# File Menu

Get started with FlexReport, a WinForms control, which is a fast-paced reporting engine that enables you to create, preview, export and print modern and dynamic reports for all your applications. See more in documentation here.

## Content



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.](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/96483bc4-d0db-40fa-a0e4-c5e6a4a56825/images/flexreportdesigner_filemenu.png)

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.