Word Report Generation

Word Report Generation is a new feature in VP Suite 2.3 SP3. It use for generate report in Microsoft Word format (.doc). Like generate PDF report, it supports a higher level of customization such as cover page, header and footer, table of contents, table of figures and diagram ordering.

Generating a Word report
1.	Start the Generate Word dialog by any of the ways listed below.
	Method 1 - Through the menu
	Select Tools > Report > Generate Word Report... from the main menu.
	Method 2 - Through the toolbar
	Select Click on the button on the toolbar.
	The Generate Word is shown as below:
2.	Enter the File location of the Word report. Make sure that the file path spcified is not pointing to a file that is opened.
3.	Specify the report generation options, cover page, header and footer. Information about the generation options and how to work with the header and footer will be covered in the following sections.
4.	Press the Generate button to start generating the Word report.
5.	If you have enabled Launch Viewer, the report will be opened after the generation has been finished.
Options
	General > Diagram
	Field Description File location The target location of the Word report. Make sure that the file path specified is not pointing to a file in-use. Launch viewer Enable it to launch the default Word viewer to open the generated report after the generation is completed. Options Generate table of contents Enable it to include the table of contents that list out the chapter's name and the corresponding page numbers. Generate table of figure Enable it to include the table of figures that list out the images name and the corresponding page numbers. Generate diagrams Enable it to include the diagram's image. Generate reference (file/URL) link Enable it to make the referenced file/URL defined in models click-able in the report. Generate models/diagrams link Enable it to allow internal linkage within the generated report. (e.g. A child model appear in the Children table of a package is linked to the real position of that child) Shape type style To select the way how models and diagrams titles are shown. Select Icon to show the title in pattern [$model_type_icon_image $model_name]. Select Text to show the title in pattern [$model_type_name $model_name]. Details Children Enable it to generate the children details for each class Member Enable it to generate the class members details for each class Properties Enable it to generate the properties details for each class Relationships Enable it to generate a page to list out the relationships for each class References Enable it to generate a page to list out the reference for each class Sub-diagram Enable it to generate a page to list out the sub-diagram details for each class Tagged values Enable it to generate a page to list out the Tagged values for each class Comments Enable it to generate the comment for each element Anti-aliasing Graphics Enable it to allow the anti-aliasing of images show in the report. Text Enable it to allow the anti-aliasing of text appear on the images show in the report.
	General > Page
	Field Description Page size The size of report pages. Page Orientation Select Portrait to indicate that the report is wider horizontally than it is vertical. LandScape is opposite to Portrait. Page Margin Specify the border of pages. You can enter the value directly or drag the dotted line to adjust the value interactively.
	Cover Page
	Field Description Generate cover page Enable it to generate the report cover page. Logo image path The file path of the logo image, that will be shown on the top left hand corner of the cover page. Title The report title. Organization name The organization that owns the report. The text will be shown near the bottom of the cover page. Author name The one who generate the report. The text will be shown under the organization name.
	Document Info
	Field Description Title The property title for the generated document Author The property author for the generated docuemnt Subjects The property subject for the generated document Keywords The property keyword for the generated document
Working with header and footer
To edit the header and footer of the report, open the Header/Footer tab from the Generate Word dialog box.
	You should see there are two input area in the dialog, which correspond to the header and footer respectively. You can select the items to be appeared in each section. Here are the steps:
1.	Click on either the header and footer.
2.	You can enter the contents directly and/or select a variable from the list appear at the center of the Generate Word dialog box. Below is a table that describe what does each variable stand for.
	Variable image Name Description Selection Font Click on it to select a font for the section. Add Image Click on it to select an image to be added to the cursor position. The selection is recorded such that you can reuse the same image the next time. Insert page number Click on it to add a page number variable to the cursor position. Insert page count Click on it to add a page count variable to the cursor position. Insert date Click on it to add a date variable to the cursor position. Insert time Click on it to add a time variable to the cursor position. Insert project name Click on it to add a project name variable to the cursor position. Insert report file name Click on it to add a report file name variable to the cursor position. Insert user name Click on it to add a user name variable to the cursor position. Left Alignment Click on it to align the text and variable on Footer/Header to left Cneter Alignment Click on it to align the text and variable on Footer/Header to center Right Alignment Click on it to align the text and variable on Footer/Header to right

Sample Reports
	Use Case Diagram
	Use Case Description
	Class Diagram
	Entity Relationship Diagram
	Stereotypes

Downloads

• Project file
		courier.zip (0.2 MB)
• The Word file generated from the Courier.vpp
		courier.doc (2.1 MB)

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