Templates

Templates are used to control the layout and formatting of the cross-section. In general, all of the cross-sections in a project would use one or two templates. In this way, a consistent format can be established within a project and across projects. Once a template is created it is available to all projects.

WinFence comes with numerous easily customized templates, which can be edited and saved as new templates. You can also create a new template by specifying the desired layout. Each template consists of a title bar, legend, cross-section, location map and scale bar. The location map and scale bar are optional. Templates can also contain paragraph text, bitmaps, lines, arrows, and rectangles.

Templates are stored in the WinFence master database. The format of the master database is Microsoft Access 2000. This database is stored in the Main Database Directory. For a detailed discussion of the database structure, see Database Structure in Appendix B.

This chapter describes how to:

1. Create a new template
2. Open a template
3. Edit a template
4. Save a template
5. Delete a template

These tasks can be performed using menu commands on the Edit menu or buttons on the Template.

To make it easier to edit the template, the Template toolbar should be turned on if it is not currently displayed. If the Show Template Toolbar option in the View menu is not checked, click on the option to display the toolbar. If the Template toolbar is displayed in collapsed mode, then click on the "TEM" button to expand the toolbar.