Page Footers
5.6. Detail Sections
5.7. Group Sections

This chapter is designed to orient you to some of the basic properties of the xTuple report writer—whether you're running the version embedded within the xTuple ERP Suite, or the standalone OpenRPT application.