Designing the Layout
The report's visual elements are the Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer.
Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer
The Report Definition Language (RDL) Data is a report component that is used by
Microsoft Dynamics NAV to display the report in the RoleTailored client.
Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer is an external designer that is used to
design the visual element (the RDL data) of a report. It is accessed from the
Report Dataset Designer. The following steps show how to open the Microsoft
Visual Studio Report Designer:
1. Open Report Dataset Designer from Object Designer.
2. In Report Designer, click View, Layout.
The Report Designer provides the following two options about layout creation:
• View Layout
• Delete Layout
You can access these two options on the Tools menu in the Development
Environment.
The View, Layout option creates an (empty) report.rdlc file, and opens it in Visual
Studio Report Designer.
The Delete Layout option deletes the current report layout.