Parameter Control Properties

You can use the Parameter Control Properties dialog box to edit the properties of a parameter control. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

This topic contains the following sections:

General Tab Properties
Font Tab Properties
Border Tab Properties

You see these elements on all the tabs:

Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab Properties

Specify the general properties of the parameter control.

Parameter Control Properties dialog box - General tab

Name

Specify the name of the parameter control.

Show NLS Value

Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.

Format

Specify the display format of the parameter values.

Position

Select the position mode of the component when it is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box.

absolute
Server locates the component at the position that you specify by dragging and dropping or by setting its X and Y coordinate property values. The component insertion point does not change, for instance, it is not affected when you insert text before it. The position of an object in a banded object can only be absolute.
static
Server positions the component at the location where you insert it. The X and Y coordinate properties are disabled. You cannot move the component to another position other than by moving its insertion point. This can happen when the text flow preceding the insertion point expands.
relative
Server positions the component at an offset to the position at which you insert it. The offset is determined by the X and Y coordinate property values. This value is not available for some types of components.

Server displays relative in the default value list for the Position option, when the current position is relative. However, relative is no longer available in the value list after you apply static or absolute and reenter the dialog box.

Parameter

The name of the parameter.

Specify the X coordinate of the parameter control.

Specify the Y coordinate of the parameter control.

Width

Specify the width of the parameter control.

Height

Specify the height of the parameter control.

Top Padding

Specify the space between the text of the object and its top border.

Bottom Padding

Specify the space between the text of the object and its bottom border.

Left Padding

Specify the space between the text of the object and its left border.

Right Padding

Specify the space between the text of the object and its right border.

Background

Specify the background color of the parameter control.

To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box, and then specify a new color. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.

Foreground

Specify the foreground color of the parameter control.

Export as Text

Enable this property if you want to export the parameter control as text. Otherwise, Report will export the parameter control as an image.

When you enable this property, depending on the properties of the parameter in the parameter control, Report will export the parameter control as follows:

Report will export the selected values or text of the parameter as text while it will not export the icon or button for specifying the parameter value.
If the parameter in the parameter control is of Boolean type, Report displays it as a checkbox in the parameter control. Then when you select the checkbox, Report will export it as , or as if you clear the checkbox.