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Table Cell Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Table Cell object.

Designer provides some properties only when you use the object in certain report types. You can get details from the Available For column in the property table.

Property Name Available For Description
General
Class Type Query Page Report Shows the class type of the object. Read only.
Data Inherit Query Page Report Shows whether the object inherits dataset from another object. Read only.
Dataset Query Page Report Shows the dataset the object applies. Read only.
Instance Name Query Page Report Shows the instance name of the object. Read only.
Geometry
Height Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float

Width Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float

Color
Background Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
CSS
Class Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the name of the Class Selector to apply to the object, which you define in the CSS file of the style the report applies.

For example, if you define the CSS file as follows:

@charset "GBK";
TextField {Background: #ff0000}
/*Style=LabelX*/
TextField[Style="LabelX"]{Background: #0000FF}
/*ID=W*/
TextField#W{Background: #FFFF00}
/*class=C*/
TextField.C{Background: #00FFFF}

To apply the Class Selector in the file to the object, type C in the value cell.

Data type: String
Style Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the style you want to apply to the object. You can specify the style in two ways:
  • Type the style which should be an Attribute Selector whose attribute is "style" in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, to apply the style in the preceding sample CSS file to the object, type LabelX in the value cell.
  • Choose a style from the drop-down list when you have specified the Style Group property for the report tab or web report, and there are styles in the style group that are applicable to the object.

Data type: String
Others
Export to CSV Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object when you preview the report in the Page Report Result format for a page report or Web Report Result for a web report in Designer, and when users run the report in the same format or use the library component at runtime.

Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Text Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to XML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output.

Data type: Boolean
Horizontal Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the horizontal justification of the content in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Note icon This property does not take effect when you set the Position property of the object in the cell to "absolute".
Joining Merge Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to merge all sequential rows included in the cell vertically in the report.

Data type: Boolean
Record Location Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the calculation point for the properties of the object that are controlled by formulas. This property takes effect only when the object is in a banded object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • default
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the default location where the object is placed.
  • page header
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page header panel.
  • page footer
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page footer panel.

See Example 2: Showing a Label on Every Page Except the Last.

Data type: Enumeration

Repeat Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to repeat the content in the cell on every page of the report, when the cell is split into pages.

Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to its parent data component.

Data type: Boolean
Vertical Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the vertical justification of the content in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Note icon This property does not take effect when you set the Position property of the object in the cell to "absolute".
Excel
Merged Cell Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether the cell is also a merged cell in the Excel output, when it displays with its sequential cells as a merged cell in the report.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon This property takes effect when you export the report to Excel using Report Format.

Border
Border Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color for the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Border Thickness Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float
Bottom Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Left Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Right Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Top Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Accessibility
Abbr Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute abbr, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String
Axis Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute axis, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String
External CSS Class Selector Query Page Report Specifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output.

Data type: String
External ID Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute id, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String
Headers Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute headers, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String
Scope Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute scope, as specified by w3.org. Choose an option from the drop-down list to specify the set of data cells for which the current header cell provides header information in the accessible HTML output.
  • none
    Select it if you do not want to generate this attribute in the output.
  • Column
    Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the column that contains it.
  • Row
    Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the row that contains it.

Data type: Enumeration

Note icon For the Table Cell object in web reports and library components, Report Engine can only render the properties that are available in the Web Report Studio Inspector panel at runtime.

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