You can create new or manage existing templates for your supplier orders and offers with Template Editor windows application from DevExpress. With the help of the Template Editor you can design your templates according to your specific needs.
User Interface Overview
The following image illustrates the Template Editor user interface and the table below explains the main interface elements which are numbered in the image.
Nr. |
Element |
Description |
1 |
Main Menu |
Contains a set of items and subitems that allow you to perform common actions over the report currently shown in the Design Panel. It duplicates all the toolbar buttons available on the Main, Formatting and Layout toolbars. The Window menu allows for the disabling of the tabbed multi-document interface. |
2 |
Toolbars |
Top, main toolbar contains buttons that allow you to create new reports, save and load report layouts, cut, copy and paste controls, and undo and redo actions in the Designer. Bottom, layout toolbar is for positioning report elements. It contains buttons that provide the ability to change the size and location of groups of controls. |
3 |
Toolbox |
Contains the available controls that you can add to your report by dragging and dropping their icons onto a report's area. |
4 |
Report Explorer |
Displays the structure of a report in a visual-tree form, which makes the report navigation easier. |
5 |
Field List |
Shows the structure of a report's data source and is used to bind report controls to data. |
6 |
Properties Grid |
Used to access and modify properties of a report and all its elements (bands and controls). |
7 |
MDI Controller |
Provides the multi-document interface in the Designer by containing its Design Panels. |
8 |
Design Panel |
A surface where a report is being edited and previewed. The Designer provides a multi-document interface, and can have as many Design Panels as required, each associated with a single report instance. Each Design Panel has four tabs (Designer, Preview, HTML View and Scripts) for report editing, previewing, and maintaining its scripts. For more information about the tabs visit the DevExpress help site. |
Edit Templates
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Download the Template Editor from web pixi and install it
URL: https://web.pixi.eu/Administration/Templates (different for in-house server)
Run Template Editor application
Choose the type of template you want to create and click Edit
Start working on the new template or click File > Open and find the template file you downloaded from web pixi using these guidelines.
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Go to DevExpress help website for detailed documentation about editing templates:
Save your template to your computer and then upload it to web pixi using these guidelines.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How do I use calculated fields and how do I combine functions or variables in the expressing editor?
A good explanation for using calculated fields already exists on DevExpress help site.
How can I make the discount field invisible when the discount is 0?
You can achieve this result with formatting rules. Follow the tutorial Conditionally show bands on DevExpress site and apply them to your fields and labels.
Specifically for this case, you can create a rule with the condition "[Discount-field] == 0" and Visible set to "No", then apply this rule to the field (and label if one exists).