When the Report Designer is opened, one of two tabbed pages can
be used to edit a printer file.
The Source page is used for directly editing the printer file source
code. Report Designer automatically updates related views when changes
are made either to the Source page or the Design page.

The Design page is used to graphically modify the printer file
and shows how the records are arranged for the report. The Design
page is divided into 3 areas.
- The main design area shows a graphical representation of a report.
- The integrated palette is on the side of the design area. It contains
record and field items that can be dragged and dropped onto the design
area to create new entries. The palette can be made to automatically
hide or be shown, or can be set to remain hidden or shown. Alternatively,
the Workbench's Palette view can be used. Whenever the Palette view
is closed, the Report Designer's integrated palette is shown. Whenever
the Palette view is opened, the Report Designer's integrated palette
is hidden.
- Above the design area is the Report controls area. It is
used for defining and managing reports. A report is a design
time concept that lets you group collections of records together.
You can create new reports and delete existing ones. After creating
a report, you can add records to the selected report, remove existing
records from it or change the order in which they are shown on the
report.