Starting a Template

Create templates to provide standardized layout designs for your reports. For details about creating templates, see "Creating Templates", later in this chapter.

Start a new template from the Welcome dialog or from within the JADE Report Writer Designer application by using the appropriate File menu commands.

To create a new template from the Welcome dialog

  1. Start the JADE Report Writer Designer application. The Welcome to JADE Report Designer dialog is then displayed.

  2. Click the New Template button.

  3. If you do not want the Welcome dialog displayed at start-up, uncheck the Show this dialog at startup check box.

    The Welcome dialog is then no longer displayed when you next start up the JADE Report Writer Designer application.

    If you decide to bypass the Welcome dialog when you next start up, you can create a new template from within the JADE Report Writer Designer application, as described later in this subsection.

    You can choose to display the Welcome dialog again on startup by using the User Preferences command from within the JADE Report Writer Designer application. For details, see "Setting User Preferences" under "Designing a Report", later in this chapter.

  4. Alternatively, click the Close button to abandon your selections and close the JADE Report Writer Designer application.

The JADE Report Writer Designer application window is then displayed with a blank template.

For details about creating templates, see "Creating Templates", later in this chapter.

To create a template, perform one of the following actions

The JADE Report Writer Designer application window is then displayed with a blank template.

For details about creating and attaching templates, see "Creating Templates", later in this chapter. For details about modifying your report design, see "Designing a Report", later in this chapter.