By calling the Design method the designer is opened. Here existing projects can be loaded and modified or new projects can be created for reporting. These are then used later for printing or export.

// Open the designer for creating new projects or editing existing projects
LL.Design();

' Open the designer for creating new projects or editing existing projects
LL.Design()

The actual printing of the project created in the Designer can be started in the application, whereby a physical print or one of the numerous export formats (see <LlExportTarget Listing) can be manually selected and configured. The function is started using the Print method.

// Start the print process with selecting some options by dialogs e.g. used printer driver, export target etc.
LL.Print();

' Start the print process with selecting some options by dialogs e.g. used printer driver, export target etc.
LL.Print();

The Export method is in principle a silent variant of the Print method - i.e. no dialogs are displayed for the export process. Therefore, this output variant is also ideal for batch processes or preferred use in the context of web applications or web services. With the class ExportConfiguration special parameters can be preset.

                
// Start the export process without any kind of user interaction
ExportConfiguration exportConfig = new ExportConfiguration(...);
LL.Export(exportConfig);

                
' Start the export process without any kind of user interaction
Dim exportConfig As New ExportConfiguration(...)
LL.Export(exportConfig)