In the Actions menu the main commands to control the data dictionary are located. The picture below shows this menu item:
The
New Dictionary...
command
is used to create a new data dictionary in an editing
report;
The
Open Dictionary...
command
invokes a dialog box in which one should specify the path to the
previously saved data dictionary, select it and click
Open. In
this case, the current data dictionary is replaced with the
specified data dictionary.
If it
is necessary to add a data dictionary to the data dictionary in the
report, you can use the Merge Dictionary...
command.
Using this option, the user will see a dialog box in which it is
possible to specify the path to the previously saved data
dictionary, select it and click Merge.
Then, the selected data dictionary will be added to the data
dictionary in the report. If the current data dictionary and the
data dictionary, which will be added, have the same items, the
existing items will be replaced on data items from the added data
dictionary.
The
Save Dictionary As
command
invokes a dialog box in which it is possible to specify the path by
what data dictionary, the name of the saving *.dct file
will be saved, click the Save button.
After that, the data dictionary of a report will be
saved;
Using
the Import XML
Schema... command
it is possible to import information about the data from the
selected XML schema
to the data dictionary. After clicking this item, a dialog
box will be invoked where a user must specify the path to a
previously saved XML schema, select it and click
Open;
Using
the Export XML
Schema... command
it is possible to save the data dictionary as an
XML schema.
After clicking this item, a dialog box will be invoked where one
must specify the path to save the XML schema
and the *.xsd file
name. Then click the Save button;
If it
is necessary to add more information about the data from the
selected XML schema
to the information about the data in the data dictionary, click
the Merge XML Schema...
command.
A dialog box will be invoked where one must specify the path to
the XML schema,
information from which will be added, select it and click
Open;
The
Synchronize
command
provides the ability to synchronize the contents of a data
dictionary with the data that are registered for the report. This
command synchronizes the registered data in a data store and data
dictionary of a report. Moreover, the data can be passed to the
report from both the program and be connected in the report. If
data were registered using the RegData
or
RegBusinessObjects
methods
then, when running the report designer, they will be synchronized.
It is necessary to note that if the data are registered in a report
as connections to databases, then synchronization will not be
performed automatically. This remark is not related to a connection
in the report, generated for the XML data.
For data that are registered in the report and receive the
information from databases using queries, one must use the wizard
to create a new data source. A wizard to create a new data source
provides the ability to add tables from the database
automatically.