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Generating reports
Norstar PC Console 1.1 User Guide P0887496 01
Create Report button
When all the data needed to create a report has been provided in the other report controls,
becomes available.
To create a report:
1. Click . This starts the report generation process.
2. The Reporting Animation icon, just to the left of the button, begins moving, indicating that
the report is running. The animation continues until the report is completed.
Note:
While it is running, the application cannot be closed. If you
need to close the application while a report is running, this
can be done from the
Close Programs
dialog box available
from the Windows Task Manager. Refer to Windows Help for
information about how to force programs to close.
3. Once the report is completed, it is displayed in the
Report Viewing
area below the Report
controls. becomes unavailable again, indicating that the report has been
created.The Report controls are disabled and the keyboard functions only in the
Report
Viewing
area. You can re-access the Report controls by pressing the
Tab
key.
Viewing the report you generated
Once a report has been created, the
Page
buttons, and , become available.
The
Next Page
button shows the next available page of the report, if there is one, in
the report view. The
Previous Page
button , shows the previous page of the report, if
there is one.
The page number of the current page appears in the report itself, found in the lower right hand
corner of each page.
You can also change the displayed report page from the keyboard.
To change the viewed page from the keyboard:
1. The keyboard should be active in the
Report Display
area which is the lower half of the
Norstar PC Console Reports
window. This is set automatically after creating report, but
can also be done by pressing
Tab
to cycle through the Report controls. The
Report View-
ing
area is treated as the last control in the
Tab
order sequence.
2. Press
Ctrl
+
Page Up
to view the previous page, or
Ctrl
+
Page Down
to view the next
page.
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