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FIGURE 55-3
The Reseller Contact report in Design view.You can also add headers and footers to your report by going to the menu toolbar and
selecting Report ➪ Add Page Header or Report ➪ Add Page Footer. Items in the header and
footer sections appear on every page of the report.Solution Explorer and Properties
On the right side of the screen is the Solution Explorer, which appears in any Visual Studio
project. The items that are manipulated here in the context of a Reporting Services project
are the Shared Data Sources, Shared Data Sets, and Reports. Under the Solution Explorer is
the Properties Window, which changes in context to reveal the properties of the currently
selected object. Changing the properties of objects affects both their behavior and
appearance, as shown in the next section.To be able to see the solution tick box in VS, go to Tools ➪ Options ➪ Projects and Solutions ➪ Always show solution
tick box in Visual Studio.Report Data and Toolbox Panes
On the left side of the screen are two critical panes sharing the same space: the Report
Data and the Toolbox panes. Toggle between these panes by clicking on the tabs at the
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