Run Mode - This mode only works with the Form Editor. In Run Mode you can run (or execute) your form, testing it for how it would look or behave in an actual part program execution environment.

Edit Mode - This is the default mode for all the reporting editors and is the only mode for the Report and Label template editors.

You can switch between run and edit modes by pressing CTRL + E.

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### About the Custom Report Editor

You can access the Custom Report Editor by selecting File | Reporting | New | Custom Report. You can also open existing custom reports, if any, for your current part program by selecting File | Reporting | Edit | Custom Report.

PC-DMIS displays the Custom Report Editor in a new window. If the Edit window is open PC-DMIS automatically places it into Summary mode.

Custom Report Editor

This editor is similar to the Report Template Editor, the Label Template Editor, and the Form Editor; with the exception of some differences in its Object Bar, the user interface is essentially the same.

The custom report is the white, sizable, area on top of the "CUSTOM" background. Note that when using this editor, you are not creating a template, but are creating the actual report that will be displayed in the Report window. Usually, you will want to run this editor side by side with the Edit window set in Summary mode so that you can drag the desired objects from Summary mode onto your Custom Report. See "Creating Custom Reports".

With the Custom Report Editor, you cannot place the Report or Label template editors into Run Mode
as you did with the HyperView editor. It only opens in Edit Mode and cannot be switched. Run Mode still functions with the Form Editor.

The editor contains the following elements:

- The Menu bar

- The Font Bar (toolbar)

- The Object Bar (toolbar)

- The Layout Bar (toolbar)

- Object Property Sheets