Modify an Opera Document Layout

To modify a document or report layout in Opera:
Firstly, identify the report or document name

To get the file name:

1. Log in to Opera as the ADMIN user
2. Switch to the affected company (use company Z if the document which has an issue would affect the nominal ledger, such as an invoice. If this isn't possible, proceed with caution and under guidance from the Finance team)
3. Run the report or document type that you need (get information from the end user to find out how and where to run this)
4. Publish the report to screen
5. The report designer will pop up in layout mode (if it doesn't then you've not logged in as ADMIN)
6. Make a note of the file name from the title bar of the report designer (don't worry about the frx extension)
7. Close the report designer and then also close the resulting report

To modify the layout:

1. From a command prompt, copy the intended report or document to company Z

for example, if you're going to modify the invoice layout for Best Companies, the commands will be:

• cd \\[server]\server vfp static and dynamic\reports
• copy g_inin.* z_inin.* (overwrite when prompted)

Create a backup copy of the existing layout:

• copy g_inin.* old_g_inin.* (or similar)

1. Follow steps 3-5 as above
2. Modify the layout as required using the report controls toolbox
3. Close the report designer saving the layout as necessary
4. Check and close the resulting report

When the layout is correct, use the command prompt you opened earlier to copy the report back across the original:

• copy z_inin.* g_inin.* (overwrite when prompted)

1. Close the command prompt and Opera