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Tabular Cell Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Tabular Cell object that you can use in query-based page reports and web reports.

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.
Instance Name Query Page Report Shows the instance name of the object. Read only.
Geometry
Height Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float

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

Data type: Float

X Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate.

Data type: Float
Y Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies the vertical coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate.

Data type: Float
Color
Background Query Page Report, Web Report 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 Query Page Report, Web Report 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 Query Page Report, Web Report 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 Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.

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

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

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

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

Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result Query Page Report, Web Report 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 at runtime.

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

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

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

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

Data type: Enumeration
Repeat Content Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to repeat the content in the cell. Report Engine may extend a cell to new pages because it is affected by other cells, even when the cell can completely display on the current page. In this case, when you set this property to "true", the content in the cell shows on the new pages again.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon When there are two or more cells that are affected in the same row group and you set the Repeat Content property of all these cells to "true", Report Engine only repeats the content in the last cell.
Vertical Alignment Web Report 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 takes effect when the web report runs in Web Report Studio.
Excel
Column Index Query Page Report Specifies the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs, measured in cells.

Data type: Integer

Note icon This property takes effect when you set the page report tab's Columned property to "true".
Row Index Query Page Report Specifies the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs, measured in cells.

Data type: Integer

Note icon This property takes effect when you set the page report tab's Columned property to "true".
Border
Border Color Query Page Report 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 Query Page Report Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

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

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

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

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

Data type: Enumeration
TOC
Anchor Display Value Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies the text you want to display as the object's TOC entry label, when you set the object's TOC Anchor property to "true".

Data type: String
TOC Anchor Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to include the object in the TOC of the report.

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

Data type: String

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