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Inserting Graphics, Shapes and Text Blocks

In addition to placing different types of data areas on report sheets, the Reports tool supports adding various objects.

The objects can be:

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.

See also:

Building Report | Using Table Sheet | Using Text Sheet