How to add custom graphics
TimeCache lets you add basic custom graphic objects to the headers
or footers of report and invoice layouts. You can add filled or
unfilled rectangles, horizontal and vertical lines, and rectangular
text blocks.
To add custom graphics, enter layout
editing mode and show the TimeCache Layout Tools palette by
choosing .
With the tool palette showing, click and
drag from one of the tool icons at the top of the palette to the
header or footer of your report or invoice layout. A default object
of the type you dragged in is added to the layout. Now you can
change its characteristics by selecting it if necessary and
applying properties in the tool palette. The following options
apply:
- Horizontal line: Line width/Line
color/Left/Top/Width
- Vertical line: Line width/Line
color/Left/Top/Height
- Unfilled rectangle: Line width/Line
color/Left/Top/Width/Height
- Filled rectangle: Line width/Line color/Fill
color/Left/Top/Width/Height
- Text block: Line width/Line color/Fill
color/Left/Top/Width/Height/Text font/Text size/Text alignment/Text
color/Bold/Italic/Underline/Horizontal offset/Vertical offset/Line
spacing/Transparent
As you can see, there are a number of additional properties
available for text blocks. You can get more information on the
options available in the TimeCache Help section Working with text blocks and fields.
Resizing objects
You can resize any object by typing a value in the Width or Height
fields of the tool palette when the object is selected in the
report layout. You can also click and drag on a side or corner
selection handle. If the Snap-to-grid feature is enabled drag
resizing does not work unless you press the Shift key on your
keyboard, which is a way of temporarily disabling
Snap-to-grid.
Selecting objects
You can select any single object in a report layout by clicking it.
If another item is already selected you'll need to click once to
deselect that item, then again to select the targeted item. Another
way of selecting items is to drag a selection rectangle over them
with the mouse by clicking in an empty spot on the layout and
dragging over the object the target object.
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