[jbosstools-commits] JBoss Tools SVN: r10836 - trunk/birt/docs/en/modules.

Author: abogachuk Date: 2008-10-14 13:30:12 -0400 (Tue, 14 Oct 2008) New Revision: 10836 Modified: trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml Log: Modified: trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml 2008-10-14 17:02:08 UTC (rev 10835) +++ trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml 2008-10-14 17:30:12 UTC (rev 10836) @@ -17,20 +17,34 @@ <section id="birt_designer_UI" xreflabel="birt_designer_UI"> <title>BIRT User Interface</title> - <para>The central part of the user interface is the Layout Editor. It displays the whole process of building a report and contains the following tabs:</para> + <para>The central part of the user interface is the <property>Layout Editor</property>. It displays the whole process of building a report and contains the following tabs:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Layout</emphasis> - this is an area where you can edit your report design;</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Preview</emphasis> - runs your report created and shows the output;</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Script</emphasis> - on this page you can add JavaScript to your report to customize its behavior;</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">XML Source</emphasis> - this is an area where you can view and modify the XML source of your report;</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Master Page</emphasis> - use it to format page data.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Master Page</emphasis> - use it to format page data.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> + <para>The next part of user interface is different <property>Views</property> that can be arranged around the Layout Editor area the way you like:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Palette</emphasis> - BIRT View that shows the standard report items you can add to your report using drag and drop.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Outline</emphasis> - BIRT View that shows the structure of your report as a tree view.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Navigator</emphasis> - Standard Eclipse view that shows your projects, and the reports within your projects.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Data Explorer</emphasis> - BIRT View that shows your data sources (connections), data sets (queries) and report parameters. You also use this view to add data set columns to your report layout.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Property Editor</emphasis> - BIRT View that displays properties for many report items. It has tabs and groupings that organize properties into categories.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Properties View</emphasis> - Standard Eclipse view that shows all properties for a report item as a simple list. This view is optional, and we will not use it in this tutorial.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Library Explorer View</emphasis> - BIRT allows the reuse of report objects, such as tables, data sources and styles. Objects created for reuse are stored in a library file. The Library Explorer will display Libraries that exist in the resource folder. Developed libraries can be added to the resource folder by selecting File→Publish Library to Resource Folder or by right clicking in Library Explorer and selecting add. The resource folder location can be configured. </para></listitem> + + + + </itemizedlist> - </itemizedlist> + + </section> <section id="birt_designer_features">