Report Designer - Adding Images

Images and graphics can really spice up a report, and the QueryPlus Report Designer allows a wide variety of graphics and images to be imported. Here's how to do it:

1. Click and hold on the Image button in the Toolbox, then drag the box to the desired location on your report:(be sure it is within the borders of a band)

                         

2. Double-click in the box just created to open the Image dialog box. Images can be imported from many sources, including the Internet (by using the 'Image URL' tab), but for this example we'll stay simple and use 'File'. Click the ... box at the top right, then navigate to where the image to be imported is stored, then click  Open, then OK.

 

3. Now you should see the image in the box.

 

 4. The image may be way too large for the box it's in (it may even look like the box is still empty). Open the Properties window (View - Properties). There are lots of properties to play work with (go for it!). For this example, we'll just set the 'Stretch' property to True. That causes the image to 'auto-size' for the box it is in.

 

5. That's all there is. Save the report, click Preview, and the image should be visible on the report, as in the example below. From here, adjust the size, position, border, etc. to suit the report it is in.


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