How to dock input controls dialog in server

[neil.walker]

Hello,

I managed a while ago to figure out how to get the dialog box for a report to dock to the left, rather than float in the middle, but it's now back to floating and I cannot figure out at all how to do this. I've trawled through the documentation too :(

Anyone help?

thanks.

[reportdev]

1. Edit the report by right clicking on the report
2. In the controls and resources tab, Display Mode: should be set to In Page. 

    

[neil.walker]

Thanks :)

Just a couple of things please:

1. Where in the online documentation is this mentioned because I couldn't find it anywhere, even after you told me how to do it.

2. Is there any way to define this in the report because it seems to be resetting sometimes.

[reportdev]

https://community.jaspersoft.com/documentation/jasperreports-server-user-guide/adding-input-controls

These settings are saved inside an xml file on the server. when you try to publish the report again from the studio, the settings get overwritten.

These settings are ideal when you publish a report and dont modify them afterwards. if you keep on modifying these reports, then there is no point in selecting these options on the server.

[neil.walker]

Thanks, good to know.

You'd think there would be a way to update a report without losing all your settings...

[reportdev]

Hi there,

sorry for providing wrong info. 

I have tested this functionality and

the new server 6.4 retains the input control modifications even after publishing the report again.