To change the orientation (portrait or landscape) of a report section, follow the steps for the desired output format:
Printer output (DESTYPE=PRINTER)
PDF or RTF output
Printer output (DESTYPE=PRINTER)
To set the report output orientation, do one of the following:
On the command line, specify the ORIENTATION
command line
keyword. This takes precedence over the ORIENTATION
system
parameter, the Orientation
property, and the the Width
and Height
properties. For information about the ORIENTATION
command line
keyword, see the "Command Line Keywords" appendix in the Oracle
Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web manual.
Specify the ORIENTATION
system parameter. This takes precedence
over the Orientation
property, and the Width
and Height
properties. To specify the ORIENTATION
system parameter, which
allows end users to modify the orientation at runtime:
Choose ToolsParameter
Form Builder to display the Parameter Form Builder.
Click the ORIENTATION
system parameter.
Click OK to display the Paper Parameter Form view.
Double-click the Orientation value field (PF_ORIENTATION
)
to display the Property Inspector.
Under the Parameter node, set the Initial Value property to Portrait or Landscape.
Click
in the toolbar.
From the Orientation list, change the orientation if desired.
Set the Orientation property and/or the Width and Height properties:
In the Object Navigator, under the Paper Layout node,
double-click double-click ,
, or
(the properties icon)
for the pertinent report section (Header, Main, or Trailer) to display
the Property Inspector (by default, a report is defined in the Main
Section).
In the Property Inspector, under the Section node, set the Orientation property to the desired value. If set to Portrait or Landscape, this value takes precedence over the Width and Height properties. If set to Default, orientation is based on the values of the Width and Height properties (landscape orientation if Width is greater than Height, and portrait orientation if Height is greater than Width).
PDF or RTF output
For PDF or RTF output, any values specified for the ORIENTATION
command line keyword, ORIENTATION
system parameter, and Orientation
property are ignored. Orientation of the PDF or RTF output is based solely on
the values of the Width
and Height properties:
In the Object Navigator, under the Paper Layout node,
double-click double-click ,
, or
(the properties icon)
for the pertinent report section (Header, Main, or Trailer) to display the
Property Inspector (by default, a report is defined in the Main Section).
In the Property Inspector, under the Section node, set the Width and Height properties as desired (for example, 11 (or 15) width x 8.5 height for landscape, or 8.5 width x 11 (or 15) height for portrait). Make sure that you subtract the margin depths (for example, for an 8.5 x 11 page with top, bottom, left, and right margins of .25, set Width to 8 and Height to 10.5).
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