Sage 200 Report Designer - How to change the border of an object

1. In Report Designer, select the objects you want to change.
   
   

   TIP: To select a single object click it once. To select multiple objects, click the first object, press and hold the Ctrl key down then click all of the required objects in turn.
   
   

2. From the Properties pane, click Border, then click the Finder button.

   TIP: If you have chosen to auto-hide any of your Report Designer panes, the name appears in a tab to the left or right of your window. To expand a pane, click on its name. If you have closed any of your Report Designer panes, to open them, from the View menu, choose the relevant pane.

3. Select the border style and additional options you require. For information about the different border styles available and the additional options within the Border window, please refer to the following section.
   
   
4. To add the border, from the preview pane click the left, right, top and bottom buttons as required.
   
   
5. To close the Border window and accept the changes, click OK.

You have now changed the border of an object. You should make any further changes you require to the document and then save your changes. For further information about how to save the amended document, please refer to the section To save the changes to your document later in this article.

This section explains the options available within the Border window and how to use them to create your border.

This section explains how to define a custom colour for use with the border options within the Border window. For information about adding a border, please refer to the section To change the border of an object.

1. In the Background Style window, from the colour drop-down list, choose Custom Colour.
   
   
2. From the colour matrix in the right-hand pane, select the colour you require. Alternatively, if you know the hue, saturation, luminosity, red, green and blue values for your colour you can enter these manually in the boxes provided.
   
   

   NOTE: The colour may not appear exactly as in the colour matrix due to the luminosity scale. To change the lightness and darkness specified in the luminosity scale, proceed to step 3. If you do not need to change the luminosity scale, proceed to step 4.

3. From the right-hand side, change the lightness and darkness by dragging the slider arrow up and down the luminosity scale.
   
   
4. To add the defined colour to the colour palette, click Add to Custom Colors.
   
   
5. To accept the changes and return to the Background Style window, click OK.

You have now defined a custom colour and can choose the new colour for your background from the colour drop-down list.

1. To save your changes, you must change the name and description of your document. To do this, open the Report menu, choose Report Properties, enter a new name and description for the document then click OK.
   
   Report Designer v1.3 and below - To save your changes, you must change the name of your document. To do this, from the Report Explorer pane, select the document name. From the Properties pane, in the Name box, enter your preferred description for the document then press Enter.
   
   

   TIP: You can check your Report Designer version in Help > About > Application > File Version.
   
   

2. To save the changes, open the File menu and choose Save As. From the Save As window, in the File name box, enter a file name for your amended document. If required, browse to the required location for your document then click Save. For further information about where to save your document, please refer to article .
   
   
3. To close Sage Report Designer, open the File menu and choose Exit.

You have now saved your amended document.

TIP: If you have any difficulty finding a recently saved document, you can open it from the Report Designer Recent files list and save it to the required location. To open a recently viewed report, from the Sage 200 menu, choose Report Designer then from the Recent files list, click your required report.

If you add a box to a report or layout and then amend the width or style of the box in Properties > Border, the changes may not be applied. This happens if you don't specify which borders you want to change. The Modify Border window can be used to change each border individually, so you must specify which borders your changes should apply to.

To apply a width or style change, in the Modify Border > Preview area you must remove the existing borders and add them back on with the new properties.

1. Report Designer > select the box > Properties > Border > finder button.
2. Style > choose the required style > Width > choose the required line thickness.
3. Preview area > click the button to remove the top edge of the box > click it again to add the new style border > repeat for the other 3 edges of the box > OK.
   

   

   
   

   TIP: If required, you can modify just some of the edges, for example, the top and bottom only.

NOTE: If you re-open the Modify Border window, the line width appears as 1pt. This happens because the Modify Border window automatically shows the default line width, however your previous settings are still applied.