Properties of Detail Panel in Page Report

The properties of a detail panel object in a banded object of a page report are:

Property Name	Description
General
Class Type	Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Data Inherit	Indicates whether the dataset for this object is inherited from another object. This property is read only.
Dataset	Indicates the dataset used by the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name	Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
Height	Specifies the height of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float
Width	Specifies the width of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
Color
Background	Specifies the background color and fill effect of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
CSS
Class	Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file. Data type: String
Style	The property can be used in two ways. Specifies a style to be applied to the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list which is available when a Style Group has been selected at the report tab level and when there are styles in the Style Group that can be applied to the object, or type in the style name. Specifies a CSS selector to be applied to the object. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
Others
Cache Section	Specifies whether to cache the objects in the detail panel. Data type: Boolean Note: The property doesn't work if there is crosstab, text object, chart, and so on in the panel, because these objects contain child-DBFields.
Cross Page	Specifies whether the panel can be split across a page break. This property is applied only when the report has page layout enabled. Data type: Boolean
Current Block Index	The two properties, Current Block Index and Items per Block, work together to control the data of the object to be displayed in continuous page mode. Current Block Index specifies the index of the data block that will be displayed. 0 means the first block index, and 1 the second, and so on. Data type: Integer
Export to Applet	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Applet. Data type: Boolean
Export to CSV	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to CSV. Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Excel. Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to HTML. Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to PDF. Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to PostScript. Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Report Result. Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to RTF. Data type: Boolean
Export to Text	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Text. Data type: Boolean
Export to XML	Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to XML. Data type: Boolean
Fill Whole Page	Specifies whether to make the panel extended to the bottom of the page, so that the next panel starts on a new page. Data type: Boolean
Invisible	Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will still be performed if the property is set to true. Data type: Boolean
Items per Block	The two properties, Current Block Index and Items per Block, work together to control the data of the object to be displayed in continuous page mode. Item per Block specifies the number of records in each data block. Data type: Integer
Label	Specifies the popup text displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the left edge of the panel. Data type: String
On New Page	Specifies whether the panel starts on a new page. This property is applied only when the report has page layout enabled. The default is false which means the panel starts on a new page only if the previous page is filled. Data type: Boolean
Record Location	Specifies the calculation point for the properties which use formulas. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Default - The values of the properties are calculated in the default location where they are located. Page Header - The values of the properties are calculated in the page header. Page Footer - The values of the properties are calculated in the page footer. Data type: Enumeration
Remove Blank Row	Specifies whether to remove blank rows in the panel in the exported Excel file. Data type: Boolean
Show Bottom Line	Specifies whether to include a horizontal line at the bottom of the panel. Applies to panels in table components only. The default is false, which means that no horizontal line appears at the bottom of the panel. Data type: Boolean
Suppress	Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will be skipped if the property is set to true. Data type: Boolean Note: When both the Invisible and Suppress properties of an object are set to true, Suppress has the higher priority.
Suppress Blank Panel	Specifies whether a panel with no data is included in the report results. The default is false which means an empty panel is shown. Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records	Specifies whether to display the object in the report results when no record is returned to its parent data component. Data type: Boolean
Tile Detail Panel	Specifies whether to tile records in the detail panel. For a vertical/horizontal banded object, you can make each set of records in the detail panel to be tiled when viewing the report if you set this property to true and set the detail panel's width/height equal to or less than 1/2 that of the banded object. The detail panel width/height defines the width/height of each record tile. Data type: Boolean
Tile Horizontal	If the Tile Detail Panel property of the detail panel is set to true, you can further specify the direction for tiling records in the detail panel. true - Records will be tiled in the row direction and then in column. false - Records will be tiled in the column direction and then in row. Data type: Boolean
Underlay	Specifies whether the panel will be layered beneath the next panel in the banded object. A panel layered beneath a subsequent panel can be used to contain a background picture or watermark. Banded page header, page footer, or group footer panels cannot be layered. The default is false which means that the panel is not layered beneath the next panel. Data type: Boolean
Border
Border Color	Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Border Thickness	Specifies the width of the border. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Bottom Line	Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Left Line	Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Right Line	Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Top Line	Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector	Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
External ID	It is mapped to the HTML attribute id. This attribute specifies a name to the object, which must be unique in the report. Data type: String
External Style	It is mapped to the HTML attribute style. This attribute specifies style information for the object. Data type: String
Language	It is mapped to the HTML attribute lang. This attribute specifies the base language of the object's attribute values and text content. Data type: String

Tile Detail Panel

You will find this property is useful when you are making a mail-label format report.

You can insert a blank banded object in a report, then in the Report Inspector, select the detail panel, and set properties as follows:

Tile Detail Panel = true
Width = *** (width of the detail panel. You can set this value according to the width of one column.

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