Excel Option dialog

The dialog appears when you set the Default Format for Viewing Report property of a report tab or a web report to Excel and then click in the value cell in the Report Inspector. It helps you to specify the parameters for running the report in Excel format. See the dialog.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Excel Version

Specifies the Excel version to be used.

• Excel 97-2003 Workbook (*.xls)
  Exports the file as .xls format.
• Excel Workbook (*.xlsx)
  Exports the file as .xlsx format.

Format

Specifies the format of the Excel result.

• Report Format
  If checked, JReport will attempt to make the formatting of the report in Excel match the format as designed in the template. Usually this format is recommended if you just want to view the report in Excel.
• Column Format
  If checked, you can set the Columned property value for the report in the Report Inspector to decide the calculation method used for all components' row/column values in the Excel result.
• Data Format
  If checked, only the report data will be displayed without format in the Excel result. Available only for the Excel version of Excel 97-2003 Workbook (*.xls).

More/Less Options

Click to show/hide the additional settings for running the report to Excel. When Data Format is selected, only Word Wrap and Run Linked Report are available here.

• Include Shapes in Export
  Specifies whether to include the drawing objects in the Excel result, such as line, oval, and box.
• Print Page Header
  Specifies the page header text for the printed file.
• Print Page Footer
  Specifies the page footer text for the printed file.
• Word Wrap
  Specifies the word-wrap settings.
  • All Keep Existing
    Keeps all settings of each component's Word Wrap property as specified in the report.
  • All Disabled
    Disables the Word Wrap property for all components. That is, the Word Wrap property is made false for all components.
  • All Enabled
    Enables the Word Wrap property for all components. That is, the Word Wrap property will be made true for all components.
• Print Gridlines
  Specifies whether to include gridlines when printing the Excel result.
• Run Linked Report
  If the report is linked with other reports, you can check whether or not to generate the linked reports in the Excel result. If you are only interested in the primary report, leave this option unchecked. Generating linked reports at the same time, especially when the linked reports contain a large amount of data, will cause performance issue.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the changes and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.