Creating a print view

Of course, you can also create your own print layout according to your specifications. To do this, click on the plus symbol at the top left . In the pop-up window Create New Layout,…

Customize print view

Customize the print view to your preferences In this area of the Print Preview for the individual record, you can adjust the Paper format, the Header/Footer,…

Printing options

When you click on the Print button, a small drop-down menu opens. Now, it's important to revisit what we've looked at earlier under Selecting records. Print Active Record If you select This record,…

Printing a record

When you click on the printer icon in the top right of your active record, you will see the following: Standard print template from Ninox (1) Customize print view (2) Blue bar with additional options…

Changing print settings

You can change the print settings in the Database Options. Here, you can: adjust the format and the font size as needed. How It Works Open the database (e.g., Event Management).…

Picture example – Word document

Prepare a dataset with a public URL or a Data URI corresponding to the image URL "image": "http://link.to/you/picture" } Data URI { "image": "data:image/png;base64,…

Picture from a Base64

This feature may not work at the time of release. Use picture from a public URL in the meantime. We will update this page once it becomes available.…

Picture from a base64 Data URI

This feature may not work at the time of release. Use picture from a public URL in the meantime. We will update this page once it becomes available.…

Substitutions

To substitute data in a template, use indicators {d.}. Indicators {d.} are substituted for data from your JSON dataset in Ninox. The following values can be substituted: a string a number a date

Picture from a public URL

The following dataset is used in the example below that shows how to insert a picture into an ODT report Data { "flags": [ { "name": "France", "picture": "https://share.ninox.…

Password encryption

If needed, encrypt a rendered report with a password Either toggle ON the option Set password in the Ninox UI, or alternatively use a custom script and the functions printRecord or printAndSaveRecord.…

Option A: without a custom script

Follow CamelCase and underscore notation in template Without a custom script, your template (e.g., a DOCX file) must follow the proper notation for field names.…

Upload a template

The first step to creating and rendering a report is to set up a new print layout in Ninox Create a new layout and import file Open a database to open a table that contains records you want to print.…

Create a template

Get from a document in a text editor to a printable report in Ninox Open a text editor, e.g., Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, Open Office, Google Docs, or other. Choose the type of template you want.…

Introduction to dynamic print layouts

Learn the basics of print customization in Ninox Availability Print customization is available for Public and Private Cloud starting 3.7.7. Capacity The pricing page (section on Essentials) offers…

Create dynamic reports in LibreOffice

Create dynamic charts in Microsoft Word

Test print with watermark

Download and print a test PDF to verify that the rendered report contains the desired data and looks as expected in your layout The test print contains a watermark.…

Example: invoice PDF

Use the sample data below to understand how to get from a document (= template, here: DOCX in Microsoft Word) to a rendered report (= result, PDF in Ninox).…

Option B: with a custom script

Follow script notation in template Assign alternative field names to be used in your template. Your field names do not need to follow the CamelCase or underscore _ notation.…