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Reports Tutorial
19.1 Foreword
ViZapp Reports Builder application is used for creating different types of reports for the
Instrument database. It is a stand-alone application and can be run independent of the
ViZapp Application Builder. It supports the following functions:
• Report Creation
• Report Preview
• Report Printing
• Report Export to most common document types
19.2 Report
Creation
The first step in creating reports is to export the Instrument document/configuration to an
MS Access database file. This can be done from the ViZapp Applications Builder.
The database reports are generated, by using preformatted templates. During report
creation, the templates are populated with data read from the exported database.
19.3 Instructions
19.3.1 To export instrument configuration to Access database:
Run the ViZapp application and open your instrument configuration. The instrument
configuration will be displayed in the workspace. Select Tools-Export from the menu bar
at the top. You will be prompted for a name for the exported database and its path as
shown in the figure below:
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