File Menu

The File menu provides shortcut to load, save, import and export report definition files.

The following image displays the File menu:

The image displays the File Menu in the FlexReportDesigner.

The menu includes the following options:

New: Creates a new report definition file.
Open: Brings up the Open Report Definition File dialog box, enabling you to select an existing file to open.
Close: Closes the current report definition file.
Save: Saves the report definition file, to the location previously saved.
Save As: Opens the Save Report Definition dialog box allowing you to save your report definition as an .flxr file.
Print: Prints the current report. Note that Print button is enabled only in preview mode of FlexReportDesigner application.
Import: Opens the Import Report Definition dialog box enabling you to import Microsoft Access (.mdb and .adp) files and Crystal Reports (.rpt) files.
Export: Exports the current report file as an HTML, PDF /A, PDF, RTF, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG, ZIP, or GIF.
Recent files: Lists recently opened report definition files. To reopen a file, select it from the list.
Options: Opens the FlexReportDesigner Options dialog box which allows you to customize the default appearance and behavior of the FlexReportDesigner application.
Exit: Closes the FlexReportDesigner application.