In addition to placing different types of data areas on report sheets, the Reports tool supports adding various objects.
The objects can be:
Static. For example, picture.
Interactive. For example, flash.
To manage interactive objects, the user needs to activate them, that is, to execute a specific operation, for example, double-click on the object, or hover over it with the mouse pointer.
The Reports tool supports placing of the following object types:
| Object | Brief description |
| Picture | Bitmaps and vector pictures in the following formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, and so on. |
| Shapes | Predefined set of shapes: lines, polygons, figured arrows, callouts, and so on. |
| Flash | Flash movies that provide for interactive control. |
| Speedometer | An indicator that shows data as a speedometer on numeric panel. |
| 3D Scene | Shows data as surfaces, planes, closed surfaces, spheres, and so on in a 3D scene. |
| Text Block | A block of formatted text used to define formatting of report comment. |
All objects have both standard properties and specific properties that depend on the object type.
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