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upload a new licence file. The ‘Templates’ button links to an overview of

available templates and also allows new templates to be uploaded.

C.3.2. The Designer Canvas

Figure 64 shows an example of the Designer canvas in ‘Design View’ with

the Properties Pane.

Figure 64

The size and position of the components in your report are shown in the

canvas. You can click any component to select it. When selected, a

component gains a highlighted border. To resize a component, hover over

the sides of the component until a double-sided arrow appears, click and

hold down the mouse over the side, then move the mouse to see the

component resize. Similarly you can move components by hovering over a

component (but away from its sides) to see a four-sided arrow. While

viewing the four-sided arrow, click and hold down your mouse, then move

the mouse to move the component. To deselect a component, click on an

empty part of the canvas. Clicking on an empty part of the canvas will also

cause General Properties to appear in the right-hand panel of the screen.

The components properties will show in the Properties Pane on the right

side of the Designer window.

C.4. Creating a New Design

C.4.1. Moving and Resizing Components

The canvas allows you to change the position and dimensions of

components by clicking and dragging. Simply click on a component to

select it and drag it to a new location. Click on the border of a component

and drag it to change the dimensions of the component.

C.4.2. General Properties

C.4.2.1. Introduction

The properties in the configuration file are template specific. So the list of

properties for a report published using the Flash Single Map template may

be different to that for a report published using the HTML Single Map

template or the Flash Double Map template.

You can view a description for any property by holding you mouse

pointer over its name. If you require further information regarding a

property please contact your support provider.