Page panel

A page panel is a template to design a page. You can define information for it and meanwhile information for pages designed with this page panel will be defined accordingly. Here, information covers all factors of a page, including page size, margin, and orientation. Also, you can define the page headers and page footers for a page panel. By default, a page panel has only one page header and page footer, but you can also set more and remove them according to your requirements.

In addition, JReport Designer also supports multiple page panels. With multiple page panels, you have to define each page panel's page settings individually.

Inserting a page panel

When inserting a page panel into a page, you can choose whether the new page will keep the original page settings or it will apply new settings.

Inserting a page panel where the new page keeps the original page settings
1. Click Insert > Page Panel.
2. In the Page Panel dialog, select Keep the current page settings.
3. Click OK to insert the panel.
Inserting a page panel where the new page has new page settings
1. In the Page Panel dialog, select Use a new page setting.
2. Click OK. The Page Setup dialog will then appear for you to adjust the settings for the new page panel.

See also Page Panel dialog for details about options in the dialog.

Removing a page panel

To remove a page panel, set the mouse pointer to the beginning of the page panel and then press the Backspace key.

Notes:

Page panels can be inserted into the report body level.
Page panels can be inserted into banded reports which satisfies the following conditions:
- The parent of the banded object is the report body.
- The Position property value of the banded object is set to static.
- There isn't any existing page panel in the report body.