The Navigation task bar

The Navigation task bar provides quick access to all active output windows and to the report design that generated the output.

The Navigation Task Bar, is always visible in Report Creator. It is located near the bottom of the application window, just above the Status Bar.

Navigation task bar options:

Query View Tools pop-up menu
  • Located at the far left of the Navigation Task Bar, provides options for displaying all active output windows in the Results Panel.
  • Includes Cascade, Tile Horizontally, Tile Vertically, Maximize All or Restore All, Minimize All, and Close All.
Name of each active output window
  • Displays at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
  • Output View Options for Cascade, Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically.
Query View Tools pop-up menu
  • Directly linked to options available in the Output Window Group of the View tab.
Return to the last report
  • Return to last edited report in Query Design pane by selecting the Query button on the task bar.

Each of the active output windows has a tab on the Navigation task bar. Selecting the tab displays that output window in the Results Panel.

  • If you save a report with a unique name each time you modify it, when the report is executed and a new output window is generated, the unique name displays as a tab on the task bar.
  • If you continue to modify and execute a report without saving it with a unique name, a number in parentheses is appended to the original, saved report name in the tab on the Navigation task bar to differentiate between the multiple output windows.

The ability to select report output from the Navigation Task Bar depends on the output window option selected from the Status Bar or from the Output Window group of the View tab.

Each report tab on the Navigation Task Bar has a right-click menu with options to Restore, Minimize, Maximize, Close, Load View, and Auto Resize.

Load view

Load the underlying report design for each output window into the Query Design pane.

Auto resize

Enable automatic resizing of an output window as needed when you add or remove fields.