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Images

Introduction

Adding images can make your reports more professional and consistent with your company branding.

Insert an image

Tip: You can drag and drop an image from Windows Explorer or other compatible applications, or copy an image to the clipboard and paste it in your report. If you use either method, a copy of the image will be stored in your report.

Select Add Image / Logo from the toolbar, or choose Toolbox > Add Image / Logo.
Click and drag in your report to draw a box for the image.
Select how you want to insert the image.
- Browse my PC or network for an image.
  You can choose to Store the image in the report, to place a copy of the image in the report. If you don't store the image in the report, the image will be linked to the original file; so if you change the external file, the image in your report will also change.
- Select an image from my application data. If you have images in your data (such as product pictures), you can insert a variable that contains an image. See Insert images from your data.
- Build an expression to select an image. You can create an expression that will select the image.

Note: The image will initially be set so that it does not distort when it is resized; to change this, use the Lock Aspect Ratio property.

Other tasks

You can also:

Lock an image into position on your report. See Behaviour properties.
Control whether the image is printed or not. See Appearance properties.
Control the space allocated to an image, using the Size Method property. This is useful if you are calling images of different sizes to the same position on each page throughout a report. See Appearance properties.
Make an image appear in the report only when a certain condition is met. See Conditional formatting.
Add a hyperlink to the image if you intend to generate an electronic copy of the report such as a PDF. Perhaps you want your company logo on the report to link to your website address. See Drill down reports.

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