How do I centre the Bank Name using the Cheque Designer?

The BankName field on cheque layouts is programmed to automatically align next to the bank logo. When the bank logo isn’t appearing on the cheque the bank name will align to the left-hand side of the cheque layout. To prevent this behaviour from occurring you will need to hide the existing field named “txtBankName” and create a new field that has a value of “BankName” in the DATAFIELD property.

This applies to the report designer.

To access the report designer:

1. From the job menu select Transactions > Print Cheques
   
   The print run dialogue appears.
    
2. Select a cheque to print
3. Click “Print”

The print cheque dialogue appears.

1. Right click on a cheque report layout e.g. ‘MICR Cheque (Detail) (A4)’ and select ‘Design’
2. You are asked whether you want to create a new report layout
1. Click Yes
2. Type in a new name e.g. ‘My Cheque layout’ and
3. Click OK.
   
   The report designer appears.
3. Locate the field “txtBankName”
4. Right-hand click on the field “txtBankName” and select copy
5. Right-hand click on the field “txtBankName” and select paste
   
   A new field is created.
   
   You may now reposition this new field using the mouse.  This field will display the bank name but will not be repositioned automatically by the cheque report.
6. Next, hide the original bank name field
1. Locate and click on the field “txtBankName”
2. In the property tool box set the VISIBLE property to FALSE
   
   the original bank name field is hidden
7. Click Save and Exit
   
   The new cheque layout is saved.
8. Click Preview.
   
   The new cheque layout displays in preview mode, so you can see how the bank name now appears on the cheque.