Bentley HAMMER CONNECT Edition Help

Copying, Exporting, and Printing FlexTable Data

You can output your FlexTable several ways:

  • Copy FlexTable data via the clipboard
  • Export FlexTable data as a text file
  • Create a FlexTable report

To copy FlexTable data via the clipboard:

You can copy your FlexTable data via the clipboard and paste it into another Windows application, such as a word-processing application as tab-delimited text.

  1. Click View > FlexTables to open the FlexTables manager.
  2. In the FlexTables manager, open the FlexTable you want to use.
  3. Click Copy. The contents of the FlexTable are copied to the Windows clipboard.
  4. Make sure you paste the data you copied before you copy anything else to the Windows clipboard. If you copy something else to the clipboard before you paste your FlexTable data, your FlexTable data will be lost from the clipboard.
  5. Paste (Ctrl+v) the data into other Windows software, such as your word-processing application.
Note: You can copy the data from a single column by right-clicking a column and choosing the Select Column command. When a column is selected you can then copy and/or paste the data from/to that column by right-clicking and choosing one of the commands from the context menu.

To export FlexTable data as a text file:

You can export the data in a FlexTable as tab- or comma-delimited ASCII text, for use in other applications, such as Notepad, spreadsheet, or word processing software.

  1. Click View > FlexTables to open the FlexTables manager.
  2. In the FlexTables manager, open the FlexTable you want to use.
  3. Click File > Export data.
  4. Select either Tab Delimited or Comma Delimited.
  5. When prompted, set the path and name of the .txt file you want to create.

To create a FlexTable report:

Create a FlexTable Report if you want to print a copy of your FlexTable and its values.

  1. Click View > FlexTables to open the FlexTables manager.
  2. In the FlexTables manager, open the FlexTable you want to use. Instead of Print Preview, you can click Print to print the report without previewing it.
  3. Click Report. A print preview of the report displays to show what your report will look like if printed using your default printer. You cannot edit the format of the report.
  4. Click Print to open the Print dialog box and print the report to a printer that you select.