Public Gallery (Published Style Sheets)
The ProReport Gallery allows storage of common report items for reuse between reports. Report items stored in the Published section of the Report Gallery are available to all users. The public gallery is where common bands, styles, and style sheets should be stored for use with other DAS users.
Note
The ability to publish a Style Sheet is only available for users with the 'Allow user to publish presentation styles' permission. DAS Administrators can grant this permission to users. Same permission used to manage Excel Presentation Styles.
Publish a Style Sheet from Private Gallery
In order to share a private Style Sheet with other users, the Style Sheet needs to be published to the Public Gallery, displayed in the Report Gallery as Published.
Publish a Style Sheet
Select the desired Style Sheet to publish, Right + Click and select the Publish option.
The Style Sheet is now published and shows up under the Published section.
Unpublish a Style Sheet
To unpublish a Style Sheet from the Public Gallery select the desired Style Sheet, Right + Click and select the Unpublish option. You will be prompted to confirm removal of the Style Sheet. Click Yes to remove.
Apply a Style Sheet
Applying a Style Sheet will replace the styles in the report with the styles of the selected style sheet. If the report was generated using the Present to ProReport option, styles will be automatically be applied to appropriate report controls.
Note
Any style objects that were applied from a previous style sheet ('From Style Sheet' property on the style) will be removed before the new style sheet is added.
Apply Option
To apply a style sheet in its entirety, select the desired Style Sheet, Right + Click and select the Apply option. The Style Sheet will be applied to the ProReport.
Style Inheritance
Nested elements inherit their parent element's style if they do not have an applied style.
Make a Style Sheet the Default
The Default Style Sheet is the Style Sheet that first gets applied when a report is generated with the Present to ProReport option. This is convenient for automatically applying common styling such as company colors, logos, etc.
To make a published Style Sheet the default, select the desired Style Sheet, Right + Click and select the Make Default option. You will be prompted to confirm the change. Click Yes to change the default.
Copy a Style Sheet
It is convenient to make changes to an existing published Style Sheet for your own use, or to modify an existing published style. To copy a Style Sheet, select the desired Style Sheet, Right + Click and select the Copy option. The copied Style Sheet can then be pasted to a folder in the Private Gallery.
Note
In addition to copying and pasting using the context menu, a public style sheet can be copied to a private gallery by dragging and dropping the style sheet while pressing the Ctrl key.
Make Changes to a Published Style Sheet
In order to make changes to an existing published Style Sheet, it must first be copied and pasted into the Private Gallery.
If you need to ensure any changes made to the private Style Sheet are available to other users, use the steps above and re-publish the Style Sheet to the Public Gallery.
Sync Gallery
Click the Sync Gallery button to retrieve the latest gallery from the server. The last gallery update for the user will replace the contents of the current Private Gallery.