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Draw

7. Draw

7.1. Select
In Selection Mode, you may select an Object. In order to select an Object, double click with
the left button on an Object.

7.1.1. Input Mode / Selection Mode / Cell Marking Mode

Input Mode
In Input Mode, you can perform the effective features only for the TextFrame or the cell of
Table. If you click TextFrame or Table Cell in Input Mode or if you double-click on it in
Selection Mode, the cursor will blink and you can input Text.

Input Mode has no meaning, as it is not required to input characters in any object other than
TextFrame or Table. If you click an Object other than TextFrame or Table even in Input
Mode, the object will be marked as shown below. But, a conversion is not made into
Selection Mode.

Selection Mode
In Selection Mode, you can perform the effective features for all of objects. If you click with
the left button on an object in Selection Mode, an object will be marked as shown below.
The marked object enables you to resize and relocate it as well as change its color.

Cell Marking Mode

In Cell Marking Mode, you can perform the effective features only for an Object of Table.

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The mode enables you to adopt the specific feature or to set color for Table Cell. A
conversion can be made into Cell Marking Mode only in the Input Mode.

7.1.2. Object Selection Mode

Selection in use of Menu bar or Toolbar

If you select Draw>Select menu or if you click Draw ToolBar >Select( ), then Selection
Model will be applied. In Selection Mode, if you move a mouse cursor onto Object and click
it, an object will be selected.

Selection without Menu bar or Toolbar

Even if you do not use Menu bar or Toolbar, you can select an Object in Input Mode.
As shown below, if you move a mouse pointer near to TextFrame or Edge of Table, its shape
will be changed into
. And, if you click with the left button at this moment, it will change
into Selection Mode and an object will be selected.

Multi-selection of object in Selection Mode.

Basically, one-clicking enables you to select one object only. After selecting an object, if you
try to select the others, the previous selection will be released. To use <Shift> key or
dragging a mouse enables you to select several objects at the same time.

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All of objects within a dragged area are selected at once. Dash line shows the dragged area.

Clicking <Shift+ Left button of a mouse>

While pushing <Shift>, if you left-click an Object, the previous selection of objects is not
released and you can select the other object. While pushing <Shift>, objects which you
selected will be selected.

Multi Selection In Input Mode

Basically, in Input Mode, if you select a Table cell, a mouse cursor will blink and you can
input a Text into the Table cell. In order to apply a color to a table cell or assign a special
function to it or to change color, a conversion should be made to Cell Marking Mode.
Dragging Mouse or <Shift> key should be used to make a conversion to Cell Marking Mode.

Dragging Mouse

All of table cells within the dragged table cell area are selected at once.

Clicking <Shift+ Left button of a mouse>

While pushing <Shift>, if clicking the cells, all of clicked cells will be marked at the same time.

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7.1.3. Use Selection Mode

7.1.3.1. Moving or Resizing Object

Moving Object
If you select an object for a move, a mouse cursor will be changed into the following shape:
and, if you drag the object while pushing down the left mouse button, the object can be
moved to a desired location. Or, in the state of selecting an object for a move, Arrow Keys
can be used to move a selected object.

Resizing
When locating a mouse pointer on one of marked points, if
pointer appears, drag the
mouse up to a desired size in the state of double-clicking with the left button, and adjust the
size. Also, in the state of selecting an object for a move, <Ctrl+Arrow> can be used to
adjust the size of a selected object.

Fix object size/ location dialog box (selecting Properties>Adjust Object Size/Location)
enables you to resize objects specifically.

Use Basis Object

In case two or more objects are selected at the same time, Basis Object is one object to
play a role of a basis.
In case several objects are selected at the same time, Basis Object is the finally selected
object, which has blank rectangle mark points.
Basis Object enables you making it easy to align and resize objects. In case of selecting

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several objects, at the same time, resize them through Align Objects Toolbar, their sizes
are the same as Basis Objects size.

7.1.3.2. Deleting Object

While Object is selected, if pushing <Delete> or selecting Edit > Delete, you can delete the
Object.

7.1.3.3. Applying Special Function

Report Designer 5.0 provides many Dialog boxes. There are two kinds of Dialog boxes,
Modaless dialog box and Modal dialog box. If you use Modaless Dialog box, it is possible to
select TextFrame or Table cell after opening the Modaless Dialog box. If you use Modal
Dialog box, it is impossible to select Object or Menu after opening Modal Dialog box.
In case of Modal dialog box, after selecting Object, you can apply a function to Object. On
the contrary, in case of Modaless dialog box, after opening a dialog box, you may select
Object and then apply a function to it.
After opening Modaless Dialog box, if you select Table object, it will be selected as Cell
Marking status. The other objects except Table object are selected as Selection Mode
Status.

7.1.3.4. Assigning Style

Several objects can be selected and assigned at the same time.

Assigning Font Style

This provides the effective features only for the TextFrame and Table as the characters can
be input only in the TextFrame and Table.
After selecting TextFrame or Table, you can assign its font, color and size.
In case of Table object, the same style is assigned to all of cells in a Table.
Edit Toolbar enables you to assign Font style.

Assigning Pattern Style

This provides the effective features for every Object. After selecting the Object, you can
assign Pattern Style, Color, Patten type.
Pattern Properties Toolbar enables you to assign Pattern Style.

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Assigning Line Style

This provides the effective features for every Object. After selecting object, you can assign
Line width and Color.
Line Properties Toolbar enables you to assign Line style.

7.1.4. Use Input Mode

7.1.4.1. Moving or Resizing Object

Moving Object
You may move TextFrame or Table in Input Mode. When you move a mouse pointer at the
upper left of TextFrame or Table, the mouse pointer will be changed into
you drag a mouse pointer, the object will be moved.

. At the moment if

Resizing
Even in Input Mode, TextFrame or Table can be resized.
When you move the mouse cursor to the right bottom of TextFrame of a table, the mouse
cursor will be changed into
. You can drag a move cursor until TextFrame of a table size
is changed as you want, and then release the mouse button.

7.1.4.2. Applying Special Function

After opening Modaless dialog box, if you click Table cell, then the cell will be marked. At the
moment, you can apply the special function to it.

7.1.4.3. Assigning Style

In Input Mode, it is possible to apply Style by selecting several Table Cells.

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7.2. TextFrame
TextFrame, basically, is a Text box which contains characters.

The features of TextFrame

TextFrame can be used just as a Text Box. Also, a text may be input in it as it is used as a
Data Box in which a file name created from query can be mapped.
In addition, it can be used as Page Number Object to output the number of a page or
Date/Time Object to output the date of a system.
If the size of TextFrame is changed, the contents of TextFrame will be changed to be aligned
for changed TextFrame.
If you assign Writing Direction, Font Spacing, Top/Bottom/Left/Right margin to TextFrame,
TextFrame can be overlapped with other Object.

Creating TextFrame
If you select Draw > TextFrame(
cursor will be changed into

) or click Draw Toolbar > TextFrame, then the mouse

After oving a mouse cursor to a location where you want to create TextFrame, you may click
and drag it to create a new TextFrame.
TextFrame looks as virtual Dash line. Virtual Dash Line will not be printed. It guides you to
input Text into TextFrame. After TextFrame is created, a mouse cursor will blink within Dash
line.

TextFrame Virtual Line

TextFrame shows as Virtual Dash Line. The virtual Dash Line can be removed as to click
View > TextFrame Virtual Line.

See Chapter 8.2 TextFrame Properties for the details of TextFrame.

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7.3. Draw Figure

It is impossible to input characters in every figure. But, it is possible to assign the style such
as line properties, pattern properties and facet properties etc. or to apply the special function
in it.
You may select a desired figure from the buttons of toolbar or menu. And, if a mouse cursor
is changed to the corresponding shaped, you may click and drag a mouse button to create
the figure. However, how to draw is a bit different according to the figure.

Line
Types of lines are several: Free Line, Straight Line, Curve Line, Polyline. You can change
shape and size of Straight Line or Curve Line by selection point and change shape and size
of Curve Line or Many-sided Line by selection and control points.

Facet
Types of facets are several: Rectangle, Rounded rectangle, Circle/Ellipse, Rhombus,
Parallelogram and Polygon. You can change shape and size of rectangle, circle/ellipse by
selection point. And you can change shape and size of Rhombus, Parallelogram and
Polygon by a selection point and a control point.

Solid figure
Types of solid figures are several and they can be modified as you want: Quadratic Prism
and Cylinder.

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7.4. Draw ComboBox

This function creates a ComboBox. If you select Draw >Draw Figure > ComboBox or click
on a combo box button(
(

) from draw toolbox, your mouse cursor will be changed like

). After clicking a mouse button on a desired location, drag it to create a ComboBox.

When executing a report, the width of the Combo box is the same as the size on the editor,
but its height is created as default.
ComboBox may be meaningful, in the time of executing a viewer, when mapping the data to
be added to Combo list. After drawing ComboBox, Properties > ComboBox Properties is
selected to set data field. Also, Database > Map Dataset can be selected to assign
ComboBox object variable name.

See Chapter 8.9 ComboBox Properties for how to use ComboBox Properties in detail.

7.5. Insert Picture

In Report Designer, you can read graphic file such as BMP, JPG, GIF or, WMF file and set it
as a picture object.
In order to insert a picture, select Draw Toolbar > Insert Picture( ) and drag a mouse as
much as you want to create Insert Picture. The picture can be inserted in Textframe or a cell
of Table Select Draw> Insert Picture or push a button, Draw Toolbar > Insert Picture(
a mouse cursor will be changed into
drag it to create an image object.

),

. Click a button of a mouse in a desired location and

The follows show how to insert a picture into TextFrame or Table Cell.
1. Click Draw > Insert Picture after selecting TextFrame or Table. In case of inserting a
picture in a table, it is possible to select the entirety of a entire table and insert a picture in it
as well as to insert a picture in it in the state of marking a cell.
2. Get a picture from dialog box will appear as shown below.

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3. Click Open button after selecting a picture.

4. A selected picture is inserted as it is adjusted to be fit for the size of TextFrame or of table
cell.
In case of inserting a picture into TextFrame, TextFrame object will be automatically
converted into a picture object.

Use TextFrame as Background Image

In case of inserting a picture into TextFrame, the picture will be a background image of
TextFrame as shown below.

7.6. Draw Barcode

This function creates Barcode Object.
In order to create Barcode, select the Draw > Draw Barcode( ) to create it by using a
mouse. And, you can insert it to the existing TextFrame or column in a Table.
If you select Draw > Draw Barcode or click Draw Toolbar > Draw Barcode(
cursor will be changed into

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or Table Cell, Report Form, you can create Barcode Object.

In order to insert Barcode into TextFrame or Column in a Table, select the Draw > Draw
Barcode after setting a cursor to TextFrame or Column in a Table. In case of inserting
Barcode in a Table, it is possible to select the entire Table and insert it as well as to insert
Barcode in it in the state of marking a cell.
To assign various options, select Properties > Barcode Properties..

See Chapter 8.11 Barcode Properties for how to use Barcode object in detail.

7.7. Draw Chart

This function creates Chart. If you select Draw > Draw Chart or click Draw Toolbar > Draw
Chart( ), your mouse cursor will be changed into
. After clicking the mouse button on
the location where you want to draw Chart, drag it to create Chart.
Chart object may be meaningful, when mapping the data to be expressed in series. After
drawing Chart, Properties > Chart Properties can be selected to map the data field which
is to be expressed in the Chart and assign various options.

See Chapter 8.12 Chart Properties for how to use Chart object in detail.

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