Report View Manager > Creating a new Report View > New ReportView from XML Template

After choosing to create a new Report View from a XML Template and specifying a the XML file (Creating a new RapidRemark View), you are presented with this dialog:

NewReportViewFromXMLTemplate

The template chosen on the New Report View dialog will be open and loaded. You have the option of specifying a different one within this dialog followed by clicking the [Import] button. Once you have reviewed the imported XML file in the Preview window and it all looks good, click the [Create ReportView] button to generate a new Report View from that XML template. This process will create a new one potentially having the same name as an existing one since it will not overwrite nor warn you if one exists having the same name.

An example of a Report View XML template is shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<chapterDefaults

layout="Test Default General Chapter Heading"

watermark=""

watermarkStyle="2"

<topicDefaults

layout="Test Default General Topic Heading"

checkboxGroup="Texas 7-3: Topic Checkboxes - Standard Systems (v1.0)"

rrView=""

hint=""

<subtopicDefaults

layout=""

rrView=""

hint=""

</rrView>

</rrView>

</chapter>

</topic>

</chapter>

</reportView>

Tags and attributes (case sensitive):

•name - specifies the name of the Report View you want to create.

•text - specifies a prefix to use for any required entry that is not specified so that one can be created for you. For example, the topic "Introduction" does not specify a RapidRemark View, so one will be created for you entitled "THI1 - Introduction". All topic comments will also be created for you using this prefix along with the topic caption.

<chapterDefaults> - this is where you can specify various chapter attributes that should be used if that attribute is not specified when using the <chapter> tag. Useful to specify a common chapter layout used by all chapters so you don't have to repeat this for every chapter you define.

•layout - the default chapter layout.

•watermark - the default path to the file to use as the chapter watermark pre-printed on each page of a chapter (file must exist at generation time)

•watermarkStyle - the default style as to how the watermark image is drawn: "0"=centered, "1"=tiled to fill page, "2"=stretched to fit page

<topicDefaults> - this is where you can specify various topic attributes that should be used if that attribute is not specified when using the <topic> tag. Useful to specify a common topic layout used by all topics so you don't have to repeat this for every topic you define.

layout - the default topic layout.

•checkboxGroup - the default checkbox group for the topic.

•rrView - the default RapidRemark View for a topic.

•hint - the default topic hint.

<subtopicDefaults> - this is where you can specify various subtopic attributes that should be used if that attribute is not specified when using the <subtopic> tag. Useful to specify a common subtopic layout used by all subtopics so you don't have to repeat this for every subtopic you define. Note: if no default is specified and the attribute is not specified for a subtopic, it will inherit its parent topic's attributes. So, if you fail to set up a RapidRemark View default and you also don't specify it as an attribute for the subtopic, it will use the RapidRemark View as specified for the parent topic.

•layout - the default subtopic layout.

•rrView - the default RapidRemark View for a subtopic.

•hint - the default subtopic hint.

<rrView> - used to reference an existing RapidRemark View or to create a new one if it does not exist (use in conjunction with <rrFolder>.

•name - specify the name of the RapidRemark View.

<rrFolder> - used to reference an existing RapidRemark folder or to create a new one if it does not exist (use in conjunction with <rrView>.

•name - specify the name of the RapidRemark folder that will be part of its parent rrView. You must specify the complete tree structure, with each branch separated by a back slash (\).

<chapter> - Use to specify a chapter.

•caption - specify the caption for the chapter (this is used in the navigation panel).

•layout - specify the chapter layout if other than any default specified in <chapterDefaults>.

•watermark - the path to the file to use as the chapter watermark pre-printed on each page of this chapter (file must exist at generation time)

•watermarkStyle - the style as to how the watermark image is drawn: "0"=centered, "1"=tiled to fill page, "2"=stretched to fit page

<topic> - Use to specify a topic (use in conjunction with <chapter> as a child to the parent <chapter>).

•caption - specify the caption for the topic (this is used in the navigation panel).

•checkboxGroup - specify any checkbox group that this topic should use if other than the one specified in <topicDefaults>.

•layout - specify the topic layout if other than any default specified in <topicDefaults>.

•rrView - specify the RapidRemark View that this topic should use.

•hint - specify the hint that this topic should use.

<subtopic> - Use to specify a subtopic (use in conjunction with <topic> as a child to the parent <topic>).

•caption - specify the caption for the subtopic (this is used in the navigation panel).

•layout - specify the subtopic layout if other than any default specified in <subtopicDefaults> or in its parent <topic>.

•rrView - specify the RapidRemark View that this subtopic should use.

•hint - specify the hint that this topic should use if other than the default specified in <subtopicDefaults> or in it parent <topic>.