PEERNET® Reports
User Guide
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Chapter 1: About this User Guide
Legal Notices
What’s in this User Guide?
User Guide sample projects
Typographic conventions
Keyboard conventions
Terminology conventions
Chapter 2: Installing and Licensing PEERNET Reports
System requirements
Installing PEERNET Reports
Licensing PEERNET Reports
Technical Support
Chapter 3: Running and Navigating PEERNET Reports Designer
Application menu bar
Application toolbars
Project Pane
Properties Pane
Design Window
Design View
Code View
Record Source View
Datasheet View
SQL View
Application status bar
Command Reference
File menu commands
Edit menu commands
View menu commands
Insert menu commands
Format menu commands
Window menu commands
Help menu commands
Other application commands
Chapter 4: Planning your Reporting Project
What is the data source for my project?
Does my project require reports, labels, or both?
Does my project require a query?
What size of paper does my project require?
How will I be producing my project output?
Does my project require advanced features?
Chapter 5: Creating a Project File
Creating project files
Saving project files
Opening project files
Closing project files
Exiting the application
Chapter 6: Adding Tables to a Project File
Defining an ODBC data source
Accessing a Microsoft Excel workbook (XLS) database
Accessing a Microsoft Access (MDB) database
Accessing a comma-separated value (CSV) database
Adding an ODBC Database table
Defining a JDBC data source
Accessing a SimpleText database
Adding a JDBC Database table
Creating a Java Object
Adding a Java Object table
Working with Java Object tables
Chapter 7: Creating Reports
Creating and managing reports
Adding design components to reports
Chapter 8: Previewing and Printing Reports
Previewing reports
Printing reports
Using PEERNET built-in printers
Chapter 9: Creating Labels
Creating and managing labels
Adding design components to labels
Chapter 10: Previewing and Printing Labels
Previewing labels
Printing labels
Using PEERNET built-in printers
Chapter 11: Customizing Reports and Labels
Customizing report properties
Customizing label properties
Adding and removing report sections
Customizing report sections
Report Headers
Page Headers
Details
Page Footers
Report Footers
Adding and removing report Section Breaks
Grouping and sorting reports
Grouping and sorting labels
Adding and customizing design components
Adding Text Fields
Adding Bar Codes
Adding Lines
Adding Rectangles
Adding Polygons
Adding Ellipses
Adding Rounded Rectangles
Adding Pictures
Adding Styled Text
Adding Sub Reports
Adding Section Breaks
Managing design components
Selecting components
Resizing components
Locking components
Ordering components
Grouping components
Aligning components
Spacing components
Copying component styles
Using the grid and zoom tools
Using the grid tool
Using the zoom tool
Working with display units
Setting display units
Converting display units
Formatting design components
Plain Text formatting
Date and Time formatting
Currency formatting
Number formatting
Chapter 12: Working with Expressions
Expressions using record source fields
Expressions using built-in functions and variables
Expressions using Java identifiers
Expressions using parameters
Expressions using computed fields
Chapter 13: Working with Computed Fields
Adding and managing computed fields
Computed fields example
Chapter 14: Working with Parameters
Adding and managing parameters
Parameters example
Chapter 15: Working with Sub Reports
Creating a container report
Creating a bound report
Creating a sub report that requires a single parameter
Creating a sub report that requires more than one parameter
Dynamically filtering sub report data
Chapter 16: Working with Paper Stocks
Adding and managing paper stocks
Customizing paper stocks
Adding backgrounds to paper stocks
Chapter 17: Automatic Printing of Reports and Labels
Setting up automatic printing
Chapter 18: Working with Queries and Record Sources
Creating and managing queries
Customizing queries
Running queries
Adding totals to queries
Adding criteria to queries
SQL expression syntax for query criteria
Criteria using text expressions
Criteria using part of a field's value
Criteria using expressions that calculate or manipulate dates
Criteria using arithmetic operations
Criteria using parameters
Criteria testing for blank fields
Expressions that use the result of subqueries as criteria
Grouping and sorting queries
Chapter 19: Predefined Variables and Built-in Functions
Predefined Variables
String
Numerical
Date / Time
Aggregate
System / Connection
System
Chapter 20: PEERNET Reports Object Model
Event Methods
Runtime sample code
Chapter 21: Working with Requests
Conversion items and requests
Automatic printing and requests
Parameters and requests
Customizing request properties
Chapter 22: Working with Class Paths
Chapter 23: Working with Bar Code Printers
Defining the Paper Stock
Designing the Label
Adding Bar Code Components
Printing to a Bar Code Printer
Adding RFID to the Paper Stock
Adding RFID encoding to the Label
Configuring the Bar Code Printer for RFID
Printing and Encoding the RFID Bar Code Label
Chapter 24: Deploying PEERNET Reports Designer
Deploying as Java Web Start
Deploy as Java Desktop Application
Controlling Available Fonts
Controlling Available Resources
Chapter 25: Using PEERNET Reports Runtime Engine
Deploying the PEERNET Reports Runtime Engine
Customizing the PEERNET Reports Runtime Engine
Calling the PEERNET Reports Runtime Engine
Chapter 26: Server Deployment
Deploying PEERNET Reports Server
PEERNET Reports Sample J2EE Solution
Creating PEERNET Reports projects
Deploying PEERNET Reports projects
Working with PEERNET Reports Sample J2EE Solution
Using PEERNET Reports Server
Printing reports and labels from a web page
Embedding report or label images into a web page
Linking report or label PDF documents to a web page
Working with the PEERNET Reports Applet
PEERNET Reports Applet
Appendix A: Bar Code Symbologies
Appendix B: PEERNET Reports Built-in Printers
PEERNET Document and Image Printers
PEERNET Adobe EPS Writer
PEERNET Adobe PDF Writer
PEERNET Adobe PS Writer
PEERNET BMP Image Writer
PEERNET JPEG Image Writer
PEERNET PCX Image Writer
PEERNET PNG Image Writer
PEERNET Print Applet Writer
PEERNET Bar Code Printers
PEERNET Intermec ESim Printer
PEERNET Datamax Thermal Printer
PEERNET Eltron Thermal Printer
PEERNET Intermec IPL Printer
PEERNET Zebra Thermal Printer
PEERNET Sato Printer