Build Report with Report Composer

VP-UML provides various ways to generate report for your project. The report writer is one of the popular tools since it provides a handy way to create a content-rich report by simply drag and drop. In VP-UML 8.1, we introduce a report composer, in which you can build a report within VP-UML as simple as creating a diagram. This tutorial will teach you how to build a report using report composer, and export the report into a PDF document.

Download Broadcasting System.vpp from this tutorial in advance and open the project with VP-UML.
Right click on Report on Diagram Navigator and select New Report from the pop-up menu.
To create report for Broadcasting System, select it on Diagram Navigator under UML Diagrams > Use Case Diagram.
The selected model element / diagram and its information will be presented as templates and listed on Property pane. You can drag a template from Property pane and drop it on report composer directly to build a report. Let's drag Use Case Diagram template from Property pane, and drop it on report composer.
Next, show a use case's basic information under the use case diagram. Select Subscribe for Newsletter use case on Diagram Navigator, drag Basic Information from Property pane and drop it on report composer.
In some case, we are not necessary to have the full size image of the diagram in our report, especially when our report is focus on specific model elements. Report composer allows you to zoom and resize the diagram image so that you can focus on specific area you would like. Click on diagram image and you can see the place holder showing on the image, and a slider appears at the bottom of the image.
Resize the image smaller by dragging the border of placeholder.
Now adjust the zoom level by dragging the slider.
Next, move the diagram in the image to focus on Subscribe for Newsletter use case.
The output of report can be exported to HTML / PDF / Word document. Let's export the finished report to PDF document. Click Export button on the top-right corner of the report and select PDF Report... from the pop-up menu.
In the Export Report dialog box, specify output path and fill document information under Document Info tab.
Lastly, click Export button. The exported PDF report is produced.