Exporting and Publishing Reports in the Report Designer

Instead of printing the report, you may want to export it into a file and distribute it electronically to your clients or coworkers. VSReport Designer supports several export formats, listed below:

Format

Description

Paged HTML

Creates one HTML file for each page in the report. The HTML pages contain links that let the user navigate the report.

Drill-Down HTML

Creates a single HTML file with sections that can be collapsed and expanded by the user by clicking on them.

Plain MILT

Creates a single, plain HTML file.

PDF

Creates a PDF file that can be viewed on any computer equipped with Adobe's Acrobat viewer or browser plug-ins.

VSPrinter

Creates a file using the VSPrinter control's native format. The file can be loaded, viewed, and printed from a VSPrinter control within an application or Web page.

Text

Creates a plain text file.

To create an export file

  1. In the administration interface, connect to EFT Server and click the Reports tab.

  2. In the left pane, click the desired report.

  3. In the right pane, click Edit Report icon_reporttoolbaredit.gif. The report opens in the Report Designer.

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  4. In the left pane of the Report Designer, click the report that you want to export.

  5. On the File menu, click Export. The Save As dialog box appears.

  6. Specify the type of file you want to create, and its name and location, then click Save.