Selecting single objects Selecting multiple objects Selecting objects owned by a frame

How To... 4-9 To rename a report in the file system: 1. In your operating systems file system for example, Windows Explorer on Windows, browse to the location of the report. 2. Click the report name, then click again to make its name active. 3. Type a new name for the report.

4.3.6 Deleting a report

To delete a report in the Object Navigator:

1. In the Object Navigator, click the report name, then choose Edit Delete, or click

the Delete button in the toolbar.

2. In the alert dialog box, click Yes to delete the report. To cancel the delete

operation, click No. To delete a report in the file system: 1. In your operating systems file system, for example, Windows Explorer on Windows, browse to the location of the report.

2. Click the report name, then choose File Delete.

3. In the alert dialog box, click Yes to delete the report. To cancel the delete

operation, click NoS.

4.3.7 Selecting and deselecting objects

To manipulate objects or define their properties, you must first select them.

4.3.7.1 Selecting single objects

To select a single object in the Object Navigator: ■ Click the object. If the object is displayed in one of the Report Editor views, it is also selected in the corresponding view. To select a single object in the Data Model view, Paper Layout view, Paper Design view, or Parameter Form view: 1. If a tool in the tool palette is active, first click the Select tool in the tool palette. 2. Click the object.

4.3.7.2 Selecting multiple objects

To select multiple objects in the Object Navigator: ■ Click the first object, then either: ■ Shift-click another object to select all objects between the first and current object. ■ Or, control-click additional objects to add them to the selection group. Objects that are displayed in one of the Report Editor views are also selected in the corresponding view. To select multiple objects in the Data Model view, Paper Layout view, Paper Design view, or Parameter Form view: 1. If a tool in the tool palette is active, first click the Select tool in the tool palette. 4-10 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports 2. Do either of the following: ■ Shift-click each object. ■ Or, click and drag a region that includes all of the objects you want to select. In the Data Model view, note that if the first object you select is a column within a group, everything else you select must be a column within the same group; you cannot select columns within groups at the same time as you select queries, groups, report-level columns, or parameters.

4.3.7.3 Selecting objects owned by a frame

To select a set of objects owned by a frame or repeating frame:

1. In the Paper Layout view, either:

■ Click the Confine On button in the toolbar. ■ Or, if you want to explicitly select all objects to set common properties, click the Frame Select button in the toolbar.

2. Click the frame or repeating fame.

All objects within the frame or repeating frame are selected, depending upon their explicit anchors.

4.3.7.4 Selecting grouped objects