Customize a Title Block in InfoMaker - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

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If, in Smart Instrumentation, a Standard title block assignment method is defined, and you use the A4 sheet size to print specifications, you do not have to perform this procedure. Instead, you can use the title block Specs Default TB with PB Units.psr file that is supplied with Smart Instrumentation. However, if you want to print specs using the Letter size, you still need to make some adjustments even to the Specs Default TB with PB Units.psr title block.

  1. Start InfoMaker and a .psr file created on the based on one of the following files: Tb_ora.psr (for use on Oracle) or Tb_mss.psr (for use on SQL Server).

  2. When adding other design-related items, such as internal lines, text boxes, and so forth, to the title block, add the tb segment to the names of the new items. For example, if you want to add a new line, name the line as <Line>_tb_<1>. This is required to distinguish between items that belong to the title block and items that belong to the rest of the report outside the title block.

  3. Modify the report layout using the following guidelines:

    • When you edit the logo field, do not change the value logo under Name, on the General tab of the Properties dialog. This is crucial if you intend to use Save as Excel options of Smart Instrumentation to save specifications based on a form that incorporates this title block.

      The Save-as Excel functionality only works with the 32-bit version of Microsoft Excel. You must also have installed from the Microsoft Download center the following file: Microsoft Access 2013 Runtime.exe.

    • All the objects in the report layout, such as lines, text, field, and so forth must be defined as the Background Layer. If you are creating a new object, make sure you change it from the default band layer to the Background Layer.

    • Objects that appear in the report layout one below another, such as revision rows, must be defined as Detail Band Layer.

    • If you add revision rows, make sure you decrease the row height so that the title block height is not greater than the default height of the title block you customize. A custom title block whose height is greater than the default height causes display problems on the Note page of a Smart Instrumentation specification.

    • Do not make any changes to SQL statements.

    • Do not include left or right borders since the border of the page will be used for the title block.

    • If you move any report layout items while working on the report layout, make sure you reposition those items exactly in their original locations.

    • You cannot insert a new field in the report layout. You can only modify existing fields.

    • If you want to use the Specs Default TB with PB Units.psr in your specs and print specs using the Letter size, we recommend that you remove two revision rows from this title block in InfoMaker to adjust the title block height for the Letter size.

    • The width of the title block should not be greater than 7.5" in portrait layout or 9.8" in landscape layout. If the title block width is greater than specified, an extra blank sheet is added to your drawing.

  4. Save the report layout under a different name and close InfoMaker.