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B.3.7. Unpacking and Starting Your Report

This is the final step of the publishing process. Your report has been

published and is contained in a ZIP archive (.zip), the name for which is

provided at the top of the screen (Figure 52). This archive contains the set

of files making up your dynamic report in a compressed format. The

archive makes it easy to group the files and makes transporting and

copying them faster.

Figure 52

Click the ‘Preview Report’ button to view the report you have published.

The report will be unpacked to a temporary folder C:\Documents and

Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp (Windows XP) or

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp (Windows Vista or later) for

preview purposes.

If you are happy with the preview of your dynamic report, you should click

the ‘Unpack Report’ button. This will enable you to carry out any of the

actions listed below:

1. View the report once you have closed the Publisher

2. Create new data files for your report using the Excel or Access

Data Manager

3. Create a new design for your report using the Designer

4. Edit the Stylesheet to change the appearance of your report using

the Style Editor

If you click the ‘Unpack Report’ button to unpack the report, you will be

prompted to choose a folder to unpack the contents of the archive to.

Browse to the folder of your choice and click ‘OK’. If the folder you are

unpacking to already contains a report you will be asked if you wish to

overwrite the existing files. You will be informed when your report has

been successfully unpacked (Figure 53).

Figure 53

You can click the ‘View Report’ button to start the report in your default

Internet browser (note that this button may be blocked by your system

settings if the output folder is located on a network drive). Alternatively,

click ‘OK’ to close the dialog you can view it by browsing to the output

folder and double clicking the file called ‘atlas.html’. Remember that for

Flash dynamic reports you need the Adobe Flash Player 9 or later installed

on your computer to view the report.