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Example:To define the item or the variable linked to the "URL Link" control:1. Display the "Link" tab in the description window of the control ("Description" from the popup menu).2. To link the control to an item or a variable that belongs to the data source of the report, select this itemor variable directly in the "Linked item" list box.3. To link the control to an item that does not belong to the data source of the report, select the "Multifile"option then select the item linked to the current control.Note: The URL links can be easily identified at runtime by .6.1.13 Edit controlAn edit control is used to enter and display text in a report. You can use an edit control:• to allow the user to enter the information to print,• to allow the user to modify the information to print, …The edit control is active only if the report is displayed in "Print preview" mode or if it is printed in a PDF file. Inthe other cases, the edit control is visible but it is disabled.See “Editable reports”, page 101 for more details.6.1.14 HTML controlThe "HTML" control is used to display and print an HTML content in your report. The HTML content correspondsto a character string in HTML format. Specific tags are used to define the formatting of each characteror character string. These tags are not displayed in the control.Part 1: Report editor 79