This section shows how to use ROM elements that are not report items. To use other ROM elements, such as the libraries that the report design uses, employ similar techniques as for report items.

Access the report design’s data sources and data sets using methods on the ReportDesignHandle instance, in a similar way to other report elements. The model classes that define a data source and data set are DataSourceHandle and DataSetHandle, respectively. A data set provides a report item such as a table with data from a data source. For a report item to access the data set, use the item’s setDataSet( ) method.

Use a finder method on the report design handle to access a data source or data set by name. The finder methods are findDataSource( ) and findDataSet( ), respectively. Alternatively, to access all the data sources or data sets, use a getter method that returns a slot handle. The getter methods are getDataSources( ) and getDataSets( ), respectively. To access the individual data sources or data sets in a slot handle, iterate over the contents of the slot handle in the same way as for any other slot handle.