Modifying the Report's Header

Many users want to change the header in some way. Usually, they want to modify the default image that appears in the default report's header to something more company-specific. You can change the header image by following one of these procedures below.

If you only need to change the image but not other elements in the header, we recommend this:

Access the report in the Report window or load a custom report inside a Custom Report Editor.
Right-click on the header (such as FILE_HEADER.LBL).
Choose Change image to show the Open dialog box.
From the Open dialog box, locate the desired image, and then click Open to update the report with the image. This action also updates the underlying label template (.lbl) with the new image.

Open the label template in the Label Template editor.

Select File | Reporting | Edit | Label Template. An Open dialog box appears.
Select the FILE_HEADER.LBL template and click Open.
In the Label Template Editor you should now see the edit area filled with a GridControlObject. This object controls all the header data that you see in the report.

Change the header's image.

Double-click on the GridControlObject. You will see a hash border around the object. This tells you that you can edit the code or items inside of the header.
Right-click on the PC-DMIS graphic, and a Grid Properties dialog box appears.
In the Cell tab, click Select. An Open dialog box appears.

Example showing the button to use to change the report header's graphic
Navigate to the new graphic image you want in the header, select it, and click Open. The dialog box closes.
Click Apply. The new graphic appears in the cell.

Make other modifications to the header as desired.
Save and test the modified label template.

Once you have configured things as desired, click OK, and then select File | Save to save your changed Label Template.
Select File | Close to close the Label template editor, returning to your measurement routine.
Select View | Report window. If your change doesn't immediately appear, select the Redraw the report icon from the Reporting toolbar.

To a limited extent, you can use the # keywords contained in these .DAT files to define the information that appears in your generated report. See "Using .DAT Files in Generated Reports" for more information.

See "Modifying the Edit Window's Headers and Footers" in the "Using the Edit Window: Introduction" chapter for information on the # keywords.

You can also use PC-DMIS's own Report Expressions to accomplish the same thing as the # keywords contained in the .DAT files.

The following table details the equivalent Report Expression or report object to use and where to use it.

.DAT # Keyword	Functionality	Equivalent Command in Report Template
#DATE	Inserts the current date.	=SYSTEMDATE("MMMM dd, yyyy")
#TIME	Inserts the current time.	=SYSTEMTIME("HH:mm")
#PAGE	Inserts the current page number.	=Page()
#TRn	Inserts the value of tracefield n, where n is the tracefield number.	=TRACEFIELD(n)
#PARTN	Inserts the measurement routine name.	=PARTNAME( )
#DRWN	Inserts the revision number.	=REVNUM()
#SERIALN	Inserts the serial number.	=SERNUM( )
#SEQUENCE	Inserts the sequence number.	(Not applicable)
#SHRINK	Inserts the scale factor.	=MEASSCALE()
#NMEAS	Inserts the total number of dimensions.	=NUMMEAS()
#NOUT	Inserts the total number of dimensions that are out of tolerance.	=NUMOUTTOL()
#ELAPSTIM	Inserts the time elapsed between start and end of execution.	=ELAPSEDTIME()
#BMP=bitmappath	Inserts a bitmap of the specified full path and name.	Use Bitmap object

For information on using other expressions in your report templates, see "About Report Expressions".