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Banded Object Properties

You can use the Banded Object Properties dialog box to update the properties of a banded object in a web report. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a banded object and select Properties from the shortcut menu.

This topic contains the following sections:

• General Tab Properties
• Border Tab Properties
• Export Tab Properties
• Others Tab Properties

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 button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

General Tab Properties

Specify the general properties of the banded object.

Name

Specify the display name of the banded object.

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.

Position

Specify the position of the banded object.

• absolute
  Select if you want to use the X and Y property values to decide the banded object's position.
• static
  Select if you want to place the banded object at the default location in its container. Server will hide or disable the X, Y, and other position-related properties.

X

Specify the X coordinate of the banded object, in inches.

Y

Specify the Y coordinate of the banded object, in inches.

Width

Specify the width of the banded object, in inches.

Height

Specify the height of the banded object, in inches.

Background

Specify the background color of the banded object.

To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range. 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 banded object.

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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Export Tab Properties

Configure the export settings.

Export to CSV

Select if you want to include the object in the Text output with Delimited Format.

Export to Excel

Select if you want to include the object in the Excel output.

Export to HTML

Select if you want to include the object in the HTML output.

Export to PDF

Select if you want to include the object in the PDF output.

Export to PostScript

Select if you want to include the object in the PostScript output.

Export to Report Result

Select if you want to include the object when opening the report in Web Report Result.

Export to RTF

Select if you want to include the object in the RTF output.

Export to Text

Select if you want to include the object in the Text output without Delimited Format.

Export to XML

Select if you want to include the object in the XML output.

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Others Tab Properties

Configure other settings.

Suppress

Select if you want to hide the banded object in the report. Server will skip all formulas and calculations.

Suppress When Empty

Select if you want to hide the banded object in the report when it contains no contents.

Suppress When No Records

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

Enable Navigation

Select if you want to enable page navigation on the banded object. Then, if the banded object contains more than one page, Server displays a page navigation bar specific for the banded object under it, and you can use the bar to view the pages you want. You can further specify the height and width of the page for the banded object to display multiple pages, by setting the following two properties. If you later you resize the banded object, Server will reset the two properties to the resized values.

• Navigation Width
  Specify the display width of the banded object. Type a numeric value to specify the width. Leave it blank if you want Server to calculate the display width.
• Navigation Height
  Specify the display height of the banded object. Type a numeric value to specify the height. Leave it blank if you want Server to calculate the display height.

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