About Template Designer
You design report templates in Template Designer. If you are familiar with Report Designer, there is no learning curve in using Template Designer.
Template Designer is almost identical to Report Designer, except for the following differences.
• The Toolbox only displays the Controls tab which contains a limited set of control components that can be used in the template: Label, Calculated Field, Common Field, Unbound Pictures, Line, Rectangle, and Chart.
• The toolbar contains the following buttons that are specific to Template Designer:
Template Designer Specific Toolbar Buttons
Button | Name | Description |
| Edit Template | Open the current report template file in code mode for editing. |
| Add Group | Add groups to create new section classes. |
| Config | Configure default fields and sections mapping. |
| Import | Import report template files. |
| Export | Export report template files. |