After adding an image to a layout, you must choose one of these types:
- Company Logo
- The logo for the current company is retrieved from the
Companies (ttaad1100m000) session. If no logo is
defined for the current company, the logo of company 0 is used.
- Static Image
- You can upload an image file in the
Report Designer. The image is stored on the LN
server.
- Image Field
- The image field of a table is retrieved. You can upload these images in various LN sessions, such as the
Business Partners (tccom4500m000) session.
- This option is only available if a report input field of the
correct type is available.
- Image Path
- Specify a report input field that contains the path to the image file on the
LN server.
- You can create a report extension to add the report input field and set its
value to the desired path of the image. Optionally, the report extension can
also retrieve the image from an external source, such as IDM.
- This option is available only if a report input field of the single-byte string
type, with a length of at least 60 characters, is available.
When an image is specified, but its file cannot be found on the LN server, an error is reported when printing.
These properties are available:
- Left
- Specify the position of the field from the left side of the layout.
- This property is only available if the report uses exact positioning.
- Top
- Specify the position of the field from the top of the layout.
- This property is only available if the report uses exact positioning.
- Width
- Specify the width of the field, in columns.
- If the report uses exact positioning, this property is specified as a
length.
- The image is automatically re-sized to fill the field. This does not change the
aspect ratio of the image.
- Height
- Specify the height of the field, in lines.
- If the report uses exact positioning, this property is specified as a
length.
- Alignment
- Specify the horizontal and vertical alignment of the image within the
field.
- Column
- This property is relevant if you export the report to an Excel workbook.
- Specify the Excel column on the current sheet where the image should be placed.
- If you select multiple items, the specified value is applied to the first
selected item. The value is incremented for the other selected items. For
example, you have selected four items and you specify B in the Column property. For the first selected
item, the value of the Column property is B.
For the other three items, the value of the Column property is C, D,
and E respectively.
- If you leave this property blank, the image is not included in the
workbook.
- Row
- This property is relevant if you export the report to an Excel workbook.
- Specify the Excel row number where the image should be placed. The value cannot
be greater than the value of the Rows property of the layout in which the image is present.
- If you select multiple items, the specified row number is applied to all
selected items. Therefore, these items have the same row number.
- For ‘non-exact positioned’ reports, the default value for this property is
automatically set to the layout line number within the layout. You can edit this
value.