File Menu

Use the File menu to administer your JADE Report Writer Designer application session. The commands provided by the File menu are listed in the following table.

Command Toolbar Button Description
New Report Starts a new report
New Template Starts a new template
Open Report Opens an existing report
Open Template Opens an existing template
Close and Save Saves and closes the report
Abandon Changes   Closes without saving
Save Saves the current report
Rename/Reposition   Renames a report or moves it to a different folder
Save As Copy   Makes another copy of your report or template
Delete Report   Deletes a report
Delete Template   Deletes a template
Refresh Preview   Refreshes the preview from the database
Print Prints the current report
Print Setup   Changes print options
Extract Data   Extracts the report in various other formats
Unload Definition   Extracts report and template definitions to a flat file
Load Definition   Retrieves report and template definitions from a flat file
User Preferences   Provides session change options for the JADE Report Writer Designer Application
Exit   Closes the JADE Report Writer Designer application

As a template can be printed only when attached to a report, the Print, Print Preview, Print Setup, and Extract Data commands are not enabled for templates.