Using custom report for printing

When a Print Format is not defined for a tab, or when we click on the Print Preview or Print toolbar button, by default, ADempiere picks up the default layout and renders the report using it. However, there may be situations where we may have to produce a nice looking document, (for example, a quotation) which can be shared with the customers or suppliers. To accomplish this, in this recipe, we will see what steps we have to go through to use the report that we designed in the previous recipe for the Print Preview.

How to do it...

1. 1. Go to the Menu | System Admin | General Rules | Printing | Print Format window and create a new print format, c_mom_v_2 MOM Print Format, with the Form checked and MOM Detail Report selected as the Jasper Process.

1. 2. Open the Minutes Of Meeting window detail on the Application Dictionary | Window, Tab, and Field window.

2. 3. Go to the Tab tab, elect MOM Detail Report in the Process drop-down, and save the record.

1. 4. Log out and log...