Managing banded panels

By default, a banded object consists of these panels: a Banded Header (BH) panel, a Banded Page Header (BPH) panel, a Detail (DT) panel, a Parallel Detail (PDT, this is only for the banded objects which are created on HDS) panel, a Banded Page Footer (BPF) panel, a Banded Footer (BF) panel, and several Group Header (GH) and Group Footer (GF) panels if the data in the banded object is grouped.

JReport Designer allows you to perform the following tasks related to the banded panels.

• Adding a banded panel
  

  Select a panel of the same type, right-click it and select Insert Panel After. A blank panel will be inserted into the banded object.

• Deleting a banded panel
  

  To delete a banded panel from a banned object, right-click the panel and select Delete. Note that you cannot delete a panel of a certain type if it is the only one of that type.

• Hiding a banded panel
  

  To hide a banded panel from view, right-click the panel, and then click Hide.

• Showing a hidden banded panel
  1. Check the item Show Invisible Objects on the View menu, and the hidden panel will then be displayed and marked with two triangles.
  2. Right-click the banded panel, and click Show on the shortcut menu to release its hidden state.
• Resizing a banded panel
  • For a vertical or cross banded object, drag the boundary below the banded panel until the panel is at the required height.
  • For a horizontal banded object, drag the boundary on the right side of the banded panel until the panel is at the required width.