Layout Model awkwardness

I am new to Oracle Reports. Does anyone else find the Layout
Model awkward to work with or am I missing something basic?

It's complex, but not awkward. But it's true, you need some
experience in working with it. It's difficult, but powerful.
I suggest doing most things through Wizard/Templates and as you
get more confident, start entering into the Layout Model. Among
Problems that I find more annoying are:
- On previous versions adding a parameter required lots of
savings as sometimes it GPF-ed on Windows
- On previous versions the usage of Additional Default Layout
needed the user to be disconnected from the database...
otherwise it GPF-ed
- On current version the most annoying thing is that when you
try to modify a frame's size it automatically enlarges to the
encosing frame. You can only bring it back by turning Confine
Mode off (the lock), which of course can cause problems if you
forget it like this...
You can try to read Oracle Developer - Advanced Forms and
Reports by P. Koletzke & P Dorsey . The report part starts from
the basics.
Other rules I try to follow:
- Learn the basics
- Save as much as you can, use lots of versions
- Most of the time you can use Undo, so take one step at a time
and you can undo it.
- Color the frames, fill in the frames with color so you can see
what is on top of what

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when I went to edit an existing report in 10g, I found the display of the Layout model is missing.
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Is there an easy way to fix this - or do i have to rebuild the report from the queries?
**** Doh **** Noticed the layout model was pointing to the Trailer pages - hence no details.
Apologies
Edited by: Elaine L on Feb 8, 2010 12:34 PM

hi,
first u check u r layout model ,
totally three sections are there
1) header section
2) main section
3) trailer section
i think u r checking the layout in header or trailer section
first u have to check in the main section
if its not there u can with other two sections,
in these three sections not available in u r layout , go to the object navigator in the main section --> select the some fileds and repeating frame
and apply the color of black of red in selected fields and repeating frames,
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Cannot edit a reports layout in layout model

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Thanks
Kiran

HI,
Maybe you are trying to work in*Edit Margin* section. Check the second last button in first top toolbar called Edit Margin if clicked then unclick and then try to select/edit.
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very urgent
Hi everybody
How can I increase the layout model view, and from where in the property of the report I can increase it .
Please help in details .
Best regards

Go to the Layout Model and expand it. click the Main section and right click it. Choose the property pallete. There you can change the width and height of the report.

[b]Width of a Layout Model[/b]

Hi !
In Report 6i, I want to print with format A3, I have to use matriciel printer whose portrait orientation is landscape's ink jet or laser printer.
I need a physical page composed with one logical page, both have width 29 cm. In fact, in the Layout Model I want to use width 29 cm, only 20 cm is permitted even in the Object Navigator, I put unit Measurement Centimeter, Max. Horizontal Body Pages = 29 and Max. Vertical Body Pages = 21.
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hello
your answer is
click on the report name ..go to property palette and under Report Max.horizontal Body pages / also vertical below it .
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LayOut Model

Hi,
I can't open the layout editor.
but i can open the data model.
Reports Builder has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
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ModVer: 7.0.2600.2180 Offset: 00030ac4
Regards,

Did you try to open the same report on any other machine? If there problem also on other machine. Then sometime RDF file gets crash due to improper close or any other reason. Then maybe you can not open it.
Or if you can open that same report on anyother machine then try to reinstall the developer again.
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One data model - different user-defined layouts

I want to develop a report where the user can change
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The best would be:
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I suggest you make a standard report and let you user make use of runtime customize feature to alter report layout properties. In this case you can not change the layout completely but can do some customization for each user with the same report.
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Format Trigger on Frames - SQL in data model

I am working on a report that gets data from huge tables that could possibly have millions of records. I have about four different queries in my data model. Each of the queries is attributed to a Frame in my layout model. However depending on the input parameters to the report, I need to suppress some frames.
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My email is : [email protected]

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If NO_DATA_FOUND then want to print message instead layout

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Nirav

On your data model, create a report-level summary column that counts some column in your report. Then, on the layout model, create a boilerplate text containing the message that you want displayed when there are no records fetched. Then create a format trigger for the boilerplate that suppresses it when there are records, but displays it when there aren't. ex:
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Crashes every time i try to view the paper layout of a specific report...

When opening a report developed in reports 6, i am unable to edit/view the Paper Layout with the following error (basically a standard microsoft error):
Reports Builder has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience....
Error signature
AppName: rwbuilder.exe AppVer: 10.1.2.0 ModName: rw.dll
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 001928b6
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Any ideas out there for things to try would be appreciated...
Cheers,
Tim.

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Is Structure Layout View a code smell?

I have an application that was built by using a double layered architecture. I needed to have a model where I store essential data about actions in this system.
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The following applies mainly to PHP and web pages, but the principles are the same: http://www.phpwact.org/pattern/template_view.
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interface TemplateComponent {
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class TemplateManager {
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}- Saish

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http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=54577:11
workspace:Godavarthi
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Excel Layout by Report Builder 6i

Hi All,
I am getting blank lines in the excel output of my report. Three blank lines
are coming together and are repeating after every 40 rows in the excel sheet.
Can somebody please guide me over this...??

That should be because one of your frame (main or repeating or any field) will be of fixed elasticity both vertical and horizontal.
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Setting page layout in Reports 6i doesn't work, gap gets to big.

We are forced to use good old' Oracle Reports 6i because another application uses this to create its forms and reports. The problem is, that we want to print those reports on continuous paper with specific measures. In millimetres it would be 210 mm x 305 mm. We already set the measures of the main part report to those specifications, but it appears that this wasn't enough.
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Where you set the measurement ?
Did you follow this ?
@ Report Object Navigator
1. Select Layout Model >> Main Section then properties
set Width, Height and Orientation under Section
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Try...
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