How to add custom graphics
TimeCache lets you add basic custom graphic objects to the headers or footers of report and invoice layouts. You can add filled or unfilled rectangles, horizontal and vertical lines, and rectangular text blocks.


To add custom graphics, enter layout editing mode and show the TimeCache Layout Tools palette by choosing Report>Show Tool Palette. With the tool palette showing, click and drag from one of the tool icons at the top of the palette to the header or footer of your report or invoice layout. A default object of the type you dragged in is added to the layout. Now you can change its characteristics by selecting it if necessary and applying properties in the tool palette. The following options apply:
  • Horizontal line: Line width/Line color/Left/Top/Width
  • Vertical line: Line width/Line color/Left/Top/Height
  • Unfilled rectangle: Line width/Line color/Left/Top/Width/Height
  • Filled rectangle: Line width/Line color/Fill color/Left/Top/Width/Height
  • Text block: Line width/Line color/Fill color/Left/Top/Width/Height/Text font/Text size/Text alignment/Text color/Bold/Italic/Underline/Horizontal offset/Vertical offset/Line spacing/Transparent
As you can see, there are a number of additional properties available for text blocks. You can get more information on the options available in the TimeCache Help section Working with text blocks and fields.

Resizing objects
You can resize any object by typing a value in the Width or Height fields of the tool palette when the object is selected in the report layout. You can also click and drag on a side or corner selection handle. If the Snap-to-grid feature is enabled drag resizing does not work unless you press the Shift key on your keyboard, which is a way of temporarily disabling Snap-to-grid.

Selecting objects
You can select any single object in a report layout by clicking it. If another item is already selected you'll need to click once to deselect that item, then again to select the targeted item. Another way of selecting items is to drag a selection rectangle over them with the mouse by clicking in an empty spot on the layout and dragging over the object the target object.