NOTE:
This section only describes the facilities if you only require PDF reports in a very basic format. If you require more sophisticated PDF formatted reports, for example, with tables, colours and different fonts, refer to the facilities described in Report Items or contact the PKS Support team.
The following basic formatting options are available in the comments making up the report. You will also need to set up a workflow comment described in PDF files:
Bold:
To specify that a section of text should appear in bold, e.g. a report section heading or a phrase in a comment, enclose the text with the tags <BOLD>…</BOLD>. For example,
<BOLD> Diagnosis </BOLD>
Page break:
To insert a page break into the report, use the tag <page_break>. For example,
“This is the text on the first page. <page_break> This is the text on the second page.”
The page break tag can either be inserted into a comment, or it can be a comment itself.
Graphics:
To insert a graphic into the report, three tags are needed. Firstly, the tags <image>…</image> specify that there is a graphic to import. Secondly, you need to specify the filename of the graphic using the tags <file>…</file>. Finally, you need to specify the percentage scale factor of the graphic using the tags <scale>…</scale>. For example:
<image> <file> Signature.jpg </file> <scale> 15 </scale> </image>
The graphics tags can either be inserted into a comment, or they can be a comment itself. Graphics files must be in JPG format, and must be stored in the RippleDown BMD directory which by default is c:program filespksRippleDownbmd.
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