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Report Body Properties

You can use the Report Body Properties dialog box to set the properties of the report body. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

This topic contains the following sections:

You see these elements on all the tabs:

OK

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 report body.

Report Body Properties dialog box - General tab

Name

Specify the display name of the report body, which shows on its shortcut menu.

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.

Background

Specify the background color and fill effect of the report body.

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.

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Border Tab Properties

Specify the border properties of the report body.

Report Body Properties dialog box - Border tab

Color

Specify the border color.

Width

Specify the border width in inches.

Top Line

Select the style of the top border line.

Bottom Line

Select the style of the bottom border line.

Left Line

Select the style of the left border line.

Right Line

Select the style of the right border line.

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Others Tab Properties

Configure some miscellaneous settings.

Report Body Properties dialog box - Others tab

TOC Anchor

Select true if you want to add the object to the TOC tree in the TOC Browser.

Suppress When No Records

Select true if you want to hide the object in the report when no record returns to its parent data component.

Export to XLS

Select true if you want to export the object when you save the report as an XLS file (make sure to check Data Format in the Export dialog box).

Export to CSV

Select true if you want to export the object when you save the report as a TXT file with Delimited Format.

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